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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 24, 2021Mercer County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 10:10 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPrinceton, MO2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2766 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

SAW
1 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

$$

SAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison42 min
Jun 24, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway43 min
Jun 24, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer51 min
Jun 24, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more6 hr
Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb, Gentry, Nodaway45 min
Jun 24, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew, DeKalb50 min
Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 2 more48 min
Jun 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer, Putnam24 min
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon19 hr
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway14 hr
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan3 days
Jun 24, 8:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton9 days
Jun 24, 8:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Holt16 hr
Jun 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt38 min
Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 4 more54 min
Jun 24, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte and 1 more60 min
Jun 24, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan17 min
Jun 24, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy and 7 more61 min
Jun 24, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 3 more57 min
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline11 days
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper60 hr
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll8 days
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis71 hr
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Howard, Saline9 days
Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard10 days
Jun 24, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXPutnam, Sullivan20 min
Jun 24, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAdair, Sullivan17 min
Jun 24, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline27 min
Jun 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Carroll, Chariton, Howard, Lafayette, Linn and 6 more51 min
Jun 24, 10:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte3 hr
Jun 24, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte32 min
Jun 24, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCooper, Howard, Randolph, Saline58 min
Jun 25, 12:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb10 hr
Jun 25, 1:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 1 more12 hr
Jun 25, 1:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCarroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Lafayette, Saline3 hr
Jun 25, 1:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray34 hr
Jun 25, 1:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan63 hr
Jun 25, 2:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte27 hr
Jun 25, 2:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte65 hr
Jun 25, 2:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXPlatte27 hr
Jun 25, 2:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJackson, Lafayette, Ray4 days
Jun 25, 2:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Saline4 days
Jun 25, 2:11 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEAXAndrew, Holt, Nodaway10 hr
Jun 25, 2:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Saline8 days
Jun 25, 2:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt, Nodaway12 hr
Jun 25, 2:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Holt6 hr
Jun 25, 2:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston13 hr
Jun 25, 3:13 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatEAXCarroll, Chariton, Howard, Saline7 hr
Jun 25, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte46 min
Jun 25, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte39 min
Jun 25, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Lafayette, Livingston, Ray, Saline4 hr
Jun 25, 4:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Clinton, Jackson, Platte, Ray3 hr
Jun 25, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Lafayette, Ray, Saline6 hr
Jun 25, 5:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard5 hr
Jun 25, 7:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXCooper, Pettis, Saline4 hr
Jun 25, 8:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Platte, Ray3 hr
Jun 25, 8:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson8 days
Jun 25, 9:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Daviess, Howard and 7 more4 days
Jun 25, 9:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt12 hr
Jun 25, 1:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clay, Clinton, Platte9 hr
Jun 25, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass67 min
Jun 25, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Johnson33 min
Jun 25, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte24 min
Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCass6 hr
Jun 25, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte46 min
Jun 25, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard38 min
Jun 25, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson44 min
Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXHenry, Johnson23 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis49 min
Jun 25, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson6 hr
Jun 25, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBates, Cass39 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry6 hr
Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Saline6 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.