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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 26, 2016Clay County, Clinton County, Platte County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT for Clay County, Clinton County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
Apr 26, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1934 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 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
1934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
22.6

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WGUS53 KEAX 261400
FFWEAX
MOC047-049-165-261800-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0001.160426T1400Z-160426T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
900 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 858 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING
  ALONG 92 HIGHWAY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KANSAS CITY...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...SMITHVILLE...
  KEARNEY...LAWSON...PLEASANT VALLEY...LAKE WAUKOMIS...TRIMBLE...GLENAIRE...
  HOLT...PLATTE WOODS...OAKVIEW...MISSOURI CITY...MOSBY AND
  PRATHERSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 9460 3953 9422 3921 9422 3921 9423
      3924 9425 3924 9429 3921 9432 3921 9467

$$

CUTTER
1 follow-up statement
109 
WGUS73 KEAX 261612
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1112 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

MOC047-049-165-261621-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160426T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLINTON MO-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-
1112 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE
AND CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING ALONG
SOME ROADS IN BOTH CLAY AND PLATTE COUNTIES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED
ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3952 9460 3953 9422 3921 9422 3921 9423
      3924 9425 3924 9429 3921 9432 3921 9467

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay26 min
Apr 26, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay, Platte, Ray25 min
Apr 26, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan25 min
Apr 26, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt30 min
Apr 26, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan28 min
Apr 26, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb26 min
Apr 26, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt, Platte49 min
Apr 26, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte33 min
Apr 26, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCarroll24 min
Apr 26, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte35 min
Apr 26, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 4 more54 min
Apr 26, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray34 min
Apr 26, 8:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson23 min
Apr 26, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson and 5 more46 min
Apr 26, 9:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more51 min
Apr 26, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan40 min
Apr 26, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Pettis and 1 more39 min
Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte9 days
Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan7 days
Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte8 days
Apr 26, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Linn, Macon, Pettis and 2 more50 min
Apr 26, 10:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPettis3 hr
Apr 26, 11:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte6 hr
Apr 26, 11:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper3 hr
Apr 26, 12:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte26 hr
Apr 26, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray29 hr
Apr 26, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass and 14 more14 hr
Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHolt51 min

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.