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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 3, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cooper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 6:53 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.82Sedalia Memorial Arpt, MOASOS STATION SEDALIA MEMORIAL AIRPORT /DMO/.

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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.

996 
WGUS53 KEAX 030708
FFWEAX
MOC053-101-107-159-031300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0025.160703T0708Z-160703T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 206 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES POCKETS OF 1 TO
  2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SEDALIA...WARRENSBURG...KNOB NOSTER...HOLDEN...
  WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE...LA MONTE...SMITHTON...OTTERVILLE...
  BUNCETON...KINGSVILLE...WHITEMAN AFB...CENTERVIEW...HUGHESVILLE...
  PITTSVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...CLIFTON CITY AND SEDALIA MEMORIAL ARPT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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 3868 9262 3870 9306 3866 9307 3872 9412
      3894 9411 3893 9350 3891 9350 3885 9306
      3886 9305 3884 9305 3877 9258

$$

CDB
1 follow-up statement
318 
WGUS73 KEAX 031101 RRA
FFSEAX

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

MOC053-101-107-159-031111-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160703T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PETTIS MO-COOPER MO-LAFAYETTE MO-JOHNSON MO-
601 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PETTIS...SOUTHERN COOPER...
SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3868 9262 3870 9306 3866 9307 3872 9412
      3894 9411 3893 9350 3891 9350 3885 9306
      3886 9305 3884 9305 3877 9258

$$

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, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard6 hr
Jul 3, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray6 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.