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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 5, 2011Atchison County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2011, 9:34 AM CDT for Atchison County, Missouri. It was in force for 22 min. 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 5, 2011, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2011, 9:56 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

County Atchison County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2011-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2556 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

738 
WGUS53 KEAX 051434
FFWEAX
MOC005-052030-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0005.110605T1434Z-110605T2030Z/
/00000.3.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
934 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE ON THE MISSOURI RIVER IN...
  NORTHWESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 933 AM CDT...THE FAILURE OF A FEDERAL LEVEE WAS REPORTED BY THE 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS LEVEE FAILURE 
WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 29 IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST 
IOWA. 

LAT...LON 4059 9576 4059 9562 4056 9560 4054 9566
      4056 9567 4056 9568 4053 9569 4052 9570
      4052 9576 4053 9577 4058 9578

$$

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1 follow-up statement
938 
WGUS73 KEAX 051456
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
956 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011

MOC005-051507-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110605T2030Z/
/00000.3.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATCHISON MO-
956 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011

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

LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE LEVEE PROBLEMS IN FAR 
NORTHWEST MISSOURI DO NOT POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 4059 9576 4059 9562 4056 9560 4054 9566
      4056 9567 4056 9568 4053 9569 4052 9570
      4052 9576 4053 9577 4058 9578

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll43 min
Jun 5, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton44 min
Jun 5, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph42 min
Jun 5, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton22 hr
Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson, Platte3 days

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.