Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 2:21 PM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 8, 2008, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Macon County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 081922
FFWEAX
MOC121-090130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0039.080708T1921Z-080709T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
221 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED THAT MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR EAST OF THE TOWN OF MACON IN MACON
COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MACON...BEVIER AND CALLAO.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3981 9228 3979 9227 3978 9228 3965 9229
3964 9264 3979 9265 3987 9229 3986 9228
$$
BAILEY2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KEAX 082129
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
427 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
MOC121-090130-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080709T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MACON MO-
427 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
FEW ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED
AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...MACON...BEVIER AND CALLAO.
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3981 9228 3979 9227 3978 9228 3965 9229
3964 9264 3979 9265 3987 9229 3986 9228
$$
BAILEY000
WGUS73 KEAX 082315
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
612 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
MOC121-082327-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080709T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MACON MO-
612 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED
AREA. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
BE LESS THAN AN INCH. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE
RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
LAT...LON 3981 9228 3979 9227 3978 9228 3965 9229
3964 9264 3979 9265 3987 9229 3986 9228
$$
MASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 5:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Schuyler | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Putnam | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 20 min |
| Jul 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Saline | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Jackson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.