Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2015, 10:28 PM CDT for Bates County, Cass County, Missouri; Linn County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2015, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Adrian, MO | ROADS IMPASSABLE. |
| Jul 2, 4:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | La Cygne, KS | HWY 152 AND SHOWALTER CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS CLOSED DUE TO WATER RUNNING OVER ROADS THROUGHOUT LINN COUNTY. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434
WGUS53 KEAX 020328
FFWEAX
KSC107-121-MOC013-037-020930-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0050.150702T0328Z-150702T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1028 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ADRIAN...BUTLER...LA CYGNE...ARCHIE...CREIGHTON AND DREXEL.
LAT...LON 3831 9477 3859 9478 3854 9407 3823 9407
3823 9408
$$
LEIGHTON1 follow-up statement
782
WGUS73 KEAX 020929
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
429 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
KSC107-121-MOC013-037-020943-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-150702T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI KS-LINN KS-BATES MO-CASS MO-
429 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LINN
AND SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN
CASS AND NORTHERN BATES COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 AM CDT. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN LINN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3831 9477 3859 9478 3854 9407 3823 9407
3823 9408
$$
LEIGHTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Lafayette | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 16 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 41 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 31 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 1:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 41 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 24 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 24 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.