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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 1, 20166 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 1:40 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 15 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: Aug 1, 2016, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2016, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 1, 1:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Carrollton, MO	FLOODING WASHED OUT BASEMENT CAUSING HOUSE TO COME OFF THE FOUNDATION.
Aug 1, 3:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Carrollton, MO	NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY. WATER ENTERING BUSINESSES IN CARROLLTON.
Aug 1, 5:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 S Breckenridge, MO	ROUTE A NEAR SHOAL CREEK IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 5:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 N Braymer, MO	ROUTE A SOUTHBOUND CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 5:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Malta Bend, MO	SEVERAL ROADS IMPASSABLE IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY
Aug 1, 5:37 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Carrollton, MO	WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES. HIGH WATER APPROACHING SOME BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES.
Aug 1, 6:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ssw Carrollton, MO	MISSOURI HIGHWAY 10 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	1 Nne Carrollton, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.4	Marshall, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.63	Marshall, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 6	1 Nne Carrollton, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 6.88	Carrollton, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 S Ludlow, MO	ROUTE D CLOSED NEAR SHOAL CREEK DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 7:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ssw Utica, MO	ROUTE C CLOSED NEAR SHOAL CREEK DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 7:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ne Braymer, MO	STATE HIGHWAY N NEAR MUD CREEK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 2139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 19.7

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The text

As transmitted.

295 
WGUS53 KEAX 010640
FFWEAX
MOC025-033-107-117-177-195-011245-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0032.160801T0640Z-160801T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
140 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 139 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.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9294 3908 9349 3978 9415 3977 9362
      3949 9331

$$

HAWBLITZEL

1 follow-up statement

455 
WGUS73 KEAX 010856
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
356 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

MOC025-033-107-117-177-195-011245-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160801T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARROLL MO-LAFAYETTE MO-LIVINGSTON MO-SALINE MO-RAY MO-CALDWELL MO-
356 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR
CARROLL...NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...CENTRAL
SALINE...NORTHEASTERN RAY AND EASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES...

AT 354 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED
ROADS ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY. WATER IS ENTERING BUSINESSESS IN
CARROLLTON.

 UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3912 9294 3908 9349 3978 9415 3977 9362
      3949 9331

$$

HAWBLITZEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline	25 min
Jul 31, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Saline	4 hr
Aug 1, 12:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Howard, Saline	16 hr
Aug 1, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Daviess	25 min
Aug 1, 2:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis, Saline	13 hr
Aug 1, 2:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll	5 days
Aug 1, 2:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Saline	5 days
Aug 1, 2:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Livingston and 1 more	6 hr
Aug 1, 2:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	49 hr
Aug 1, 3:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 2 more	12 hr
Aug 1, 4:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson, Pettis	11 hr
Aug 1, 6:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	44 hr
Aug 1, 6:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	51 hr
Aug 1, 6:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	3 days
Aug 1, 7:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray, Saline	8 hr
Aug 1, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Johnson, Pettis	46 hr
Aug 1, 1:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cass, Henry, Johnson	38 hr
Aug 1, 3:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy and 4 more	24 hr
Aug 1, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis and 1 more	24 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.