Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2006, 4:36 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2006, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chariton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Macon County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Gilliam, MO | BRIDGE WAS REPORTED UNDERWATER ON M HIGHWAY NORTH OF GILLIAM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 1944 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 300939
FFWEAX
MOC041-053-089-121-175-195-301530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
436 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
EASTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
NORTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT A LARGE AREA OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 3
INCHES. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
7 AM WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FAYETTE...GLASGOW...HUNTSVILLE...MACON...MARSHALL...MOBERLY...
SALISBURY...SLATER...ARMSTRONG...BEVIER...CAIRO...CALLAO...
HIGBEE...KEYTESVILLE AND NEW FRANKLIN.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3983 9232 3953 9232 3905 9260 3898 9277
3894 9307 3910 9322 3938 9308 3951 9303
3967 9285 3983 9281
$$
DB3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 301031
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
527 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
MOC041-053-089-121-175-195-301530-
MACON MO-CHARITON MO-RANDOLPH MO-SALINE MO-HOWARD MO-COOPER MO-
527 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHARITON...
EASTERN SALINE...HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN COOPER...RANDOLPH AND SOUTHERN
MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...
AT 524 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 INCHES EASTERN SALINE...WESTERN HOWARD
AND EASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE
TO TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH 7 AM...MAINLY ACROSS CHARITON AND EASTERN
SALINE COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRUNSWICK...KEYTESVILLE
AND CITIES JUST TO THE EAST OF MARSHALL.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...FAYETTE...GLASGOW...HUNTSVILLE...MACON...MOBERLY...
SALISBURY...SLATER...ARMSTRONG...BEVIER...CAIRO...CALLAO...HIGBEE...
KEYTESVILLE AND NEW FRANKLIN.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3983 9232 3953 9232 3905 9260 3898 9277
3894 9307 3910 9322 3938 9308 3951 9303
3967 9285 3983 9281
$$
DB000
WGUS73 KEAX 301159
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
655 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
MOC041-053-089-121-175-195-301530-
MACON MO-CHARITON MO-RANDOLPH MO-SALINE MO-HOWARD MO-COOPER MO-
655 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CHARITON...
EASTERN SALINE...HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN COOPER...RANDOLPH AND SOUTHERN
MACON COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...
AT 652 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN INTENSITY WITH ONLY MODERATE
RAIN WITH EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 AM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE HALF OF AN INCH.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...FAYETTE...GLASGOW...HUNTSVILLE...MACON...MOBERLY...SALISBURY
...SLATER...ARMSTRONG...BEVIER...CAIRO...CALLAO...HIGBEE...KEYTESVILLE
AND NEW FRANKLIN.
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACED THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY WHICH WAS ISSUED AT 352 AM FOR EASTERN SALINE COUNTY...
HOWARD COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN COOPER COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN CHARITON COUNTY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3983 9232 3953 9232 3905 9260 3898 9277
3894 9307 3910 9322 3938 9308 3951 9303
3967 9285 3983 9281
$$
DB000
WGUS73 KEAX 301420
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
915 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
MOC041-053-089-121-175-301425-
MACON MO-CHARITON MO-RANDOLPH MO-HOWARD MO-COOPER MO-
915 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHARITON...
COOPER...HOWARD...MACON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3931 9306 3931 9298 3923 9292 3923 9287
3913 9295 3908 9292 3894 9307 3895 9349
3928 9348 3923 9337 3929 9335 3933 9324
3940 9317
$$
MOC195-301530-
SALINE MO-
915 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SALINE COUNTY UNTIL 1030
AM CDT...
AT 910 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS COVERED A BRIDGE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER ON M
HIGHWAY NORTH OF GILLIAM.
THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED HOWEVER THE LOCAL RIVERS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN
HIGH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS IN NORTHEASTERN SALINE COUNTY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3931 9306 3931 9298 3923 9292 3923 9287
3913 9295 3908 9292 3894 9307 3895 9349
3928 9348 3923 9337 3929 9335 3933 9324
3940 9317
$$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.