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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Springfield, MO

July 11, 1997Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1997, 11:39 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1997, 11:39 AM CDT (16:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1997, 3:40 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 1997-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1083 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1997-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1083 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 111640
FFWSGF
KSC011-037-112040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1139 AM CDT FRI JUL 11 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  BOURBON COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY - SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 340 PM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS OR STREAMS AFFECTED
  LIGHTNING CREEK
  AREAS NEAR THE MARMATON RIVER
  WALNUT CREEK
  LOW LYING AREAS IN MCCUNE AND UNIONTOWN

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  AT 1130 AM...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER
  PORTIONS OF WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND BOURBON COUNTY KS.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  THESE STORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST 3 DAYS.  ONE RAINFALL
  OBSERVER IN WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY REPORTED THAT
  NEARLY 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED SINCE JULY 1ST.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

GORDON

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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.