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Areal Flood Warning 27, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 27, 20165 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood warning at Aug 27, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 27, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 27, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 12:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 4:27 AM CDT, 22 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
427 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-270930-
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-
427 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH MID-
MORNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. AN
ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A
COUPLE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1045 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

MOZ007-016-270430-
PUTNAM MO-SULLIVAN MO-
1045 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SULLIVAN AND CENTRAL
PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1045 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNIONVILLE...GREEN CITY...POLLOCK AND LEMONS.

LAT...LON 4058 9272 4024 9297 4039 9324 4058 9314
      4059 9272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 208DEG 30KT 4041 9314

BLAIR

Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 26, 11:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	28 min
Aug 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	3 hr
Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton	32 min
Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Ray	23 min
Aug 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton	32 min
Aug 26, 7:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte	6 hr
Aug 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston	29 min
Aug 26, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	38 hr
Aug 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston	42 min
Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	32 hr
Aug 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry	5 hr
Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	47 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, Ray	6 hr
Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	3 hr
Aug 26, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	27 hr
Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	EAX	Clay, Jackson	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	58 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	51 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	53 hr
Aug 26, 10:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	25 hr
Aug 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Ray	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Putnam	45 min
Aug 26, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph	4 hr
Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	58 hr
Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Aug 27, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	44 hr
Aug 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	4 hr
Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	23 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	36 hr
Aug 26, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson	4 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.