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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at May 19, 2019, 4:01 AM CDT for 37 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 20, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2019, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Flood severity
- None
All 44 counties
Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at May 19, 2:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 557 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-191100- 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- 557 AM CDT Sat May 18 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight An active weather pattern will begin today. A couple rounds of strong storms and heavy rainfall are expected today. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The active weather pattern will persist into next week with several rounds of storms with heavy rainfall expected Monday night through Tuesday. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 1:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 40 hr |
| May 18, 8:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 67 hr |
| May 19, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Buchanan | 35 min |
| May 19, 9:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 41 hr |
| May 18, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 12 days |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019
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.