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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 6, 2016Andrew County, Buchanan County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2016, 8:11 AM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
Jul 6, 2016, 8:11 AM CDT (13:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 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 6, 8:16 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Ene St Joseph, MOROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.
Jul 6, 8:16 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 E St Joseph, MOHIGH WATER ON BELT HIGHWAY FROM FREDERICK TO MITCHELL.
Jul 6, 9:34 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.98St. Joseph Airport, MOASOS 2 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jul 6, 9:34 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.34 Sse St. Joseph, MO

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 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

966 
WGUS53 KEAX 061311
FFWEAX
KSC043-MOC003-021-061615-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0027.160706T1311Z-160706T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
811 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 810 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ST. JOSEPH...WATHENA...ELWOOD...COUNTRY CLUB VILLA...
  COUNTRY CLUB...AGENCY...AMAZONIA...DONIPHAN...EASTON...
  COSBY AND ST. JOSEPH AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 3975 9509 3989 9493 3986 9460 3965 9460
      3962 9510

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLivingston33 min
Jul 6, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLinn, Macon43 min
Jul 6, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison34 min
Jul 6, 7:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAtchison, Doniphan3 hr

Nearby

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