Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2016, 1:17 PM CDT for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Jackson County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- May 23, 2016, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:42 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | North Kansas City, MO | NORTH KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPT ASSISTING STRANDARD MOTORISTS IN HIGH WATER. RELAYED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| May 23, 2:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gladstone, MO | ROADS FLOODED THROUGHOUT CITY OF GLADSTONE |
| May 23, 2:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Overland Park, KS | HIGH WATER AT 81ST AND METCALF. SOUTHBOUND LANE OF METCALF CLOSED. RETRIEVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
806 WGUS53 KEAX 231817 FFWEAX KSC091-209-MOC047-095-165-232115- /O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0007.160523T1817Z-160523T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 117 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... WESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 114 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY METRO. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...SHAWNEE...LENEXA...LEAWOOD... LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MERRIAM...MISSION...SMITHVILLE... KEARNEY...PARKVILLE...NORTH KANSAS CITY...FAIRWAY...MISSION HILLS... RIVERSIDE...WESTWOOD AND CLAYCOMO. 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 3936 9435 3881 9464 3884 9485 3940 9459 $$ 32
3 follow-up statements
721 WGUS73 KEAX 231825 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 125 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 KSC091-209-MOC047-095-165-232115- /O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160523T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE MO-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO- 125 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WYANDOTTE...NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES... AT 122 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THE ROCK AND MILL CREEK BASINS LOCATED IN GLADSTONE AND NORTH KANSAS CITY WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. ROAD CLOSURES IN THIS AREA ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...SHAWNEE...LENEXA...LEAWOOD... LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MERRIAM...MISSION...SMITHVILLE... KEARNEY...PARKVILLE...NORTH KANSAS CITY...FAIRWAY...MISSION HILLS... RIVERSIDE...WESTWOOD AND CLAYCOMO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3936 9435 3881 9464 3884 9485 3940 9459 $$ 32
532 WGUS73 KEAX 231923 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 223 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 KSC091-209-MOC047-095-165-232115- /O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160523T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE MO-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO- 223 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WYANDOTTE...NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES... AT 216 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THE ROCK...SHOAL...AND MILL CREEK BASINS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING IN CLAY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY METRO ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING ISSUES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KANSAS CITY...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...SHAWNEE...LENEXA...LEAWOOD... LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MERRIAM...MISSION...SMITHVILLE... KEARNEY...PARKVILLE...NORTH KANSAS CITY...FAIRWAY...MISSION HILLS... RIVERSIDE...WESTWOOD AND CLAYCOMO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3936 9435 3881 9464 3884 9485 3940 9459 $$ 32
184 WGUS73 KEAX 232113 FFSEAX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 413 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 KSC091-209-MOC047-095-165-232123- /O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160523T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-PLATTE MO-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO- 413 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WYANDOTTE...NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN PLATTE...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN CLAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3936 9435 3881 9464 3884 9485 3940 9459 $$ MJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 3 hr |
| May 23, 6:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 25 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.