Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2007, 5:40 PM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It took effect at May 2, 2007, 5:46 PM CDT. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2007, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2007, 5:46 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bates County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 022246
FFWEAX
MOC013-030430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
540 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 535 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
FLOWING OVER STATE HIGHWAY BB NEAR MAYESBURG IN EXTREME NORTHEAST
BATES COUNTY FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. MORE FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTY THIS EVENING AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN
BATES COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES UNDER THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS WILL
LIKELY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ADRIAN...BUTLER...RICH HILL AND HUME.
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 3806 9428 3806 9461 3846 9462 3847 9438
3845 9429 3846 9425 3844 9423 3844 9407
3804 9407 3804 9412 3806 9413 3803 9425
$$
SAW5 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 022340
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
639 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
MOC013-030430-
BATES MO-
639 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BATES COUNTY UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...
AT 635 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BATES COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAINFALL OCCURRED
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR OVER THE RICH HILL AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD
PRONE LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN BATES COUNTY. WHILE HEAVY RAIN IS
NOT CURRENTLY AFFECTING NORTHERN BATES COUNTY...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING.
EARLIER THIS EVENING...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
FLOWING OVER STATE HIGHWAY BB NEAR MAYESBURG ACROSS EXTREME
NORTHEAST BATES COUNTY.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3806 9428 3806 9461 3846 9462 3847 9438
3845 9429 3846 9425 3844 9423 3844 9407
3804 9407 3804 9412 3806 9413 3803 9425
$$
SAW000
WGUS73 KEAX 030025
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
724 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
MOC013-030430-
BATES MO-
724 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BATES COUNTY UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...
AT 720 PM CDT...RAINFALL HAD BEGUN TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY.
HOWEVER...SHOWERS WITH RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF
INCH PER HOUR CONTINUED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BATES COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
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.
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 3806 9428 3806 9461 3846 9462 3847 9438
3845 9429 3846 9425 3844 9423 3844 9407
3804 9407 3804 9412 3806 9413 3803 9425
$$
SAW000
WGUS73 KEAX 030110
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
807 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
MOC013-030430-
BATES MO-
807 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BATES COUNTY UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...
AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD ENDED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS. RUNOFF FROM
EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3806 9428 3806 9461 3846 9462 3847 9438
3845 9429 3846 9425 3844 9423 3844 9407
3804 9407 3804 9412 3806 9413 3803 9425
$$
SAW000
WGUS73 KEAX 030236
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
935 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
MOC013-030430-
BATES MO-
935 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BATES COUNTY UNTIL 1130
PM CDT...
AT 930 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN BATES 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 3806 9428 3806 9461 3846 9462 3847 9438
3845 9429 3846 9425 3844 9423 3844 9407
3804 9407 3804 9412 3806 9413 3803 9425
$$
SAW000
WGUS73 KEAX 030420
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
MOC013-030423-
BATES MO-
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BATES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LOCAL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA
HAVE GRADUALLY STARTED TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOODING THREAT. IF
FLOODING WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3806 9428 3806 9461 3846 9462 3847 9438
3845 9429 3846 9425 3844 9423 3844 9407
3804 9407 3804 9412 3806 9413 3803 9425
$$
DUXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:49 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Pettis and 1 more | 25 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.