Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2014, 8:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 7, 2014, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
392 WGUS53 KEAX 080134 FFWEAX MOC075-081-147-227-080730- /O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0021.140708T0134Z-140708T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 834 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE AREA IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...HOPKINS AND RAVENWOOD. THIS WILL IMPACT I-35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 103. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PLEASANT HILL. && LAT...LON 4058 9399 4028 9399 4028 9491 4058 9492 $$ MELL
1 follow-up statement
089 WGUS73 KEAX 080723 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 223 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014 MOC075-081-147-227-080738- /O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140708T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ GENTRY MO-HARRISON MO-NODAWAY MO-WORTH MO- 223 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WORTH... NORTHEASTERN NODAWAY...NORTHWESTERN HARRISON AND NORTHERN GENTRY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4058 9399 4028 9399 4028 9491 4058 9492 $$ HAWBLITZEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Caldwell, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 7 more | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 3 more | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy and 5 more | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette and 4 more | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Macon, Randolph | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Pettis, Saline | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 11:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 12:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry, Johnson | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 38 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 43 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 68 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 66 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 58 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 67 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 32 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 34 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.