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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 2016Lafayette County, Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 12:37 AM CDT for Lafayette County, Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2016, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 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 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WGUS53 KEAX 030537
FFWEAX
MOC107-159-195-031130-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0022.160703T0537Z-160703T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1237 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 1236 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5
  INCHES RAIN HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE DAY WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
  THE LAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARSHALL...CONCORDIA...SWEET SPRINGS...CORDER...ALMA...HOUSTONIA...
  EMMA...NELSON...AULLVILLE AND ARROW ROCK.

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 3897 9305 3886 9305 3885 9306 3891 9350
      3893 9350 3894 9370 3910 9370 3909 9291

$$

CDB
1 follow-up statement
891 
WGUS73 KEAX 031100
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
600 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

MOC107-159-195-031110-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160703T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PETTIS MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO-
600 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PETTIS...SOUTHEASTERN
LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD WARNING. 

LAT...LON 3897 9305 3886 9305 3885 9306 3891 9350
      3893 9350 3894 9370 3910 9370 3909 9291

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson60 hr
Jul 2, 8:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis59 hr
Jul 2, 9:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard4 days
Jul 2, 9:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXJackson, Lafayette4 hr
Jul 2, 9:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward34 hr
Jul 2, 9:53 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper3 days
Jul 2, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll48 hr
Jul 2, 10:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates24 hr
Jul 2, 11:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXPlatte4 hr
Jul 3, 12:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPlatte6 hr
Jul 3, 12:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray38 hr
Jul 3, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard6 hr
Jul 3, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray6 hr
Jul 3, 2:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis6 hr
Jul 3, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson6 hr
Jul 3, 2:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte30 hr
Jul 3, 3:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson35 hr
Jul 3, 5:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray12 hr
Jul 3, 5:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette and 3 more12 hr
Jul 3, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper47 hr
Jul 3, 3:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson36 hr
Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.