Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2015, 6:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 3, 2015, 6:24 AM CDT (11:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2015, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003 WGUS53 KEAX 031124 FFWEAX MOC061-063-075-081-031730- /O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0009.150603T1124Z-150603T1730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 624 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 622 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ESTIMATES ARE THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHEAST GENTRY COUNTY BORDERING WITH DEKALB...DAVIESS AND HARRISON COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN DEKALB...NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS...SOUTHEASTERN GENTRY AND SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MCFALL AND SANTA ROSA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. && LAT...LON 3996 9414 3996 9433 4019 9434 4019 9414 $$ CUTTER
1 follow-up statement
679 WGUS73 KEAX 031453 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 953 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 MOC061-063-075-081-031730- /O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150603T1730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DAVIESS MO-DEKALB MO-GENTRY MO-HARRISON MO- 953 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON... SOUTHEASTERN GENTRY...NORTHEASTERN DEKALB AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 951 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN DEKALB...NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS...SOUTHEASTERN GENTRY AND SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF MCFALL AND SANTA ROSA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES... AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3996 9414 3996 9433 4019 9434 4019 9414 $$ AEP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Gentry | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 8:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette, Ray | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Lafayette, Ray | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 3 days |
| Jun 3, 11:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Platte | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 3 days |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 8 days |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 62 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 27 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay and 13 more | 69 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 6 days |
| Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 30 days |
| Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 31 days |
| Jun 3, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 3 more | 24 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.