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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 1, 2016Cooper County, Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 2:28 AM CDT for Cooper County, Pettis County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 13 hr. 11 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, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2016, 3:36 PM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cooper County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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, 3:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 E Hughesville, MO	WATER OVER US 65 HIGHWAY
Aug 1, 4:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	10 E Houstonia, MO	ROUTE BB CLOSED NEAR HEATHS CREEK DUE TO FLOODING. CLOSURE IS BETWEEN GREER ROAD AND LONGWOOD.
Aug 1, 4:26 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	La Monte, MO	US 50 CLOSED AT LA MONTE DUE TO HIGH WATER. WATER RESCUE OF STRANDED MOTORIST.
Aug 1, 6:15 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ssw Houstonia, MO	ROUTE T NEAR HEATHS CREEK IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 6:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nw Sweet Springs, MO	125TH ROAD CLOSED NEAR DAVIS CREEK DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 6:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 N Sweet Springs, MO	MISSOURI HIGHWAY 127 NEAR SALT POND CREEK IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.3	Sweet Springs, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 N La Monte, MO	MISSOURI HIGHWAY 127 CLOSED NEAR THE SOUTH FORK BLACKWATER RIVER DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 9:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 E Concordia, MO	ROUTE VV NEAR DAVIS CREEK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 9:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.42	5 Ese La Monte, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 10:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sw Houstonia, MO	ROUTE D CLOSED NEAR THE SOUTH FORK BLACKWATER RIVER.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 1282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

296 
WGUS53 KEAX 010728
FFWEAX
MOC053-159-195-011330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0033.160801T0728Z-160801T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 227 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 ONE TO THREE 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 3868 9262 3869 9298 3870 9306 3854 9307
      3876 9350 3908 9349 3874 9259

$$

HAWBLITZEL

3 follow-up statements

050 
WGUS53 KEAX 011308
FFWEAX
MOC053-159-195-011600-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160801T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 801 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
  FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY BB IN LONGWOOD ALONG HEATHS
CREEK...ALONG HIGHWAY T SOUTH OF HOUSTONIA ALONG HEATHS CREEK...AND
ALONG HIGHWAY 127 NORTH OF SWEET SPRINGS ALONG SALT POND CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9262 3869 9298 3870 9306 3854 9307
      3876 9350 3908 9349 3874 9259

$$

MELL

756 
WGUS53 KEAX 011544
FFWEAX
MOC053-159-195-012130-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160801T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1044 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PETTIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 1040 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY BB IN LONGWOOD ALONG HEATHS
CREEK...ALONG HIGHWAY T SOUTH OF HOUSTONIA ALONG HEATHS CREEK...AND
ALONG HIGHWAY 127 NORTH OF SWEET SPRINGS ALONG SALT POND CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9262 3869 9298 3870 9306 3854 9307
      3876 9350 3908 9349 3874 9259

$$

MELL

694 
WGUS73 KEAX 012036
FFSEAX

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

MOC053-159-195-012045-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160801T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PETTIS MO-COOPER MO-SALINE MO-
336 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PETTIS...SOUTHERN COOPER AND
SOUTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3868 9262 3869 9298 3870 9306 3854 9307
      3876 9350 3908 9349 3874 9259

$$

LG

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, 1:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray, Saline	6 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

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Every 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.