Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2014, 4:27 AM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 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 10, 2014, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2014, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 4:46 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Kirksville, MO | HIGHWAY 6 IS FLOODED WITH 5 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER 5 MILES EAST OF KIRKSVILLE. |
| Sep 10, 4:50 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 10.2 | 2 Ne Browning, MO | MEASURED BY AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAGE AT THE USGS RIVER GAGE SITE. |
| Sep 10, 4:54 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.65 | Linneus, MO | MEASURED BY AN AUTOMATIC RAIN GAGE ON A USGS RIVER GAGE SITE ON LOCUST CREEK. |
| Sep 10, 5:02 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Trenton, MO | 28TH STREET IN TRENTON IS FLOODED AS WELL AS THE AIRPORT AND SEVERAL CARS PARKED AT THE AIRPORT. 5.92 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN TRENTON. |
| Sep 10, 5:16 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | La Plata, MO | HIGHWAY 156 CLOSED EAST AND WEST OF LA PLATA DUE TO FLOODING. NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS THROUGHOUT MACON COUNTY ARE FLOODED AS WELL. |
| Sep 10, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.2 | Brookfield, MO | 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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.
229
WGUS53 KEAX 100927
FFWEAX
MOC001-041-079-115-117-121-211-101530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0037.140910T0927Z-140910T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
427 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
* AT 420 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES SHOW WIDESPREAD 5 TO 8 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS AND KIRKSVILLE
REPORTED 8.62 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 PM TUESDAY EVENING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROOKFIELD...CHILLICOTHE...KIRKSVILLE...LA PLATA...MACON...
MARCELINE...MILAN...TRENTON...ATLANTA...BEVIER...BRASHEAR...
BROWNING...BUCKLIN...CALLAO...GALT...LACLEDE...LINNEUS...
MEADVILLE...NOVINGER...SPICKARD...UTICA AND WHEELING.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. THESE INCLUDE, ROUTE MM... ROUTE B... AND ROUTE C IN LINN
COUNTY... ROUTE T AND ROUTE PP IN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND MISSOURI 11 IN
ADAIR COUNTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT
WERE IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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 3961 9229 3961 9375 4026 9375 4025 9234
3996 9234 3995 9228
$$
CDBThe 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 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon | 5 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, 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.