Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2017, 12:04 AM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Platte County, Missouri; Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 12 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 22, 2017, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2017, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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 22, 12:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kansas City, MO | RAMP FROM US 71 TO I-670 IS FLOODED. VEHICLE STRANDED. |
| Aug 22, 12:56 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Olathe, KS | SEVERAL FEET OF STANDING WATER ALONG CREEK AT 143RD AND LOCUST. |
| Aug 22, 1:11 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Kansas City, MO | WATER RESCUE AT 12TH AND JACKSON. |
| Aug 22, 2:05 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Raytown, MO | WATER RESCUE NEAR SWOPE PARK. |
| Aug 22, 2:35 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Riverside, MO | 2 FEET OF WATER TRAPPED EMPLOYEES IN THEIR BUSINESSES IN THE HORIZONS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. |
| Aug 22, 2:46 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Grandview, MO | INDIAN CREEK RUSHING OVER THE WORNALL ROAD BRIDGE. |
| Aug 22, 2:49 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Raytown, MO | WATER RESCUE. WOMAN SWEPT INTO ROUND GROVE CREEK NEAR RAYTOWN ROAD. |
| Aug 22, 2:58 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wsw Grandview, MO | APARTMENT COMPLEX BEING EVACUATED ALONG HOLMES RD. |
| Aug 22, 5:04 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.2 | 5 S Kansas City, MO | |
| Aug 22, 5:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 9.3 | 1 S De Soto, KS | |
| Aug 22, 5:51 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Grandview, MO | WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS AT E RED BRIDGE RD AND BLUE RIVER RD. |
| Aug 22, 8:02 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.95 | Weatherby Lake, MO |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 2114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted.
697
WGUS53 KEAX 220504
FFWEAX
KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-165-221300-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0038.170822T0504Z-170822T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1204 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO...
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Wyandotte County in northeastern Kansas...
Leavenworth County in northeastern Kansas...
Johnson County in east central Kansas...
Clay County in west central Missouri...
Platte County in west central Missouri...
Jackson County in west central Missouri...
* Until 800 AM CDT Tuesday
* At 1201 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms with very
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring, and will continue to worsen through the early morning
hours. Water rescues are ongoing throughout the Kansas City area,
and creeks and streams are rising rapidly.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for the Kansas City Metropolitan
Area. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND
NOW!
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Independence, Lee's Summit,
Shawnee, Blue Springs, Lenexa, Leavenworth, Leawood, Raytown,
Liberty, Gladstone, Grandview, Prairie Village, Gardner, Grain
Valley, Lansing, Excelsior Springs and Merriam.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 29.
Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 410 and 423.
Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 0 and 32.
Interstate 35 in Kansas between mile markers 202 and 235.
Interstate 29 between mile markers 0 and 25.
Interstate 635 between mile markers 0 and 12.
Interstate 470 between mile markers 0 and 16.
Interstate 435 between mile markers 0 and 83.
Kansas Turnpike between mile markers 206 and 226.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3942 9518 3942 9497 3945 9499 3947 9460
3945 9422 3945 9421 3921 9421 3921 9417
3918 9419 3914 9410 3888 9412 3883 9427
3885 9461 3874 9461 3874 9506 3898 9506
3899 9508 3896 9509 3898 9516 3897 9519
$$
Laflin1 follow-up statement
894
WGUS73 KEAX 221242
FFSEAX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
742 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017
KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-165-221251-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-170822T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wyandotte KS-Leavenworth KS-Johnson KS-Clay MO-Platte MO-Jackson MO-
742 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WYANDOTTE...LEAVENWORTH...JOHNSON...
CLAY...PLATTE AND JACKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. However, flooding is still on going across
the warning area posing a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3942 9518 3942 9497 3945 9499 3947 9460
3945 9422 3945 9421 3921 9421 3921 9417
3918 9419 3914 9410 3888 9412 3883 9427
3885 9461 3874 9461 3874 9506 3898 9506
3899 9508 3896 9509 3898 9516 3897 9519
$$
CutterThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Clay, Platte | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 34 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 7 days |
| Aug 21, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 45 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 59 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 28 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 33 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 30 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 37 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 34 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 33 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 36 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 4 days |
| Aug 22, 1:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 4 days |
| Aug 22, 2:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 19 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 39 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 54 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Bates, Henry | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 3 days |
| Aug 22, 3:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 49 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 55 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 30 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 28 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 29 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 39 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Ray | 70 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 3 days |
| Aug 22, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Clay, Clinton, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 5 days |
| Aug 22, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 60 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 4 days |
| Aug 22, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 3 days |
| Aug 22, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 4 days |
| Aug 22, 4:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 34 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 18 min |
| Aug 21, 10:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Leavenworth | 51 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 50 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 30 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Johnson | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 4:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 3 days |
| Aug 22, 4:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 5 days |
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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.