Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Watches in 2015
Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 19, 2015, 3:47 AM CDT for 35 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jul 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2015, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2015, 12:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- None
All 40 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 3374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 19, 3:27 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:27 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:53 AM CDT, 22 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 453 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-191000- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 453 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 101 AND 105 ACROSS THE AREA. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1245 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
MOZ004-005-014-190630-
HARRISON MO-GENTRY MO-DAVIESS MO-
1245 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON...
NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND EAST CENTRAL GENTRY COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM
CDT...
AT 1244 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR NEW HAMPTON...OR NEAR ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BETHANY...NEW HAMPTON AND MCFALL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND
97.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 4016 9435 4028 9427 4035 9400 4018 9399
4006 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 280DEG 13KT 4021 9425
LEIGHTONSpecial weather statement, Jul 19, 1:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 148 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 MOZ005-014-015-190730- HARRISON MO-GRUNDY MO-DAVIESS MO- 148 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON... SOUTHWESTERN GRUNDY AND NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 148 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TRENTON TO 7 MILES WEST OF GILMAN CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRENTON...JAMESPORT...GILMAN CITY...LAREDO...COFFEY...JAMESON... TINDALL AND BRIMSON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 87. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3997 9339 3997 9403 4020 9404 4022 9360 TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 331DEG 9KT 4016 9365 4015 9401 LEIGHTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry, Harrison | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:36 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | EAX | Bates, Henry | 17 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Linn, Livingston, Macon and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 8:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Macon | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Worth | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 8:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 72 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 53 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 59 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 56 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 60 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Randolph | 9 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 61 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 3 days |
| Jul 19, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.