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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 2, 2016Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 5:05 AM CDT for Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2016, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Randolph County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 281 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2364 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

As transmitted.

950 
WGUS53 KEAX 021005
FFWEAX
MOC175-021600-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0037.160802T1005Z-160802T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
505 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 504 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 ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3925 9232 3925 9244 3928 9255 3929 9256
      3961 9237 3960 9230

$$

HAWBLITZEL
1 follow-up statement
936 
WGUS73 KEAX 021558
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1058 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

MOC175-021608-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160802T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RANDOLPH MO-
1058 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3925 9232 3925 9244 3928 9255 3929 9256
      3961 9237 3960 9230

$$

PIETRYCHA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 11:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Gentry31 hr
Aug 2, 4:20 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryEAXBates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson and 2 more16 hr
Aug 2, 5:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAdair, Schuyler4 hr
Aug 2, 5:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAdair, Macon, Schuyler6 hr
Aug 2, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Cooper, Daviess, Henry, Johnson and 5 more24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.