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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 6, 2007Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2007, 6:32 PM CDT for Livingston 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 6, 2007, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2007, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Livingston County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 299 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 062333
FFWEAX
MOC117-070530-
/X.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0009.070506T2332Z-070507T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   
  WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS 
  WILL FALL IN THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS LIVINGSTON COUNTY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CHILLICOTHE...UTICA AND WHEELING.


EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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

LAT...LON 3996 9338 3970 9338 3970 9329 3963 9329
      3962 9376 3996 9376

$$
BAILEY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 070119
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
818 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

MOC117-070530-
/X.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070507T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON MO-
818 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNTIL
1230 AM CDT...

AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
CHILLICOTHE...UTICA AND WHEELING.

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 3996 9338 3970 9338 3970 9329 3963 9329
      3962 9376 3996 9376

$$

NRR
000 
WGUS73 KEAX 070422
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1122 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

MOC117-070432-
/X.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070507T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON MO-
1122 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED...HOWEVER THE AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3996 9338 3970 9338 3970 9329 3963 9329
      3962 9376 3996 9376

$$

NRR

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, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry6 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, 6:46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.