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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 2015Andrew County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 8:03 PM CDT for Andrew County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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: May 16, 2015, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Andrew County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 8:54 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	N Quitman, MO	WATER OVER HIGHWAY 113
May 16, 9:37 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Maryville, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

145 
WGUS53 KEAX 170103
FFWEAX
MOC003-087-147-170530-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0002.150517T0103Z-150517T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
803 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NODAWAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE  
  WARNED AREA. AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
  WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARYVILLE...MOUND CITY...BURLINGTON JUNCTION...FILLMORE...
  HOPKINS...MAITLAND...RAVENWOOD AND SKIDMORE.


THIS WILL IMPACT

 I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 85.

LAT...LON 4057 9463 4047 9463 4047 9462 4001 9475
      4003 9528 4026 9525 4026 9518 4048 9518
      4048 9520 4058 9520

$$

LAFLIN

1 follow-up statement

887 
WGUS73 KEAX 170532
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1232 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

MOC003-087-147-170547-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150517T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOLT MO-NODAWAY MO-ANDREW MO-
1232 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
ANDREW...NODAWAY AND NORTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4057 9463 4047 9463 4047 9462 4001 9475
      4003 9528 4026 9525 4026 9518 4048 9518
      4048 9520 4058 9520

$$

GITRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	44 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	50 min
May 16, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Ray	46 min
May 16, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	6 days
May 16, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	6 days
May 16, 9:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	7 days
May 16, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
May 16, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell	47 min
May 16, 9:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray	6 hr
May 16, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte	50 min
May 16, 11:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	39 hr
May 16, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray	39 min
May 16, 11:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	6 hr
May 16, 11:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	36 min
May 17, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess	29 min
May 17, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette	42 min
May 17, 12:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	6 hr
May 17, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Lafayette, Livingston and 1 more	51 min
May 17, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	47 min
May 17, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	27 min
May 17, 1:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	25 hr
May 17, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Saline and 1 more	48 min
May 17, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Pettis, Saline	52 min
May 17, 1:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Nodaway	33 hr
May 17, 2:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	27 hr
May 17, 2:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	54 hr
May 17, 3:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	68 hr
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	4 days
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	4 days
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	7 days
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	8 days
May 17, 3:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	43 hr
May 17, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray	3 hr
May 17, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	53 hr
May 17, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	3 days
May 17, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	4 days
May 17, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	5 days
May 17, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	6 days
May 17, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy and 4 more	24 hr
May 17, 7:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	65 hr
May 17, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	36 hr
May 17, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	66 hr
May 17, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	6 days
May 17, 9:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	8 days
May 17, 11:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	46 hr
May 17, 11:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	31 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.