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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 18, 2018Henry County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 18, 2018, 7:55 AM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2018, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Henry County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:55 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 798 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jul 18, 6:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 5:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
501 AM CDT Wed Jul 18 2018

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-191015-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
501 AM CDT Wed Jul 18 2018

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

.Thunderstorms...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will persist across the region
from this morning, through the day and into the overnight.

.Heavy Rainfall...
Locally heavy rainfall, with the strongest thunderstorms, may result
in localized flooding.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

.Thunderstorms...
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will likely be ongoing across
portions of far northern Missouri Thursday morning, with additional
activity developing through the day and into the overnight hours
across much of the region. Locally heavy rainfall will continue to
result in possible localized flooding.

 More detailed information can be accessed at...
 https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo

Kurtz

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCass118 min
Jul 17, 8:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson2 hr
Jul 18, 2:19 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 4 more26 hr
Jul 17, 7:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson2 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Missouri, 2018Every areal flood advisory in 2018

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.