Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2021, 8:48 PM CDT for Mercer County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 24, 2021, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
County Mercer County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Princeton, MO | 2 WATER RESCUES AT HIGHWAY 136 AND HIGHWAY 65 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 23.2
The text
As transmitted.
660
WGUS53 KEAX 250148
FFWEAX
MOC129-250445-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0014.210625T0148Z-210625T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
848 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Mercer County in north central Missouri...
* Until 1145 PM CDT.
* At 848 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Princeton.
Significant flash flooding is occurring within the city of Princeton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4049 9376 4051 9338 4032 9338 4031 9371
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
SAW1 follow-up statement
319
WGUS73 KEAX 250314
FFSEAX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1014 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
MOC129-250445-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210625T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mercer MO-
1014 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY...
At 1014 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3
and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5
to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already
occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Princeton.
Two water rescues reported due to flooding on Highway 65 near the
intersection of Highway 136
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4049 9376 4051 9338 4032 9338 4031 9371
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
SAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Mercer | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Andrew, DeKalb | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 2 more | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Macon | 19 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 14 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 3 days |
| Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton | 9 days |
| Jun 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Holt | 16 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 4 more | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Sullivan | 17 min |
| Jun 24, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy and 7 more | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 3 more | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Saline | 11 days |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper | 60 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Pettis | 71 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Saline | 9 days |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Putnam, Sullivan | 20 min |
| Jun 24, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Adair, Sullivan | 17 min |
| Jun 24, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Linn and 6 more | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline | 58 min |
| Jun 25, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 34 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 63 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Platte | 27 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 65 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 27 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson, Lafayette, Ray | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 2:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Saline | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt, Nodaway | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Saline | 8 days |
| Jun 25, 2:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Livingston | 13 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Saline | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Platte | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 4:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray, Saline | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 8 days |
| Jun 25, 9:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Daviess, Howard and 7 more | 4 days |
| Jun 25, 9:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte | 9 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Cass | 67 min |
| Jun 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Cass, Henry | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 6 hr |
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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.