Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Jun 18, 2011, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Cass County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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403 
WGUS53 KEAX 190234
FFWEAX
MOC037-190800-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0012.110619T0234Z-110619T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
934 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN
  CASS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT GREATER THAN TWO INCHES
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 8 PM FROM AREAS JUST SOUTH OF 
  HARRISONVILLE TO ARCHIVE AND GARDEN CITY. 

* THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING 
  WILL QUICKLY BECOME EXCESSIVE AND WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
  GARDEN CITY...HARRISONVILLE AND ARCHIE...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF 
  HIGHWAY 7.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3865 9415 3847 9407 3847 9438 3866 9446

$$

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304 
WGUS73 KEAX 190358
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1058 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

MOC037-190800-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110619T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CASS MO-
1058 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY
UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING 
NORTH INTO SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY. ADJUSTED RADAR ESTIMATES SUGGEST 
THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM GARDEN 
CITY TO CREIGHTON AND ARCHIE THIS EVENING...AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN 
IS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GARDEN
CITY...HARRISONVILLE AND ARCHIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL 
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3865 9415 3847 9407 3847 9438 3866 9446

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.