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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 19, 2011Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2011, 1:05 AM CDT for Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 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
Jun 19, 2011, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Holt County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1308 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

238 
WGUS53 KEAX 190605
FFWEAX
MOC087-191200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0013.110619T0605Z-110619T1500Z/
/00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
105 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
  NORTHWESTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 10 AM CDT

* AT 100 AM CDT...HOLT COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
  OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL LEVEE BREACHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE 
  MOST SIGNIFICANT BREACH WEST OF BIG LAKE.

* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE ADJACENT AREAS NEXT TO THE RIVER.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BIG LAKE IN  WEST CENTRAL HOLT 
  COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD 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.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE LATEST 
FLOOD INFORMATION AND FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KC 


&&

LAT...LON 4026 9545 4015 9538 4002 9532 4002 9539
      4004 9542 4006 9542 4007 9540 4012 9540
      4014 9544 4016 9544 4019 9549 4024 9548
      4024 9552 4026 9554

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass35 min
Jun 18, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis31 min
Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Pettis27 min
Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass29 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass35 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Pettis46 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass25 min
Jun 18, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry48 min
Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis25 min
Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline30 min
Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass5 hr
Jun 18, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass38 min
Jun 18, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson35 min
Jun 18, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson32 min
Jun 18, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry34 min
Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette35 min
Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLafayette52 min
Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Ray24 min
Jun 18, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass50 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry33 min
Jun 18, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray48 min
Jun 19, 12:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry31 hr
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon47 min
Jun 19, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass45 min
Jun 19, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll21 min
Jun 19, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte47 min
Jun 19, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte32 min
Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson52 min
Jun 19, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRandolph15 min
Jun 19, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn11 min
Jun 19, 2:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass, Clay, Jackson, Platte4 hr
Jun 19, 3:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry6 hr
Jun 19, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAdair29 min
Jun 19, 6:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson23 hr
Jun 19, 7:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison6 hr
Jun 19, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt24 hr
Jun 19, 12:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison24 hr

Nearby

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

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.