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Areal Flood Warning 31, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 13, 2016Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood warning at Sep 13, 2016, 3:56 PM CDT for Leavenworth County, Kansas. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2016, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Leavenworth County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 5:02 AM CDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
502 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-141015-
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-
502 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 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

 STORMS WILL BE IN THE AREA MOST OF THE DAY TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A
SHORT BREAK FOR MOST AREAS AROUND MIDDAY. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG WITH PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING GUSTY WINDS, HAIL, AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

 THERE WILL BE DRIER CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY BUT STORMS
RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND STICK AROUND THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 13, 2:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 13, 3:31 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
331 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0327 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NE LANSING              39.25N 94.90W
09/13/2016                   LEAVENWORTH        KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER K-5 HIGHWAY IN NORTHEAST LANSING. BARRACADES
            REQUESTED TO CLOSE ROAD.

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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
Sep 13, 4:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry and 2 more	6 hr
Sep 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt	4 hr
Sep 13, 6:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston	5 hr
Sep 13, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Leavenworth	3 hr
Sep 13, 12:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	4 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.