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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2011, 8:04 PM CDT for Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 9, 2011, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.9 | Milan, MO |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 2854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
506
WGUS53 KEAX 100104
FFWEAX
MOC211-100700-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0007.110610T0104Z-110610T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
804 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MILAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 9303 4005 9299 4003 9324 4004 9333
4024 9336
$$
211 follow-up statement
795
WGUS73 KEAX 100220
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
920 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
MOC211-100700-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110610T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SULLIVAN MO-
920 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY
UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA SINCE THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MILAN.
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED WATER COVERING MANY ROADWAYS IN MILAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 9303 4005 9299 4003 9324 4004 9333
4024 9336
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Sullivan | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Livingston | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Macon | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Macon | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 18 min |
| Jun 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates, Cass | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 18 min |
| Jun 9, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 11:24 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Daviess, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 17 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 36 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Pettis | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 42 min |
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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.