Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2015, 10:36 AM CDT for Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. 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
- Jun 3, 2015, 10:36 AM CDT (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
389
WGUS53 KEAX 031536
FFWEAX
KSC091-103-209-032130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0013.150603T1536Z-150603T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1036 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WESTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 1033 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...
TONGANOXIE...EASTON AND LINWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3942 9497 3938 9494 3939 9490 3938 9489
3932 9492 3924 9482 3923 9483 3921 9482
3890 9482 3894 9506 3898 9506 3898 9508
3895 9508 3898 9516 3897 9517 3942 9518
$$
AEP2 follow-up statements
765
WGUS73 KEAX 031644
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1144 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
KSC091-103-209-032130-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150603T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAVENWORTH KS-JOHNSON KS-WYANDOTTE KS-
1144 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WESTERN WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...
TONGANOXIE...EASTON AND LINWOOD.
THIS WILL IMPACT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 9497 3938 9494 3939 9490 3938 9489
3932 9492 3924 9482 3923 9483 3921 9482
3890 9482 3894 9506 3898 9506 3898 9508
3895 9508 3898 9516 3897 9517 3942 9518
$$
AEP623
WGUS73 KEAX 031814
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
114 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
KSC091-103-209-032130-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150603T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAVENWORTH KS-JOHNSON KS-WYANDOTTE KS-
114 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WESTERN WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BASEHOR...BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...LANSING...LEAVENWORTH...
TONGANOXIE...EASTON AND LINWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 3942 9497 3938 9494 3939 9490 3938 9489
3932 9492 3924 9482 3923 9483 3921 9482
3890 9482 3894 9506 3898 9506 3898 9508
3895 9508 3898 9516 3897 9517 3942 9518
$$
AEPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 31 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 4 days |
| Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 69 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.