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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2014, 11:42 PM CDT for Adair County, Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 3 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
- Sep 9, 2014, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, MO, Macon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 4:04 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Kirksville, MO | STATE ROUTE 11 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG STEER CREEK. |
| Sep 10, 4:04 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 8.62 | Kirksville Regional, MO | MEASURED RAINFALL SINCE 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING. |
| Sep 10, 4:46 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Kirksville, MO | HIGHWAY 6 IS FLOODED WITH 5 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER 5 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196
WGUS53 KEAX 100442
FFWEAX
MOC001-121-101000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0035.140910T0442Z-140910T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1142 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT
* AT 1141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED
AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KIRKSVILLE...LA PLATA...ATLANTA AND BRASHEAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3983 9228 3983 9285 4022 9286 4022 9285
4021 9234 3996 9234 3995 9228
$$
LAFLINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 59 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 7:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 55 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Grundy, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 56 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 67 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 19 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison | 8 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 3 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 7 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 9 days |
| Sep 10, 1:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Livingston | 48 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 2:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 6:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler | 35 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 9:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 5 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 51 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 71 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess and 15 more | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.