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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 3, 2014Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 2:57 PM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
Apr 3, 2014, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1727 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 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
1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
15.3

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The text

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

639 
WGUS53 KEAX 031957
FFWEAX
MOC053-089-032300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0003.140403T1957Z-140403T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
257 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE       
  WARNED AREA WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO    
  ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS OTHER SCATTERED STORMS  
  MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BOONVILLE...FAYETTE...BUNCETON...NEW FRANKLIN...OTTERVILLE AND
  PILOT GROVE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3925 9244 3897 9258 3892 9250 3869 9263
      3870 9305 3887 9305 3929 9259

$$

SAW
1 follow-up statement
095 
WGUS73 KEAX 032309
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
609 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC053-089-032321-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140403T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-
609 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HOWARD AND COOPER
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED ENDING THE THREAT 
FOR EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORM IS TRACKING THROUGH COOPER AND HOWARD COUNTIES AND MAY 
LEAD TO ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN. MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS 
REMAIN FLOODED IN THE AREA AND FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 
THOSE DRAINAGE BASINS. BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. 
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3925 9244 3897 9258 3892 9250 3869 9263
      3870 9305 3887 9305 3929 9259

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass35 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson33 min
Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass46 min
Apr 2, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson41 min
Apr 2, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson29 min
Apr 3, 12:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette8 hr
Apr 3, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates23 min
Apr 3, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte34 min
Apr 3, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates30 min
Apr 3, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward24 min
Apr 3, 1:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson64 hr
Apr 3, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates31 min
Apr 3, 1:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline7 hr
Apr 3, 2:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry66 hr
Apr 3, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry, Pettis44 min
Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper47 hr
Apr 3, 5:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward33 hr
Apr 3, 7:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 2 more6 hr
Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay37 hr
Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll41 hr
Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates29 min
Apr 3, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper32 min
Apr 3, 2:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 3 more24 hr
Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard24 min
Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph35 min
Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHoward, Randolph40 min
Apr 3, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis38 min
Apr 3, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry25 min
Apr 3, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis44 min
Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis, Saline31 min
Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Saline38 min
Apr 3, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline44 min
Apr 3, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry24 min
Apr 3, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Pettis50 min
Apr 3, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph49 min
Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.