Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2004, 9:49 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 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 23, 2004, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 240250 FFWSGF KSC021-240745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 949 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 245 AM CDT. * AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR. MORE SPECIFICALLY...THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WAS LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A TREECE...TO BAXTER SPRINGS...TO GALENA LINE. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. && 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 3720 9462 3700 9463 3699 9504 3720 9505 $$ SAW
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 240429 FFSSGF KSC021-240745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1126 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 1124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS SOUTHEAST OF A TREECE TO BAXTER SPRINGS LINE. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3732 9465 3700 9466 3701 9505 3732 9504 $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 240543 FFSSGF KSC021-240730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1242 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR FAULKNER TO GALENA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD OVER THE NEXT HOUR...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GALENA...COLUMBUS...BAXTER SPRINGS...AND NEUTRAL. && 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 3733 9463 3701 9464 3700 9504 3733 9503 $$ BROWNING
000 WGUS73 KSGF 240808 FFSSGF KSC021-240830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 308 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && LAT...LON 3730 9466 3703 9465 3703 9504 3731 9503 $$ BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 53 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.