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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 6, 2007Bates County, Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2007, 12:16 PM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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 6, 2007, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 4:15 PM CDTFLASH FLOODButler, MONUMEROUS ROADS IN TOWN IMPASSIBLE DUE TO RISING WATER
May 6, 5:57 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Ne Clinton, MOESTIMATED 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HWY 52. CLOSURE POSSIBLE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KEAX 061718
FFWEAX
MOC013-083-062330-
/X.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0005.070506T1716Z-070506T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1216 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  HENRY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 1211 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ADRIAN...BUTLER...CLINTON...RICH HILL...CALHOUN...DEEPWATER...
  HUME...MONTROSE AND URICH.


TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3856 9353 3823 9355 3824 9406 3806 9408
      3806 9459 3846 9461 3844 9406 3856 9405

$$

DEROCHE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway36 min
May 6, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Holt33 min
May 6, 2:38 AM CDTFlood WatchEAXAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 2 more6 hr
May 6, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt, Nodaway8 hr
May 6, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway33 min
May 6, 4:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway8 hr
May 6, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Worth29 min
May 6, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Harrison38 min
May 6, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan51 min
May 6, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more28 hr
May 6, 9:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson5 hr
May 6, 9:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass5 hr
May 6, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper39 min
May 6, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass, Jackson6 hr
May 6, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis42 min
May 6, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXRay6 hr
May 6, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis41 min
May 6, 6:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry6 hr
May 6, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLivingston6 hr
May 6, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass44 min

Nearby

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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.