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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 2, 2016Adair County, Macon County, Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 5:38 AM CDT for Adair County, Macon County, Schuyler 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, 5:38 AM CDT (10:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Adair County, MO, Macon County, MO, Schuyler County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

751 
WGUS53 KEAX 021038
FFWEAX
MOC001-121-197-021645-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0038.160802T1038Z-160802T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  EASTERN MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 538 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3960 9230 3960 9235 3961 9240 4059 9268
      4060 9235 3995 9235 3995 9229

$$

HAWBLITZEL
1 follow-up statement
354 
WGUS73 KEAX 021557
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1057 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

MOC001-121-197-021607-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160802T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SCHUYLER MO-ADAIR MO-MACON MO-
1057 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCHUYLER...EASTERN ADAIR AND EASTERN
MACON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3960 9230 3960 9235 3961 9240 4059 9268
      4060 9235 3995 9235 3995 9229

$$

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, 5:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXRandolph6 hr
Aug 2, 5:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAdair, Schuyler4 hr
Aug 2, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Cooper, Daviess, Henry, Johnson and 5 more24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.