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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 2016Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 1:18 AM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 3, 2016, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2016, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 7:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 6.674 Ese Lamine, MOCO-OP OBSERVER STATION BOONVILLE 4SW /BNLM7/.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

As transmitted.

289 
WGUS53 KEAX 030618
FFWEAX
MOC053-089-031215-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0023.160703T0618Z-160703T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 117 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE
  LAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BOONVILLE...NEW FRANKLIN...PILOT GROVE...ROCHEPORT...
  PRAIRIE HOME...BLACKWATER...FRANKLIN...WOOLDRIDGE AND LAMINE.

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 3877 9258 3884 9305 3897 9305 3909 9290
      3908 9252 3900 9256 3899 9256 3898 9257
      3893 9251 3891 9250

$$

CDB
1 follow-up statement
201 
WGUS73 KEAX 031101
FFSEAX

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

MOC053-089-031110-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160703T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COOPER MO-HOWARD MO-
601 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COOPER AND SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3877 9258 3884 9305 3897 9305 3909 9290
      3908 9252 3900 9256 3899 9256 3898 9257
      3893 9251 3891 9250

$$

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, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXLafayette, Pettis, Saline6 hr
Jul 3, 12:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray38 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

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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.