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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 26, 20164 counties in Missouri; Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri; Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 10 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 26, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 26, 8:42 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.4	Lake Waukomis, MO	.
Aug 26, 8:50 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Merriam, KS	RAPIDLY RISING WATER AT COUNTY LINE RD AND ANTIOCH IN WYANDOTTE CO.
Aug 26, 9:01 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.34	Cameron, MO	.
Aug 26, 9:06 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 W Kearney, MO	FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT 92 HWY AND INTERSTATE 35.
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Nne Kansas City Kansa, KS	SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN THE FAIRFAX AREA.
Aug 26, 9:48 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nw Claycomo, MO	OVER A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER BARRY ROAD AND MAPLEWOODS PARKWAY.
Aug 26, 11:20 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.29	2 Nw Fairway, KS	6HR RAINFALL TOTAL, STORMWATCH.COM WEBPAGE.
Aug 26, 11:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Wnw Kansas City, KS	CAR SUBMERGED WITH WATER ABOVE FRONT TIRE, VIA TWITTER.
Aug 26, 11:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Wnw Kansas City, KS	CAR SUBMERGED WITH WATER ABOVE THE FRONT TIRE, VIA TWITTER.
Aug 26, 11:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Wnw Kansas City, KS	CAR SUBMERGED WITH WATER OVER THE FRONT HOOD, PICTURE VIA TWITTER.

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

762 
WGUS53 KEAX 270052
FFWEAX
KSC103-209-MOC021-047-049-165-270645-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0039.160827T0052Z-160827T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
752 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE
  BEEN BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES UNDER THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEAVENWORTH...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...LANSING...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
  CAMERON...SMITHVILLE...KEARNEY...BONNER SPRINGS...PARKVILLE...
  PLATTE CITY...BASEHOR...EDWARDSVILLE...NORTH KANSAS CITY...
  RIVERSIDE...LAWSON...PLATTSBURG AND LATHROP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3941 9517 3942 9496 3975 9464 3974 9421
      3924 9421 3924 9429 3920 9432 3918 9438
      3920 9440 3917 9440 3915 9454 3911 9461
      3905 9461 3904 9476 3907 9485 3899 9491
      3901 9503 3910 9497 3921 9518

$$

SAW

1 follow-up statement

903 
WGUS73 KEAX 270230
FFSEAX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

KSC103-209-MOC021-047-049-165-270645-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160827T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-CLINTON MO-PLATTE MO-CLAY MO-BUCHANAN MO-
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE...CLINTON...PLATTE...CLAY AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUCHANAN COUNTIES...

AT 928 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN THE DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS
OCCURRING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHAWNEE...LEAVENWORTH...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...LANSING...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...CAMERON...SMITHVILLE...KEARNEY...
BONNER SPRINGS...DE SOTO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...BASEHOR...
EDWARDSVILLE...NORTH KANSAS CITY...RIVERSIDE...LAWSON...
PLATTSBURG AND LATHROP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3941 9517 3942 9496 3975 9464 3974 9421
      3924 9421 3924 9429 3920 9432 3918 9438
      3920 9440 3917 9440 3915 9454 3911 9461
      3905 9461 3904 9476 3907 9485 3899 9491
      3901 9503 3910 9497 3921 9518

$$

GITRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb	28 min
Aug 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	3 hr
Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clay, Clinton	32 min
Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton, Ray	23 min
Aug 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	EAX	Caldwell, Clinton	32 min
Aug 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston	29 min
Aug 26, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Ray	38 hr
Aug 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston	42 min
Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	32 hr
Aug 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry	5 hr
Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Ray	47 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston, Ray	6 hr
Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	3 hr
Aug 26, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	27 hr
Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	EAX	Clay, Jackson	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Ray	58 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	51 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Platte	53 hr
Aug 26, 10:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Jackson	25 hr
Aug 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Carroll, Ray	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Putnam	45 min
Aug 26, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph	4 hr
Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Lafayette, Saline	58 hr
Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Andrew, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson, Platte	6 hr
Aug 27, 3:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston, Ray	3 hr
Aug 27, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston	44 hr
Aug 27, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Ray	4 hr
Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	23 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Atchison, Leavenworth	36 hr
Aug 26, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EAX	Johnson	4 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.