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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

May 1, 2003Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2003, 12:16 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. 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 1, 2003, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1639 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 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 010516
FFWSGF
KSC011-010800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1216 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.

* AT 1206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE 
  COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN APPEARS 
  LIKELY AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COUNTY 
  FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
  OCCUR. IN ADDITION...POOR DRAINAGE FROM HAIL WHICH HAS FALLEN 
  ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY...WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODED
  ROADWAYS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   
  INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...HAMMOND AND BRONSON.

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.

LAT...LON 3804 9461 3767 9462 3766 9509 3803 9509

$$

BOOKBINDER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 010639
FFSSGF
KSC011-010800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
139 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR BOURBON
COUNTY...

AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS 
PORTIONS OF BOURBON COUNTY. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL END BY 2 AM. 
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 
LOW-LYING AREAS THROUGH 3 AM.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.

LAT...LON 3800 9465 3770 9466 3771 9505 3799 9505

$$

SAW
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 010804
FFSSGF
KSC011-010800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
304 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY...AND NO FLOODING HAS 
BEEN REPORTED.  MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AS 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3800 9465 3770 9466 3771 9505 3799 9505

$$

SAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon65 min
May 1, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford44 min
May 1, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee38 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.