Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2005, 1:11 AM CDT for Linn County, Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2005, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2005, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 268 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KEAX 220614
FFWEAX
MOC115-121-221215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
111 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT
* AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM THE
MACON AREA WESTWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN IOWA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1
AM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANABEL...AXTELL...CALLAO...ETHEL...EXCELLO... GOLDSBERRY...LONG
BRANCH STATE PARK...MACON...NEW BOSTON...NEW CAMBRIA...PURDIN
AND SHELBY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3981 9230 4003 9287 4003 9338 3962 9258
3962 9230
$$
SEAMAN3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 220728
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
215 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
MOC115-121-221215-
MACON MO-LINN MO-
215 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACON AND NORTHEASTERN LINN
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...
AT 211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN THROUGH 2 AM ACROSS NORTHERN LINN AND WESTERN MACON COUNTIES.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ANABEL...AXTELL...
CALLAO...ETHEL...EXCELLO...GOLDSBERRY...LONG BRANCH STATE PARK...
MACON...NEW BOSTON...NEW CAMBRIA...PURDIN AND SHELBY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3981 9230 4003 9287 4003 9338 3962 9258
3962 9230
$$
SEAMAN000
WGUS73 KEAX 220926
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
421 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
MOC115-121-221215-
MACON MO-LINN MO-
421 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACON AND NORTHEASTERN LINN
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO FOUR INCHES
OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE WATERS WILL BEGIN TO
RECEDE THROUGH SUNRISE...BUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SMALL STREAMS TO BE OUT OF THEIR BANKS WITH
WATER FLOWING ACROSS LOCAL ROADS.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3981 9230 4003 9287 4003 9338 3962 9258
3962 9230
$$
LVQ000
WGUS73 KEAX 221211
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
711 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
MOC115-121-221221-
MACON MO-LINN MO-
711 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MACON AND
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3981 9230 4003 9287 4003 9338 3962 9258
3962 9230
$$
LVQThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Sullivan | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.