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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 13, 2016Carroll County, Lafayette County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2016, 12:10 PM CDT for Carroll County, Lafayette County, Saline County, 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: Jul 13, 2016, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Carroll County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 12:15 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Carrollton, MO	UU HWY CLOSED, FLOODING ACROSS CITY, NUMEROUS STREETS.
Jul 13, 2:56 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 E Concordia, MO	MISSOURI HIGHWAY VV CLOSED NEAR BRUSHY CREEK

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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

786 
WGUS53 KEAX 131710
FFWEAX
MOC033-107-195-132300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0029.160713T1710Z-160713T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1210 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 1205 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA RECEIVED
  RAINFALL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH HAS SATURATED LOCAL
  SOILS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT
  HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MARSHALL...OAK GROVE...ODESSA...HIGGINSVILLE...LEXINGTON...
  CARROLLTON...CONCORDIA...SLATER...SWEET SPRINGS...WAVERLY...
  WELLINGTON...NORBORNE...CORDER...ALMA...MALTA BEND...BLACKBURN...
  MAYVIEW...WAKENDA...LAKE LAFAYETTE AND EMMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3904 9297 3897 9305 3894 9305 3892 9411
      3914 9410 3914 9405 3919 9403 3921 9398
      3915 9399 3921 9385 3921 9376 3937 9376
      3942 9369 3943 9316 3937 9307 3932 9306
      3931 9300 3926 9292 3923 9293 3923 9288

$$

SAW

1 follow-up statement

474 
WGUS73 KEAX 131914
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
214 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

MOC033-107-195-132300-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160713T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL MO-LAFAYETTE MO-SALINE MO-
214 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN CARROLL...LAFAYETTE AND SALINE COUNTIES...

AT 207 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGHWAY UU CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING. THIS CLOSURE IS A FEW MILES NORTH OF CARROLLTON. HEAVY
RAIN HAS TRACKED OUT OF THE AREA BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLOODING FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSHALL...OAK GROVE...ODESSA...HIGGINSVILLE...LEXINGTON...
CARROLLTON...CONCORDIA...SLATER...SWEET SPRINGS...WAVERLY...
WELLINGTON...NORBORNE...CORDER...ALMA...MALTA BEND...BLACKBURN...
MAYVIEW...WAKENDA...LAKE LAFAYETTE AND EMMA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3904 9297 3897 9305 3894 9305 3892 9411
      3914 9410 3914 9405 3919 9403 3921 9398
      3915 9399 3921 9385 3921 9376 3937 9376
      3942 9369 3943 9316 3937 9307 3932 9306
      3931 9300 3926 9292 3923 9293 3923 9288

$$

SAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Randolph	51 min
Jul 13, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Chariton	46 min
Jul 13, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	52 min
Jul 13, 8:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	3 days
Jul 13, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Holt	36 min
Jul 13, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	28 min
Jul 13, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	35 min
Jul 13, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more	34 min
Jul 13, 11:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray	25 min
Jul 13, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 2 more	48 min
Jul 13, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette and 3 more	62 min
Jul 13, 12:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	6 hr
Jul 13, 12:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	6 hr
Jul 13, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph	32 min
Jul 13, 2:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	45 hr
Jul 13, 3:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	54 hr
Jul 13, 3:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Howard	41 hr
Jul 13, 6:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Chariton, Howard, Randolph	6 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.