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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 27, 2021Linn County, Miami County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at May 27, 2021, 10:50 AM CDT for Linn County, Miami County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2021, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Pettis County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

601 
WGUS63 KEAX 271550
FFAEAX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
1050 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021


KSZ057-060-MOZ043>045-053-054-280000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.A.0002.210527T1550Z-210528T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Miami-Linn KS-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-Bates-Henry-
Including the cities of Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg, Pleasanton,
La Cygne, Mound City, Belton, Raymore, Harrisonville, 
Pleasant Hill, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Butler, Adrian, Rich Hill, 
Clinton, and Windsor
1050 AM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Kansas City/Pleasant Hill has
issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for portions of east central Kansas and 
  Missouri, including the following areas, in east central 
  Kansas, Linn KS and Miami. In Missouri, Bates, Cass, Henry, 
  Johnson MO, and Pettis. 

* Until 7 PM CDT this evening

* Up to 3 inches of rain has already fallen this morning across
  portions of the watch area and flash flooding is ongoing.
  Another round of showers and thunderstorms is likely to develop
  this afternoon and may produce up to an additional 1 to 2 
  inches of rain, leading to more flash flooding across the watch 
  area. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead
to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Leavenworth7 hr
May 27, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte40 min
May 27, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJohnson, Miami41 min
May 27, 6:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte32 min
May 27, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXMiami71 min
May 27, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMiami3 hr
May 27, 9:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXMiami3 days
May 27, 9:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn4 days
May 27, 11:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXLinn4 days
May 27, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXLinn, Miami9 hr
May 27, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXWyandotte37 min
May 27, 4:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte3 hr
May 27, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte31 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLeavenworth, Wyandotte35 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte3 hr
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, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXJackson39 min
May 27, 8:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis31 min
May 27, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis3 hr
May 27, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry56 hr
May 27, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningEAXHenry, Johnson, Pettis9 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, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray25 min
May 27, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray3 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.