Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT for Harrison County, Worth County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 3, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Harrison County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 12:00Z, 10.5 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
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
439
WGUS53 KEAX 032230
FFWEAX
MOC081-227-040730-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0004.140603T2230Z-140604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
THE LAST HOUR FROM THIS INITIAL STORM. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THIS AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL BE
CAPABLE OF DROPPING ANOTHER FEW INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. THE COMBINATION OF CURRENT RAINFALL AND ANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GRANT
CITY.
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.
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 4058 9398 4044 9407 4040 9459 4053 9463
4058 9463
$$
CDB3 follow-up statements
888
WGUS73 KEAX 040416
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1116 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014
MOC081-227-040730-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140604T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON MO-WORTH MO-
1116 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WORTH AND NORTHWESTERN
HARRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT...
AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GRANT
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.
&&
LAT...LON 4058 9398 4044 9407 4040 9459 4053 9463
4058 9463
$$
DUX528
WGUS53 KEAX 040703
FFWEAX
MOC081-227-041200-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140604T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
203 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE APPROACHED 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GRANT
CITY.
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.
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 4058 9398 4044 9407 4040 9459 4053 9463
4058 9463
$$
CDB555
WGUS73 KEAX 041150
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
650 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
MOC081-227-041205-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140604T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRISON MO-WORTH MO-
650 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WORTH AND
NORTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM
CDT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4058 9398 4044 9407 4040 9459 4053 9463
4058 9463
$$
DUXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 30 more | 25 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 22 min |
| Jun 3, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway, Worth | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Nodaway, Worth | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Worth | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 50 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.