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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 26, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 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 26, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2016-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 598 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 2016-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

127 
WGUS53 KEAX 270143
FFWEAX
MOC003-021-063-075-270645-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0040.160827T0143Z-160827T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ANDREW COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN GENTRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 839 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER NUMEROUS
  ROADWAYS AS A RESULT OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE
  WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH A CONTINUATION INTO THE
  EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CAMERON...MAYSVILLE...KING CITY...STEWARTSVILLE...UNION STAR...
  OSBORN...CLARKSDALE...COSBY...WEATHERBY...AMITY...FAIRPORT...
  SANTA ROSA AND HELENA.

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 4004 9422 4003 9420 3975 9421 3975 9467
      4005 9481 4006 9422

$$

GITRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb28 min
Aug 26, 7:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte3 hr
Aug 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clay, Clinton32 min
Aug 26, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Ray23 min
Aug 26, 7:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedEAXCaldwell, Clinton32 min
Aug 26, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte6 hr
Aug 26, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Livingston29 min
Aug 26, 8:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray38 hr
Aug 26, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Livingston42 min
Aug 26, 8:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Platte32 hr
Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXRay47 min
Aug 26, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, Livingston, Ray6 hr
Aug 26, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson3 hr
Aug 26, 9:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson27 hr
Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyEAXClay, Jackson4 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay58 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte51 hr
Aug 26, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte53 hr
Aug 26, 10:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson25 hr
Aug 26, 10:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCarroll, Ray4 hr
Aug 26, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPutnam45 min
Aug 26, 10:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXChariton, Cooper, Howard, Randolph4 hr
Aug 26, 11:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline58 hr
Aug 27, 12:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Jackson, Platte6 hr
Aug 27, 3:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Livingston, Ray3 hr
Aug 27, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston44 hr
Aug 27, 5:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson, Ray4 hr
Aug 27, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton23 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.