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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO

May 8, 2002Crawford County, Kansas; Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 8, 2002, 10:17 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas; Barton 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 8, 2002, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2002, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1675 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
13.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 090317
FFWSGF
KSC037-MOC011-090630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1016 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1005 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 
  MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO ONE 
  AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 9 PM. 

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 
  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   
  INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...MINDENMINES...LIBERAL...LAMAR...MULBERRY...  
  HEPLER...GIRARD...FRONTENAC...ARMA AND ARCADIA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3764 9411 3737 9412 3735 9506 3766 9506

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon47 min
May 8, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford38 min
May 8, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk21 min
May 8, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, St. Clair, Vernon65 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 hr
May 8, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton44 min
May 8, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton3 hr
May 8, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk44 min
May 8, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene41 min
May 8, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller3 hr
May 9, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps, Pulaski3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.