Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2019, 3:46 PM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 11 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 28, 2019, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2019, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:08 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bethany, MO | VEHICLES STRANDED IN FLOOD WATERS IN BETHANY. |
| May 28, 5:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Spickard, MO | SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN SPICKARD. |
| May 28, 5:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bethany, MO | MOST MAJOR ROUTES OF TRAVEL HAVE DEBRIS AND WATER OVER THE ROAD. |
| May 28, 5:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Princeton, MO | |
| May 28, 6:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Princeton, MO | 2.5 INCHES RAIN...BUSINESSES FLOODED. |
| May 28, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Unionville, MO | REPORTS OF NUMEROUS BRIDGES WASHED OUT ACROSS PUTNAM COUNTY. ONE CAR WAS WASHED INTO THE CREEK WITHIN CITY LIMITS. |
| May 28, 8:32 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Unionville, MO | BRIDGE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT ON HWY 129 NORTH OF HWY 136. |
| May 28, 8:34 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 W Livonia, MO | BRIDGE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT ON HWY YY NORTH OF HWY 136. |
| May 28, 8:39 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Pollock, MO | BRIDGE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT ALONG HWY HH. |
| May 28, 8:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Lemons, MO | BRIDGE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT ON HWY H NEAR 190TH STREET. |
| May 28, 8:51 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Livonia, MO | BRIDGE REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT ON RED BUD TRAIL NORTH OF LIVONIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
329 WGUS53 KEAX 282046 FFWEAX MOC001-079-081-129-171-197-211-290245- /O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0021.190528T2046Z-190529T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 346 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019 The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Adair County in northeastern Missouri... Northern Grundy County in north central Missouri... Putnam County in north central Missouri... Mercer County in north central Missouri... Northern Sullivan County in north central Missouri... Harrison County in north central Missouri... Schuyler County in northeastern Missouri... * Until 945 PM CDT Tuesday. * At 342 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Nearly two inches of rain has already fallen in parts of Harrison County. Other storms are producing rainfall rates in excess of one inch per hour. With saturated soils common, flash flooding is expected to begin shortly due to runoff from the ongoing rainfall. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Kirksville, Bethany, Milan, Unionville, Lancaster, Princeton, Green City, Queen City, Ridgeway, Novinger, Greentop, Downing, Mercer, Eagleville, New Hampton, Cainsville, Greencastle, Spickard, Lineville and Glenwood. This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 84 and 114. 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 4024 9235 4014 9421 4057 9423 4060 9235 $$ SAW
1 follow-up statement
284 WGUS73 KEAX 282137 FFSEAX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 437 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019 MOC001-079-081-129-171-197-211-290245- /O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190529T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Adair MO-Grundy MO-Putnam MO-Mercer MO-Sullivan MO-Harrison MO- Schuyler MO- 437 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN ADAIR...NORTHERN GRUNDY...PUTNAM...MERCER...NORTHERN SULLIVAN...HARRISON AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES... At 430 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. A band of one to three inches of rain was estimated within this area. The heaviest rainfall was located over central Harrison County. Another one to two inches of rain is possible as thunderstorms continue to move over the same locations. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Kirksville, Bethany, Milan, Unionville, Lancaster, Princeton, Green City, Queen City, Ridgeway, Novinger, Greentop, Downing, Mercer, Eagleville, New Hampton, Cainsville, Greencastle, Spickard, Lineville and Glenwood. This includes Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 84 and 114. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 4024 9235 4014 9421 4057 9423 4060 9235 $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison, Worth | 39 min |
| May 28, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 48 min |
| May 28, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 43 min |
| May 28, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 29 min |
| May 28, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam | 47 min |
| May 28, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 37 min |
| May 28, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 30 min |
| May 28, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Atchison | 33 min |
| May 28, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Nodaway | 36 min |
| May 28, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 45 hr |
| May 28, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 4 days |
| May 28, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler | 3 days |
| May 28, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Livingston | 65 hr |
| May 28, 8:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Ray | 60 hr |
| May 28, 8:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 71 hr |
| May 28, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 49 hr |
| May 28, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy | 28 min |
| May 28, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Grundy | 31 min |
| May 28, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Sullivan | 28 min |
| May 28, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon, Sullivan | 49 min |
| May 28, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Linn, Macon | 54 min |
| May 28, 1:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Adair, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Sullivan | 6 hr |
| May 28, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 28 min |
| May 28, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Nodaway | 42 min |
| May 28, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 6 hr |
| May 28, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 23 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 21 min |
| May 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison, Worth | 30 min |
| May 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 49 min |
| May 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 47 min |
| May 28, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 39 min |
| May 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 43 min |
| May 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Putnam, Schuyler | 52 min |
| May 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 9 hr |
| May 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 51 min |
| May 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Harrison | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 52 min |
| May 28, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Harrison, Mercer | 51 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Gentry | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gentry, Harrison | 6 hr |
| May 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Harrison | 45 min |
| May 28, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 12 hr |
| May 28, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 50 min |
| May 28, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan | 77 min |
| May 28, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| May 28, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 39 min |
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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.