Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2021, 4:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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 25, 2021, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2021, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carroll County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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 25, 6:36 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ssw Richmond, MO | NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ACROSS RAY COUNTY |
| Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.59 | 2 Ssw Mount Leonard, MO | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. |
| Jun 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 8.43 | 3 Nne Blackburn, MO | 24 HOUR RAIN TOTAL. |
| Jun 25, 8:28 AM CDT | FLOOD | 9 E Lawson, MO | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF A POND OVERTOPING. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
931
WGUS53 KEAX 250955
FFWEAX
MOC033-107-177-195-251330-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0019.210625T0955Z-210625T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
455 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Saline County in central Missouri...
Southwestern Carroll County in north central Missouri...
Lafayette County in west central Missouri...
Central Ray County in west central Missouri...
* Until 830 AM CDT.
* At 455 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Richmond, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Wellington, Hardin,
Corder, Alma, Henrietta, Blackburn, Mayview, Rayville, Napoleon,
Camden, Fleming, Dover, Aullville and Knoxville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3951 9410 3909 9335 3898 9333 3899 9349
3905 9409
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
BT1 follow-up statement
765
WGUS53 KEAX 251140
FFWEAX
MOC033-107-177-195-251530-
/O.EXT.KEAX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210625T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
640 AM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Saline County in central Missouri...
Southwestern Carroll County in north central Missouri...
Lafayette County in west central Missouri...
Central Ray County in west central Missouri...
* Until 1030 AM CDT.
* At 640 AM CDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 6
inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported numerous water rescues across
Ray County as of 630 am.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Richmond, Higginsville, Lexington, Concordia, Wellington, Hardin,
Corder, Alma, Henrietta, Blackburn, Mayview, Rayville, Napoleon,
Camden, Fleming, Dover, Aullville and Knoxville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3951 9410 3909 9335 3898 9333 3899 9349
3905 9409
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
LeightonThe 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, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Mercer | 3 hr |
| 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, 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.