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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 26, 2016Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 8:52 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Gardner, KS	WATER COVERING ROAD 175TH AND WAVERLY IN SOUTH GARDNER.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -478 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

479 
WGUS53 KEAX 270057
FFWEAX
KSC091-121-MOC013-037-095-101-270400-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0013.160527T0057Z-160527T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN BATES COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS ARE THAT DITCHES ALONG
  AREA ROADS ARE FULL...AND WITH MORE RAIN MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE
  AREA FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...LEE'S SUMMIT...SHAWNEE...
  LENEXA...LEAWOOD...GRANDVIEW...BELTON...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...
  RAYMORE...GARDNER...MERRIAM...HARRISONVILLE...MISSION...
  PLEASANT HILL...DE SOTO...PAOLA...SPRING HILL AND GREENWOOD.

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 3840 9506 3897 9506 3900 9499 3898 9497
      3900 9493 3899 9491 3901 9489 3903 9489
      3904 9486 3904 9461 3886 9461 3883 9411
      3839 9408

$$

CUTTER

1 follow-up statement

304 
WGUS73 KEAX 270243
FFSEAX

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

KSC091-121-MOC013-037-095-101-270251-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160527T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS-JOHNSON MO-CASS MO-JACKSON MO-BATES MO-
943 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JOHNSON...MIAMI...SOUTHWESTERN
JOHNSON...CASS...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHERN BATES COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE CURRENT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS LET UP SOME. HOWEVER...MORE
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THIS
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH A GENERAL FLOOD WARMING.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.


LAT...LON 3840 9506 3897 9506 3900 9499 3898 9497
      3900 9493 3899 9491 3901 9489 3903 9489
      3904 9486 3904 9461 3886 9461 3883 9411
      3839 9408

$$

CUTTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison	4 days
May 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	24 hr
May 26, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Miami	35 min
May 27, 1:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Wyandotte	4 days
May 27, 1:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	3 days
May 27, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Wyandotte	70 hr
May 27, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Wyandotte	3 hr
May 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates, Cass, Henry	26 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	15 min
May 26, 7:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt	46 hr
May 26, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	67 hr
May 26, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	57 hr
May 26, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	41 hr
May 26, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Saline	6 days
May 26, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard	7 days
May 26, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	37 hr
May 26, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline	24 hr
May 27, 12:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	42 hr
May 27, 12:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	68 hr
May 27, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	24 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Platte	31 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay	32 min
May 27, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay	3 hr
May 27, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Lafayette	31 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb	23 min
May 27, 5:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clinton	3 hr
May 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	26 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	35 min
May 27, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Macon	23 min
May 27, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy	32 min
May 27, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy	35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016 Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.