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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 12, 2021Putnam County, Schuyler County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood watch at Aug 12, 2021, 1:27 PM CDT for Putnam County, Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2021, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 7:40 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

228 
WGUS63 KEAX 121827
FFAEAX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
127 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

MOZ007-008-130230-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FF.A.0006.210812T1827Z-210813T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Putnam-Schuyler-
Including the cities of Lancaster, Unionville, Glenwood, Downing,
Greentop, and Queen City
127 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill MO has issued a

* Flash Flood Watch for Portions of north central and northeast 
  Missouri, including the following areas, in north central 
  Missouri, Putnam. In northeast Missouri, Schuyler.

* Through Friday morning.

* Up to two inches of rain has already fallen across Putnam and 
  Schuyler Counties this morning, with another 1 to 3 inches of rain 
  possible this afternoon through late tonight. Flash flooding will 
  be possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

BMW
1 follow-up statement
840 
WGUS63 KEAX 130040
FFAEAX

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
740 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021


MOZ007-008-130145-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FF.A.0006.000000T0000Z-210813T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Putnam-Schuyler-
Including the cities of Unionville, Lancaster, Queen City, 
Greentop, Downing, and Glenwood
740 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flash Flood Watch for portions of north central Missouri and
northeast Missouri has been cancelled as storms have moved south 
of the area.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXHarrison31 min
Aug 12, 4:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer47 min
Aug 12, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer29 min
Aug 12, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXMercer30 min
Aug 12, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler8 min
Aug 12, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler37 min
Aug 12, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXDaviess, Grundy, Sullivan48 min
Aug 12, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXSchuyler30 min
Aug 12, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPutnam, Schuyler2 hr
Aug 12, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell, Linn, Livingston29 min
Aug 12, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston27 min
Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCaldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Linn, Livingston29 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston26 min
Aug 12, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Livingston, Saline32 min
Aug 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Platte32 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Macon, Randolph31 min
Aug 12, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXRandolph37 min
Aug 12, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Platte34 min
Aug 12, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson, Lafayette, Ray, Saline36 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson, Johnson, Lafayette33 min
Aug 12, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette34 min
Aug 12, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson27 min
Aug 12, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson8 min
Aug 12, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson8 min
Aug 12, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson32 min
Aug 12, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCass45 min

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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.