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Areal Flood Warning 24, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 13, 2021Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this areal flood warning at Aug 13, 2021, 7:39 AM CDT for Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2021, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 592 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 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 warning went out at Aug 13, 6:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-141000-
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-
451 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

 Morning thunderstorms will continue before clearing during the
afternoon hours. Elevated levels on creeks and streams, along with
localized flooding, is expected.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

 Widespread hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson29 min
Aug 12, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson29 min
Aug 12, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson30 min
Aug 12, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Ray15 min
Aug 12, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson24 min
Aug 12, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson31 min
Aug 12, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson23 min
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson8 hr
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson18 hr
Aug 12, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBates23 min
Aug 12, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates33 min
Aug 13, 5:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry12 hr
Aug 13, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry12 hr
Aug 12, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte28 min
Aug 12, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Wyandotte27 min
Aug 12, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte24 min
Aug 12, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte20 min
Aug 12, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr
Aug 12, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson29 min
Aug 12, 11:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson4 hr
Aug 13, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAtchison33 min
Aug 13, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every areal flood warning in 2021

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.