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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 1, 20168 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT for 8 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 12 hr. 7 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, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2016, 3:36 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 5:26 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	Gallatin, MO
Aug 1, 6:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ese Coffey, MO	ROUTE B NEAR HICKORY CREEK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 6:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Ne Jameson, MO	ROUTE UU CLOSED NEAR BIG MUDDY CREEK DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 6:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Nnw Breckenridge, MO	ROUTE M CLOSED NEAR LICK FORK DUE TO FLOODING.
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.91	Pattonsburg, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 7:00 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 5.17	1 Wnw Gallatin, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL
Aug 1, 9:30 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 7.25	1 N Jameson, MO	24-HOUR TOTAL FROM AUTOMATED MO DNR/USGS SITE

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

946 
WGUS53 KEAX 010845
FFWEAX
MOC025-061-063-075-079-081-117-227-011445-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0034.160801T0845Z-160801T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 344 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4046 9376 4027 9376 4026 9372 3977 9362
      3978 9414 4057 9458 4057 9379

$$

HAWBLITZEL

3 follow-up statements

652 
WGUS53 KEAX 011409
FFWEAX
MOC025-061-063-075-079-081-117-227-011615-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160801T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 904 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BETHANY...GALLATIN...ALBANY...GRANT CITY...JAMESPORT...RIDGEWAY...
  GILMAN CITY...PATTONSBURG...EAGLEVILLE...NEW HAMPTON...
  CAINSVILLE...IRENA...KIDDER...WINSTON...ALTAMONT...BLYTHEDALE...
  COFFEY...JAMESON...MCFALL AND MOUNT MORIAH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY B EAST OF COFFEY ALONG
HICKORY CREEK...ALONG HIGHWAY UU EAST OF JAMESON ALONG BIG MUDDY
CREEK...AND ALONG HIGHWAY M NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE ALONG LICK FORK
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 4046 9376 4027 9376 4026 9372 3977 9362
      3978 9414 4057 9458 4057 9379

$$

MELL

860 
WGUS53 KEAX 011553
FFWEAX
MOC025-061-063-075-079-081-117-227-012115-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160801T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1053 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN GRUNDY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  WORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 1052 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BETHANY...GALLATIN...ALBANY...GRANT CITY...JAMESPORT...RIDGEWAY...
  GILMAN CITY...PATTONSBURG...EAGLEVILLE...NEW HAMPTON...
  CAINSVILLE...IRENA...KIDDER...WINSTON...ALTAMONT...BLYTHEDALE...
  COFFEY...JAMESON...MCFALL AND MOUNT MORIAH.

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

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY B EAST OF COFFEY ALONG
HICKORY CREEK...ALONG HIGHWAY UU EAST OF JAMESON ALONG BIG MUDDY
CREEK...AND ALONG HIGHWAY M NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE ALONG LICK FORK
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 4046 9376 4027 9376 4026 9372 3977 9362
      3978 9414 4057 9458 4057 9379

$$

MELL

283 
WGUS73 KEAX 012036 RRC
FFSEAX

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

MOC025-061-063-075-079-081-117-227-012046-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160801T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON MO-HARRISON MO-GRUNDY MO-DAVIESS MO-GENTRY MO-WORTH MO-
CALDWELL MO-DEKALB MO-
336 PM CDT MON AUG 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...HARRISON...
WESTERN GRUNDY...DAVIESS...EASTERN GENTRY...WORTH...NORTHEASTERN
CALDWELL AND NORTHEASTERN DEKALB 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 4046 9376 4027 9376 4026 9372 3977 9362
      3978 9414 4057 9458 4057 9379

$$

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, 2:28 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, 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.