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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 10:25 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas; Holt 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Holt County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
259 WGUS53 KEAX 270325 FFWEAX KSC043-MOC087-270930- /O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0004.160427T0325Z-160427T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1025 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 430 AM CDT WEDNESDAY * AT 1023 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HIGHLAND...TROY...OREGON...FOREST CITY...WHITE CLOUD...DENTON... SEVERANCE...LEONA...BENDENA...IOWA POINT AND FANNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 4000 9504 3979 9504 3968 9534 4000 9533 $$ CDB
1 follow-up statement
167 WGUS73 KEAX 270935 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 435 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016 KSC043-MOC087-270944- /O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160427T0930Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DONIPHAN KS-HOLT MO- 435 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DONIPHAN AND SOUTHEASTERN HOLT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4000 9504 3979 9504 3968 9534 4000 9533 $$ JULY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 12 days |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 6 days |
| Apr 26, 8:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 49 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Linn, Miami | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 17 min |
| Apr 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 70 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 1:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 5:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 18 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Doniphan | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Wyandotte | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Leavenworth | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 63 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 3 days |
| Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 70 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 9 days |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 20 days |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 21 days |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 21 days |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 8 days |
| Apr 26, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 5 days |
| Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 9:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 37 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Johnson | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 18 min |
| Apr 26, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 27 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Bates | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | St. Clair | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 45 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 3:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 32 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 40 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 44 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 55 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Gentry | 60 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Livingston | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Livingston | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston | 5 days |
| Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Jackson and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Nodaway, Worth | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Platte | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Ray | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Worth | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Lafayette and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Saline | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette, Saline | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn, Macon | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Sullivan | 52 min |
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.