Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 1:52 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 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
- Apr 3, 2014, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:04 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Dresden, MO | *** 1 INJ *** HIGHWAY T CLOSED DUE TO 3 SEPARATE CULVERT WASHOUTS. ONE INJURY REPORTED. |
| Apr 3, 6:43 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sw Houstonia, MO | SWIFT WATER RESCUE UNDERWAY ON HIGHWAY D...2 MILES EAST OF MO HIGHWAY 127. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652 WGUS53 KEAX 030652 FFWEAX MOC053-089-159-195-031400- /O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0002.140403T0652Z-140403T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 152 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...TRACKING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAIN GAUGE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM NEAR KNOB NOSTER TO BOONVILLE...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 AM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BOONVILLE...FAYETTE...SWEET SPRINGS...HOUSTONIA...LA MONTE...NEW FRANKLIN AND PILOT GROVE. FLOODING MAY ALSO IMPACT I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 113 AT THE MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE. 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. 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 9350 3901 9348 3920 9263 3887 9253 $$ BOOKBINDER
1 follow-up statement
938 WGUS73 KEAX 030756 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 256 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 MOC053-089-159-195-031400- /O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140403T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-PETTIS MO-SALINE MO- 256 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SALINE... NORTHERN PETTIS...SOUTHERN HOWARD AND NORTHERN COOPER COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT... AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA..FROM JUST EAST OF WARRENSBURG TO PILOT GROVE AND BUNCETON. WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE MEASURED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS...AND SIMILAR TOTALS EXTEND TOWARD PILOT GROVE...JUST NORTH OF SEDALIA. ALTHOUGH THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT SOUTH AFTER 3 AM...RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP IS ALSO POSSIBLE AFTER 4 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BOONVILLE...FAYETTE...SWEET SPRINGS...HOUSTONIA...LA MONTE...NEW FRANKLIN AND PILOT GROVE. THIS WILL IMPACT I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND TO AT LEAST 113 AT THE MISSOURI RIVER BRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3865 9350 3901 9348 3920 9263 3887 9253 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 1:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Howard | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 64 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 66 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Henry, Pettis | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 47 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 33 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 37 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 41 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 2:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard, Randolph | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Saline | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon, Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 41 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.