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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 16, 20154 counties in Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2015, 9:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri; Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 9:37 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ne Holt, MO	FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CLINTON COUNTY REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 33 NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY PP. THE ROAD CURRENTLY REMAINS PASSIBLE.
May 16, 10:13 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2	Liberty, MO	ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN IN LIBERTY
May 17, 12:22 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ne Claycomo, MO	SPOTTER REPORTS FLOWING WATER COMING UP HALFWAY ON DOORS OF CARS IN THE WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE AREA OF LIBERTY
May 17, 12:22 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Kansas City, MO	ROADS UNDRIVEABLE AT 103RD ST. AND WORNALL RD. IN KANSAS CITY, MO.
May 17, 1:17 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Kansas City, MO	REPORT VIA FB OF SEVERAL FLOODED ROADS WITH SOME IMPASSIBLE. THESE INCLUDE RAMPS AND UNDERPASSES NEAR HWY 9, STANDING WATER ON HWY 169 HEADING SOUTH INTO DOWNTOWN KC, AND FLOODED ROADWAY NEAR PENN VALLEY PARK.
May 17, 2:02 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	5 Wnw Claycomo, MO	REPORT VIA FB OF APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES OF RAIN NEAR NE 72ND ST AND N OAK TRAFFICWAY
May 17, 2:58 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ne Kearney, MO	WATER RESCUE AT NE 172ND ST. AND BISHOP RD. 2 MILES NE OF KEARNEY
May 17, 3:08 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Kansas City, MO	SEVERAL RESCUES REPORTED TONIGHT IN THE EAST BOTTOMS AREA AS WELL ALONG EMANUEL CLEAVER II BLVD NEAR BRUSH CREEK IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

314 
WGUS53 KEAX 170212
FFWEAX
KSC209-MOC047-049-095-165-170800-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0003.150517T0212Z-150517T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   
  WARNED AREA. AN ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE
  WARNED AREA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...GLADSTONE...KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY
  KANSAS...KEARNEY...LATHROP...LIBERTY...NORTH KANSAS CITY...
  PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...PLATTSBURG...RIVERSIDE...SMITHVILLE...
  SUGAR CREEK...WEATHERBY LAKE...AVONDALE...CAMDEN POINT...
  DEARBORN...EDGERTON...FERRELVIEW...GLENAIRE...HOLT...HOUSTON
  LAKE...KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN...LAKE WAUKOMIS...MISSOURI CITY...
  NORTHMOOR...OAKVIEW AND PLATTE WOODS.


THIS WILL IMPACT THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...

  I-70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 4.
  I-70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 410 AND 423.
  I-35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 41.
  I-635 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 12.
  I-435 LOOP FROM MILE MARKERS 11 TO 59.
  I-29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 27.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 9485 3920 9478 3921 9483 3925 9483
      3926 9484 3953 9478 3953 9461 3958 9460
      3958 9421 3951 9421 3910 9430 3908 9487

$$

LAFLIN

1 follow-up statement

352 
WGUS73 KEAX 170653
FFSEAX

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

KSC209-MOC047-049-095-165-170800-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150517T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYANDOTTE KS-CLAY MO-CLINTON MO-JACKSON MO-PLATTE MO-
153 AM CDT SUN MAY 17 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PLATTE...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHERN CLINTON...CLAY AND NORTHERN WYANDOTTE
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 151 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN 
ALREADY...AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ARE EXPECTED 
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...GLADSTONE...KANSAS CITY...KANSAS CITY KANSAS...
KEARNEY...LATHROP...LIBERTY...NORTH KANSAS CITY...PARKVILLE...PLATTE
CITY...PLATTSBURG...RIVERSIDE...SMITHVILLE...SUGAR CREEK...WEATHERBY
LAKE...AVONDALE...CAMDEN POINT...DEARBORN...EDGERTON...FERRELVIEW...
GLENAIRE...HOLT...HOUSTON LAKE...KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN...LAKE
WAUKOMIS...MISSOURI CITY...NORTHMOOR...OAKVIEW AND PLATTE WOODS.

SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN AND AROUND THE WARNED AREA REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO 
HIGH WATER.  

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 9485 3920 9478 3921 9483 3925 9483
      3926 9484 3953 9478 3953 9461 3958 9460
      3958 9421 3951 9421 3910 9430 3908 9487

$$

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, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	4 hr
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, 9:58 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
May 16, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Johnson	39 min
May 17, 12:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	6 hr
May 17, 1:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	49 hr
May 17, 1:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	46 hr
May 17, 5:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Miami	4 days
May 17, 5:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn	4 days

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.