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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2016, 9:51 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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 27, 2016, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Macon County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Schuyler County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 27, 10:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Huntsville, MO | WATER RESCUE ONGOING |
| May 27, 10:02 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Huntsville, MO | WATER RESCUE ONGOING ALONG COUNTY RD 1150. ROAD IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLOSED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
652
WGUS53 KEAX 280251
FFWEAX
MOC001-041-121-175-197-280845-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0015.160528T0251Z-160528T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
951 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
* AT 948 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF RANDOLPH
COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNED
AREA THIS EVENING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KIRKSVILLE...MOBERLY...MACON...HUNTSVILLE...LA PLATA...LANCASTER...
BEVIER...QUEEN CITY...HIGBEE...NOVINGER...GREENTOP...ATLANTA...
DOWNING...CLARK...CAIRO...CALLAO...BRASHEAR...GLENWOOD...
NEW CAMBRIA AND RENICK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3925 9232 3925 9244 3933 9271 3999 9277
4059 9259 4060 9235 3995 9235 3995 9229
$$
321 follow-up statement
151
WGUS73 KEAX 280718
FFSEAX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
218 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
MOC001-041-121-175-197-280727-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160528T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER MO-ADAIR MO-RANDOLPH MO-MACON MO-CHARITON MO-
218 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCHUYLER...ADAIR...RANDOLPH...MACON
AND NORTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3925 9232 3925 9244 3933 9271 3999 9277
4059 9259 4060 9235 3995 9235 3995 9229
$$
JULYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer | 47 min |
| May 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 38 hr |
| May 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 35 min |
| May 27, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 39 min |
| May 28, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 57 hr |
| May 28, 2:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.