Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr. 13 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 5, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Johnson County, KS, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 5, 10:34 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Unity Village, MO | KCMO FIRE RESPONDING TO WATER RESCUE, REPORT OF VEHICLE FLOATING IN WATER. REPORTED AT 13105 BLUE PARKWAY. |
| Aug 5, 10:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Merriam, KS | POLICE BLOCKING OFF QUIVIRA RD NEAR 73RD ST DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Aug 5, 10:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S De Soto, KS | STANDING WATER AT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS NEAR DOWNTOWN DE SOTO. |
| Aug 5, 10:37 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.25 | 1 S De Soto, KS | 3.25 INCHES MEASURED OVER PREVIOUS 2.5 HOURS. |
| Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mission Woods, KS | WATER RUSHING OVER THE ROAD BEHIND THE PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL. |
| Aug 5, 10:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Roeland Park, KS | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYING FROM KHP THAT I-35 SB AT LAMAR AVE BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 5, 10:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Roeland Park, KS | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYING FROM KHP THAT I-35 SB AT LAMAR AVE BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. **UPDATE** KCKFD REPORTED MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THIS AREA. |
| Aug 5, 10:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Roeland Park, KS | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYING FROM KHP THAT I-35 SB AT LAMAR AVE BEING CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. **UPDATE** KCKFD REPORTED MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THIS AREA, INCLUDING ONE WITH THREE PEOPLE INSIDE OF A VEHICLE REPORTED FLOATING DOWN THE INTERST |
| Aug 5, 11:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Nne Merriam, KS | KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SHUT DOWN NORTHBOUND I-35 AT ANTIOCH RD. PER JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Aug 6, 12:49 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Raytown, MO | ROAD CLOSED AT OLDHAM AND HILLCREST IN SWOPE PARK DUE TO FLOODING. BLUE RIVER EXPECTED 2' OVER ROADWAY. |
| Aug 6, 1:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.75 | 1 N Pleasant Hill, MO | 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL AT NWS PLEASANT HILL. |
| Aug 6, 2:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.36 | 4 N Grandview, MO | 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL VIA STORMWATCH. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDED 2 INCHES. LOCATION NEAR GRANDVIEW TRIANGLE. |
| Aug 6, 2:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.23 | 1 Ne Merriam, KS | 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL VIA STORMWATCH. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDED 2 INCHES PER HOUR DURING SATURDAY EVENING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 495 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
130
WGUS53 KEAX 060200
FFWEAX
KSC091-MOC037-095-060900-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0028.170806T0200Z-170806T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
900 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Johnson County in east central Kansas...
Cass County in west central Missouri...
Southern Jackson County in west central Missouri...
* Until 400 AM CDT Sunday
* At 857 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen across northern Johnson and southern Jackson
Counties. Southern Johnson County and Cass Counties will likely
see an additional two to four inches of rain in addition to the
one to two inches of rain that has already fallen across that
area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Lee's Summit, Shawnee, Lenexa,
Leawood, Raytown, Grandview, Belton, Prairie Village, Raymore,
Gardner, Merriam, Harrisonville, Mission, Pleasant Hill, Bonner
Springs, De Soto and Spring Hill.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 202 and 231.
Interstate 635 near mile marker 0.
Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 12.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 7, and between mile
markers 66 and 83.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3847 9431 3848 9461 3874 9461 3874 9506
3898 9506 3897 9504 3900 9502 3898 9492
3906 9487 3904 9480 3905 9460 3903 9460
3893 9411 3866 9413 3857 9412 3856 9407
3845 9407 3844 9420
$$
LeightonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 9:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 53 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 43 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 3 days |
| Aug 5, 9:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 3 days |
| Aug 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Jackson | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 10:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 28 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Henry | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 31 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 25 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 27 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette and 3 more | 60 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 50 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 49 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 28 hr |
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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.