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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 26, 2016Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Platte County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT for Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
Apr 26, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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
Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBasehor, KSWATER 3 INCHES OVER ROADWAY AT 155TH AND STONERIDGE.
Apr 26, 10:43 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLeavenworth, KS8 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD AT K92 AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF LECOMPTON ROAD.
Apr 26, 10:44 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBasehor, KSWATER OVER ROADWAY AT 166TH AND KRIEDER RD

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

148 
WGUS53 KEAX 270313
FFWEAX
KSC091-103-209-MOC165-270915-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0003.160427T0313Z-160427T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1013 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  CENTRAL PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1011 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AT A GAGE WEST OF
  EDGERTON, KS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  OLATHE...SHAWNEE...LENEXA...LEAVENWORTH...GARDNER...LANSING...BONNER
  SPRINGS...DE SOTO...TONGANOXIE...PLATTE CITY...BASEHOR...EDWARDSVILLE...
  WESTON...KANSAS CITY...LINWOOD...EASTON...TRACY...RENO...FAIRMOUNT AND
  FARLEY.

LAT...LON 3942 9518 3942 9478 3884 9483 3877 9505
      3898 9506 3899 9508 3896 9508 3896 9509
      3897 9511 3897 9513 3898 9516 3896 9518

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDoniphan12 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison6 days
Apr 26, 8:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth49 hr
Apr 26, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Linn, Miami31 min
Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte35 min
Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami17 min
Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDoniphan6 hr
Apr 26, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte46 min
Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Wyandotte6 hr
Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson29 hr
Apr 27, 1:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison36 hr
Apr 27, 1:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLeavenworth70 hr
Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXMiami4 days
Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn4 days
Apr 27, 5:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte18 hr
Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison36 min
Apr 27, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison28 min
Apr 27, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan33 min
Apr 27, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Doniphan43 min
Apr 27, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth41 min
Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte33 min
Apr 27, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLeavenworth44 min
Apr 27, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXWyandotte27 min
Apr 27, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDoniphan37 min
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway63 hr
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan3 days
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt70 hr
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Ray9 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray20 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline21 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline21 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline8 days
Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard5 days
Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXGentry31 min
Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper37 hr
Apr 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Johnson33 min
Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCass18 min
Apr 26, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more24 min
Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte27 hr
Apr 27, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates28 min
Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSt. Clair46 min
Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis45 hr
Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline4 days
Apr 27, 3:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray32 hr
Apr 27, 4:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson40 hr
Apr 27, 6:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay44 hr
Apr 27, 7:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more3 hr
Apr 27, 7:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry55 hr
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry60 hr
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Livingston3 days
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston4 days
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston5 days
Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton3 days
Apr 27, 10:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more12 hr
Apr 27, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison37 min
Apr 27, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison35 min
Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison15 min
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt29 min
Apr 27, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton40 min
Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway, Worth30 min
Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb39 min
Apr 27, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton, Platte47 min
Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte36 min
Apr 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Gentry35 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb46 min
Apr 27, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry39 min
Apr 27, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray37 min
Apr 27, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXDaviess24 min
Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Randolph26 min
Apr 27, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Worth52 min
Apr 27, 5:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXDaviess33 min
Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Lafayette and 2 more46 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette22 min
Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan38 min
Apr 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Saline52 min
Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette, Saline48 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon24 min
Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline47 min
Apr 27, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Putnam, Sullivan52 min

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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.