Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2011, 5:23 PM CDT for Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; Andrew County, Buchanan County, Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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 25, 2011, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Holt County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:08 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 W Rosendale, MO | WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 48. WATER ALSO CLOSING ROADS IN BOLCKOW. |
| May 25, 8:11 PM CDT | FLOOD | N Forest City, MO | WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 111 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399
WGUS53 KEAX 252223
FFWEAX
KSC005-043-MOC003-021-087-260430-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0002.110525T2223Z-110526T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
523 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
WESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES
OF RAIN BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSSED THE
WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ATCHISON...COUNTRY CLUB VILLA...ELWOOD...HIGHLAND...SAVANNAH...ST.
JOSEPH...TROY...WATHENA...AMAZONIA...DENTON...EFFINGHAM...
FILLMORE...FOREST CITY...LANCASTER...MUSCOTAH...OREGON...RUSHVILLE
AND WHITE CLOUD.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 74.
I-229 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 14.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN VEHICLES. 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 3965 9557 3965 9533 3999 9532 4013 9476
4012 9461 3982 9460 3967 9500 3953 9501
3953 9510 3950 9505 3945 9502 3943 9557
$$
SF2 follow-up statements
167
WGUS73 KEAX 260132
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
832 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
KSC005-043-260146-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110526T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN KS-
832 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DONIPHAN AND
ATCHISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4012 9461 3981 9461 3978 9471 3978 9486
3983 9488 3990 9494 3990 9501 3987 9503
3986 9509 3989 9515 3991 9515 3990 9516
3994 9521 3994 9523 3999 9531
$$
MOC003-021-087-260430-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110526T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN MO-HOLT MO-ANDREW MO-
832 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANDREW...SOUTHEASTERN
HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...
AT 831 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN NEAR BOLCKOW AND ON HIGHWAY 48 WEST OF
ROSENDALE IN ANDREW COUNTY. IN ADDITION...FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG
HIGHWAY 111 IN HOLT COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COUNTRY CLUB
VILLA...SAVANNAH...AMAZONIA...FILLMORE...FOREST CITY AND OREGON.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 73.
I-229 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 14.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4012 9461 3981 9461 3978 9471 3978 9486
3983 9488 3990 9494 3990 9501 3987 9503
3986 9509 3989 9515 3991 9515 3990 9516
3994 9521 3994 9523 3999 9531
$$
SF213
WGUS73 KEAX 260345
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1045 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
MOC003-021-087-260358-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110526T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN MO-HOLT MO-ANDREW MO-
1045 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ANDREW...
SOUTHEASTERN HOLT AND NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING
ON ROADWAYS CONTINUES IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING ACROSS PORTIONS
OF ANDREW COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM CDT ON THURSDAY.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4012 9461 3981 9461 3978 9471 3978 9486
3983 9488 3990 9494 3990 9501 3987 9503
3986 9509 3989 9515 3991 9515 3990 9516
3994 9521 3994 9523 3999 9531
$$
SFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 23 min |
| May 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 32 min |
| May 24, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 31 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 19 hr |
| May 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Linn, Miami | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Wyandotte | 41 min |
| May 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 31 min |
| May 24, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 19 min |
| May 25, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 107 days |
| May 25, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 18 min |
| May 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 27 min |
| May 25, 1:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 15 hr |
| May 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 38 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 34 min |
| May 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 24 min |
| May 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew, Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Daviess, Harrison, Livingston, Worth | 39 min |
| May 24, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Carroll, Pettis, Saline | 52 min |
| May 25, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Mercer | 38 min |
| May 25, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph | 40 min |
| May 25, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 40 min |
| May 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Adair, Macon, Randolph, Schuyler | 52 min |
| May 25, 2:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 2:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 18 hr |
| May 25, 2:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 50 hr |
| May 25, 2:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 59 hr |
| May 25, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 25, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 31 min |
| May 25, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 5 hr |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 4 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 29 hr |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 3 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 4 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 5 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 107 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 64 hr |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 4 days |
| May 25, 5:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 5 days |
| May 25, 5:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 102 days |
| May 25, 5:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 104 days |
| May 25, 8:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 36 hr |
| May 25, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 43 hr |
| May 25, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 30 min |
| May 25, 11:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 10 hr |
| May 25, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 25, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 30 min |
| May 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 39 min |
| May 25, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Ray | 33 min |
| May 25, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 45 min |
| May 25, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 30 min |
| May 25, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 35 min |
| May 25, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 31 min |
| May 25, 12:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 23 min |
| May 25, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 41 min |
| May 25, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Pettis | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 37 min |
| May 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Ray | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 24 min |
| May 25, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 38 min |
| May 25, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 28 min |
| May 25, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Ray | 34 min |
| May 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 32 min |
| May 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Randolph | 45 min |
| May 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Holt | 52 min |
| May 25, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 24 min |
| May 25, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray | 23 min |
| May 25, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll | 30 min |
| May 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Randolph | 26 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.