Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 65 min |
| May 1, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.