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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 13, 2016Chariton County, Howard County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2016, 12:33 PM CDT for Chariton County, Howard County, Randolph 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 13, 2016, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chariton County, MO, Howard County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 1:45 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sse Fayette, MO	COUNTY ROAD 401 FLOODING. MINOR FLOODING WITH WATER COMING UP IN TOWN.

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, 5.6 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-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.

221 
WGUS53 KEAX 131733
FFWEAX
MOC041-089-175-132330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0030.160713T1733Z-160713T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1233 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1228 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE MOVING INTO
  THE WARNED AREA. MUCH OF THE AREA RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WHICH HAS SATURATED LOCAL
  SOILS. RUNOFF FROM THIS APPROACHING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY
  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MOBERLY...FAYETTE...SALISBURY...HUNTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
  NEW FRANKLIN...BRUNSWICK...HIGBEE...KEYTESVILLE...CLARK...
  ARMSTRONG...RENICK...CLIFTON HILL...FRANKLIN AND DALTON.

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 3925 9232 3925 9243 3897 9258 3899 9272
      3897 9281 3898 9286 3902 9288 3901 9290
      3907 9293 3909 9290 3912 9294 3923 9285
      3923 9293 3926 9292 3928 9296 3931 9296
      3932 9306 3945 9312 3944 9231

$$

SAW

1 follow-up statement

975 
WGUS73 KEAX 131920
FFSEAX

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

MOC041-089-175-132330-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160713T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANDOLPH MO-HOWARD MO-CHARITON MO-
220 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN RANDOLPH...HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN CHARITON COUNTIES...

AT 215 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN
FAYETTE. IN ADDITION...THEY REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 401 TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTE WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED SOON DUE TO FLOODING.
HEAVY RAIN HAS TRACKED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE
EARLIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MOBERLY...FAYETTE...SALISBURY...HUNTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
NEW FRANKLIN...BRUNSWICK...HIGBEE...KEYTESVILLE...CLARK...
ARMSTRONG...RENICK...CLIFTON HILL...FRANKLIN AND DALTON.

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 3925 9232 3925 9243 3897 9258 3899 9272
      3897 9281 3898 9286 3902 9288 3901 9290
      3907 9293 3909 9290 3912 9294 3923 9285
      3923 9293 3926 9292 3928 9296 3931 9296
      3932 9306 3945 9312 3944 9231

$$

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, 12:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	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.