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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 26, 20167 counties in Missouri; Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 5:02 PM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2016, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 6:02 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Parkville, MO	MISSOURI ROUTE 9 AT RIVERSIDE/PARKVILLE LIMITS FLOODED.
May 26, 6:02 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Riverside, MO	WATER OVER ROADWAY ON MO ROUTE 9 AT RIVERSIDE/PARKVILLE CITY LIMITS.
May 26, 6:04 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Blue Springs, MO	WATER OVER 7 HWY AT SUNSET ROAD ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF 40 HWY IN BLUE SPRINGS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 1730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.9

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The text

As transmitted.

990 
WGUS53 KEAX 262202
FFWEAX
KSC091-103-209-MOC025-047-061-095-107-165-177-270400-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0011.160526T2202Z-160527T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
502 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEE'S SUMMIT...SHAWNEE...
  BLUE SPRINGS...LEAWOOD...RAYTOWN...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...
  GRANDVIEW...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...GRAIN VALLEY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
  MERRIAM...MISSION...KEARNEY...OAK GROVE...BONNER SPRINGS...
  RICHMOND AND PARKVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9518 3943 9421 4000 9420 4013 9376
      3920 9376 3891 9404 3891 9411 3883 9412
      3887 9460 3904 9463 3904 9486 3897 9503
      3898 9518

$$

CUTTER

2 follow-up statements

752 
WGUS73 KEAX 262302
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
602 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC091-103-209-MOC025-047-061-095-107-165-177-270400-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160527T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-LAFAYETTE MO-DAVIESS MO-
RAY MO-PLATTE MO-JACKSON MO-CALDWELL MO-CLAY MO-
602 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE...NORTHERN JOHNSON...WESTERN
LAFAYETTE...DAVIESS...RAY...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE...JACKSON...CALDWELL
AND CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 557 PM CDT...GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN
REPORTED NEAR THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND WIDESPREAD
REPORTS OF MORE THAN 3 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY. THIS
HAS LEAD FERRELVIEW VILLAGE OFFICIALS TO EVACUATE SOME APARTMENTS
DUE TO THE HIGH WATER. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEE'S SUMMIT...SHAWNEE...BLUE SPRINGS...
LEAWOOD...RAYTOWN...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...GRANDVIEW...
PRAIRIE VILLAGE...GRAIN VALLEY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...MERRIAM...
MISSION...KEARNEY...OAK GROVE...BONNER SPRINGS...
RICHMOND AND PARKVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3906 9518 3943 9421 4000 9420 4013 9376
      3920 9376 3891 9404 3891 9411 3883 9412
      3887 9460 3904 9463 3904 9486 3897 9503
      3898 9518

$$

CUTTER

371 
WGUS73 KEAX 270235
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
935 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

KSC091-103-209-MOC025-047-061-095-107-165-177-270245-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160527T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-LAFAYETTE MO-DAVIESS MO-
RAY MO-PLATTE MO-JACKSON MO-CALDWELL MO-CLAY MO-
935 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE...
NORTHERN JOHNSON...WESTERN LAFAYETTE...DAVIESS...RAY...SOUTHEASTERN
PLATTE...JACKSON...CALDWELL AND CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

CURRENT FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. HOWEVER...MORE FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH A GENERAL
FLOOD WARMING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3906 9518 3943 9421 4000 9420 4013 9376
      3920 9376 3891 9404 3891 9411 3883 9412
      3887 9460 3904 9463 3904 9486 3897 9503
      3898 9518

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt, Nodaway	45 min
May 25, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	35 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Atchison	43 min
May 25, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, DeKalb, Holt, Nodaway	48 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Nodaway	26 min
May 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb	47 min
May 26, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Jackson	34 min
May 26, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Adair	38 min
May 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	42 min
May 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	46 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	31 min
May 26, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	43 min
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	6 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	7 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	13 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	15 days
May 26, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	15 days
May 26, 10:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	15 min
May 26, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	45 min
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	3 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
May 26, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	4 days
May 26, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	38 min
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Buchanan	4 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 26, 10:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	5 days
May 26, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	49 min
May 26, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	48 min
May 26, 11:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette, Ray	42 min
May 26, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan	23 min
May 26, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Holt	49 min
May 26, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	45 min
May 26, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Holt	27 min
May 26, 12:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Lafayette, Saline	3 hr
May 26, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	41 min
May 26, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	49 min
May 26, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	30 min
May 26, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	40 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass and 13 more	38 hr
May 26, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Worth	10 min
May 26, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte, Ray	49 min
May 26, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph, Saline	19 min
May 26, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Saline	45 min
May 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	38 min
May 26, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson, Ray	34 min
May 26, 1:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	2 hr
May 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Nodaway	48 min
May 26, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth	30 min
May 26, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray	39 min
May 26, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	20 min
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry	68 hr
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Daviess, Livingston	3 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	4 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	5 days
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton	5 days
May 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	33 min
May 26, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 2 more	49 min
May 26, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	32 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	31 min
May 26, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Jackson	35 min
May 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Platte	28 min
May 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette	26 min
May 26, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb	45 min
May 26, 3:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	6 hr
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	30 min
May 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	43 min
May 26, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	41 min
May 26, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	41 min
May 26, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	48 min
May 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray	35 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	31 min
May 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Jackson	6 hr
May 26, 4:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	6 hr
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	34 min
May 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	30 min
May 26, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Ray	23 min
May 26, 5:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	40 hr
May 26, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	30 min
May 26, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis, Saline	6 hr
May 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Atchison	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.