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Areal Flood Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 13, 2016Andrew County, Buchanan County, Holt County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood warning at Sep 13, 2016, 11:44 PM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, Holt County, Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan 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, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Holt County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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, 7:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 7:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 5:02 AM CDT, 18 hours 42 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

Special weather statement, Sep 13, 7:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 13, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
913 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

KSZ057-105-MOZ043-140245-
MIAMI KS-JOHNSON KS-CASS MO-
913 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI AND NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SPRING HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...LEAWOOD...BELTON...SPRING HILL...
LOUISBURG...CLEVELAND...CHILES...BUCYRUS...STILLWELL AND STANLEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
218.

LAT...LON 3874 9489 3891 9484 3887 9461 3885 9461
      3884 9454 3860 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 286DEG 17KT 3878 9479

WELSH
Local storm report, Sep 13, 9:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
933 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

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

0910 PM     HAIL             OLATHE                  38.89N 94.81W
09/13/2016  E0.75 INCH       JOHNSON            KS   PUBLIC

&&

MJ
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
943 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

KSZ057-105-MOZ043-140315-
MIAMI KS-JOHNSON KS-CASS MO-
943 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON...
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI AND NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM
CDT...

AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CLEVELAND...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELTON...RAYMORE...CLEVELAND...STILLWELL AND BUCYRUS.

LAT...LON 3873 9474 3883 9469 3881 9445 3862 9455
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 283DEG 14KT 3874 9464

WELSH
Local storm report, Sep 13, 9:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
952 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

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

0905 PM     FLASH FLOOD      S LEONA                 39.79N 95.32W
09/13/2016                   DONIPHAN           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WAIST-DEEP WATER REPORTED OVER BRIDGE ON ASHPOINT RD.

&&

JWELSH
Local storm report, Sep 13, 10:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1026 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2016

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

1021 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ST JOSEPH               39.76N 94.85W
09/13/2016  M5.20 INCH       BUCHANAN           MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH 10 PM AT I-229 AND HIGHWAY 371.

&&

JWELSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton24 min
Sep 13, 8:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt3 hr
Sep 13, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass32 min
Sep 14, 12:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb6 hr
Sep 14, 2:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan51 hr
Sep 14, 5:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt and 1 more6 hr
Sep 14, 7:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan49 hr
Sep 14, 7:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte47 hr
Sep 14, 8:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray25 hr
Sep 14, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte4 days
Sep 14, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte4 days
Sep 14, 8:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay65 hr
Sep 14, 8:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll63 hr
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry42 hr
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston39 hr
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston3 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton4 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray4 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray4 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline4 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline5 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline5 days
Sep 14, 10:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard5 days
Sep 14, 11:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Livingston, Platte and 1 more6 hr
Sep 14, 5:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Livingston, Platte and 1 more15 hr
Sep 13, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson32 min
Sep 14, 1:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison38 hr
Sep 14, 1:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth47 hr
Sep 14, 7:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth66 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.