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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 15, 20216 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood warning at Jul 15, 2021, 3:43 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2021, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Adair County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Linn County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

216 
WGUS43 KEAX 152043
FLWEAX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

MOC001-079-115-121-129-211-160830-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FA.W.0021.210715T2043Z-210716T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Adair MO-Grundy MO-Linn MO MO-Macon MO-Mercer MO-Sullivan MO-
343 PM CDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Grundy County in north central Missouri...
  Northern Linn MO County in north central Missouri...
  Northwestern Macon County in north central Missouri...
  Southeastern Mercer County in north central Missouri...
  Sullivan County in north central Missouri...
  Western Adair County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 330 AM CDT Friday.

* At 343 PM CDT, transportation department officials reported heavy 
  rain in the warned area due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already 
  occurring. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Several 
  state highways are closed due to flooding. This includes Highways 
  O and 149 in Adair County along with Route PP in Sullivan County.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Milan, Green City, Novinger, Linneus, Greencastle, Browning, Galt, 
  Purdin, Newtown, Humphreys, Pollock, Elmer, Ethel, Harris, South 
  Gifford, Osgood, Winigan, Reger, Green Castle and New Boston.

Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4038 9343 4039 9286 4034 9286 4034 9262
      4004 9264 3987 9262 3988 9336 3997 9336
      3997 9341

$$

SAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston35 hr
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay3 days
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn, Livingston3 days
Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll23 hr
Jul 15, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper41 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.