Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT for Jackson 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 30, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 302209
FFWEAX
MOC095-310400-
/X.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0013.070530T2206Z-070531T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
506 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN THE PAST
HOUR. AREA SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE INDICATED MANY
ROADWAYS COVERED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER...IN ADDITION TO
FLOODED VEHICLES AT A FEW LOW UNDERPASSES.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLUE
SPRINGS...BUCKNER...COURTNEY...GRAIN VALLEY...GREENWOOD...
INDEPENDENCE...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES SUMMIT...OAK GROVE...
RAYTOWN...SUGAR CREEK...LAKE TAPAWINGO...LEVASY...LONE JACK AND
SIBLEY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3914 9445 3897 9448 3884 9448 3884 9413
3916 9412 3923 9429
$$
212 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 302305
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
602 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
MOC095-310400-
/X.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070531T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON MO-
602 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CDT...
AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY. LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE UNDERPASSES ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS
FOR FLOODING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLUE
SPRINGS...BUCKNER...COURTNEY...GRAIN VALLEY...GREENWOOD...
INDEPENDENCE...LAKE LOTAWANA...LEES SUMMIT...OAK GROVE...RAYTOWN...
SUGAR CREEK...LAKE TAPAWINGO...LEVASY...LONE JACK AND SIBLEY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3914 9445 3897 9448 3884 9448 3884 9413
3916 9412 3923 9429
$$
21000
WGUS73 KEAX 302334
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
632 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
MOC095-302347-
/X.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070531T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JACKSON MO-
632 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS
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.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR
STANDING WATER EARLY THIS EVENING AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND
UNDERPASSES PRONE TO HIGH WATER.
LAT...LON 3914 9445 3897 9448 3884 9448 3884 9413
3916 9412 3923 9429
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess | 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.