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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 7, 2015Linn County, Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2015, 7:52 PM CDT for Linn County, Macon County, Missouri. 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 7, 2015, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 265 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1647 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

326 
WGUS53 KEAX 080052
FFWEAX
MOC115-121-080700-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0021.150608T0052Z-150608T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
752 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EAST CENTRAL LINN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 752 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...AND
  AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
  OF CENTRAL MACON AND EAST CENTRAL LINN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  TOWNS OF ELMER...ETHEL AND NEW BOSTON.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3998 9252 3983 9252 3982 9297 3996 9296

$$

LAFLIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMacon29 min
Jun 7, 7:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAdair, Caldwell, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Linn and 3 more6 hr
Jun 7, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRandolph42 min
Jun 7, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph37 min
Jun 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph46 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHoward45 min
Jun 7, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph51 min
Jun 7, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHoward, Randolph6 hr
Jun 8, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper35 min
Jun 8, 12:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis52 min
Jun 8, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis28 min
Jun 8, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper32 min
Jun 8, 5:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward29 hr
Jun 8, 11:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll37 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.