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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 27, 2021Clay County, Ray County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2021, 5:58 PM CDT for Clay County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
May 27, 2021, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-459 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

828 
WGUS53 KEAX 272258
FFWEAX
MOC047-177-280200-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.W.0008.210527T2258Z-210528T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
558 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Clay County in west central Missouri...
  Northwestern Ray County in west central Missouri...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts 
  of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding 
  is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  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...
  Kansas City, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Kearney, Sugar Creek, 
  Lawson, Pleasant Valley, Glenaire, Crystal Lakes, Missouri City, 
  Excelsior Estates, River Bend, Woods Heights, Rayville, Mosby, 
  Homestead, Prathersville, Elmira and Knoxville.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 35 in Missouri between mile markers 15 and 30.
	Interstate 435 between mile markers 44 and 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3916 9441 3934 9455 3946 9428 3945 9421
      3949 9421 3953 9412 3952 9403 3936 9393
      3923 9424 3923 9430 3920 9432 3917 9438
      3919 9439 3920 9441 3917 9440

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

PP
1 follow-up statement
311 
WGUS73 KEAX 280206
FFSEAX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
906 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

MOC047-177-280216-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210528T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Clay MO-Ray MO-
906 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CLAY AND NORTHWESTERN RAY 
COUNTIES...

Flash Flooded is no longer occurring but flooded roads and low-lying 
areas remain a concern. Please continue to heed remaining road 
closures.

LAT...LON 3916 9441 3934 9455 3946 9428 3945 9421
      3949 9421 3953 9412 3952 9403 3936 9393
      3923 9424 3923 9430 3920 9432 3917 9438
      3919 9439 3920 9441 3917 9440

$$

PP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll32 hr
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline55 hr
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson4 days
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis39 hr
May 27, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXAndrew45 min
May 27, 3:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay, Clinton39 min
May 27, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb40 min
May 27, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Carroll49 min
May 27, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHenry40 min
May 27, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXChariton, Linn, Macon, Sullivan48 min
May 27, 5:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPettis38 min
May 27, 6:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray27 hr
May 27, 6:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXPlatte32 min
May 27, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson39 min
May 27, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXBates, Cass71 min
May 27, 8:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis31 min
May 27, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass3 hr
May 27, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis3 hr
May 27, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry56 hr
May 27, 10:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEAXBates, Cass, Henry, Johnson, Pettis8 hr
May 27, 11:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates4 days
May 27, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis9 hr
May 27, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass9 hr
May 27, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward8 hr
May 27, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper19 hr
May 27, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay40 min
May 27, 4:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXClay, Jackson, Platte3 hr
May 27, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray25 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte35 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte3 hr
May 27, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClay34 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.