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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2004, 5:31 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2004, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2004, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1066 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1305 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 131031 FFWSGF KSC011-MOC217-131415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 531 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 915 AM CDT. * AT 517 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOURBON COUNTY SINCE 3 AM...ON TOP OF THE ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN RECEIVED SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SLOW MOVING 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...NEVADA...FORT SCOTT...WALKER...UNIONTOWN...REDFIELD... FULTON...STOTESBURY...RICHARDS...MOUNDVILLE...MONTEVALLO...MILO AND METZ. THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 7 AND 31 IN BOURBON COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BARRICADED. WHILE NO OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES WILL LIKELY FLOOD. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM ADDING TO THE RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS. THIS RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3805 9413 3769 9411 3770 9498 3805 9501 $$ RUNNELS
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 131116 FFSSGF KSC011-021-037-MOC009-011-043-057-059-077-097-109-119-145-167-217- 225-131345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 615 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD...BARRY...NEWTON...CHRISTIAN...LAWRENCE...JASPER...GREENE... WEBSTER...DADE...BARTON...POLK...DALLAS...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND UNTIL 915 AM FOR BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES... AS OF 6 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT A BROAD AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT...WITH SPOTTY THREE INCH AMOUNTS BETWEEN FT SCOTT AND TO THE WEST OF COLUMBUS IN KANSAS...AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS BETWEEN STOTTS CITY...NEOSHO AND PINEVILLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIER DOWNPOURS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. A PARTIAL LIST OF FLOODING REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES: IN BOURBON COUNTY...THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 7 AND 31. IN BARTON COUNTY...NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS IN BARRY COUNTY...7TH STREET BRIDGE IN CASSVILLE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...HIGHWAY 96 NEAR HIGHWAY AA AND AVILLA IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...TURN AROUND AND SEEK A DIFFERENT ROUTE AS IT TAKES LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER TO LIFT MOST CARS. ALSO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ RUNNELS
000 WGUS73 KSGF 131255 FFSSGF KSC011-021-037-MOC009-011-043-057-059-077-097-109-119-145-167-217- 225-131345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 754 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD...BARRY...NEWTON...CHRISTIAN...LAWRENCE...JASPER...GREENE... WEBSTER...DADE...BARTON...POLK...DALLAS...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 915 AM FOR VERNON AND BOURBON COUNTIES... AT 745 AM CDT...SHERIFF OFFICES REGION WIDE REPORTED FEW FLOODED ROADWAYS...THOUGH LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER RURAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY REMAIN IN FLOOD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH A GENERAL DECREASE IN INTENSITY EXPECTED. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MAKE YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ RUNNELS
000 WGUS73 KSGF 131407 FFSSGF KSC011-021-037-MOC009-011-043-057-059-077-097-109-119-145-167-217- 225-131445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 905 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCDONALD...BARRY... NEWTON...CHRISTIAN...LAWRENCE...JASPER...GREENE...WEBSTER...DADE... BARTON...POLK...DALLAS...VERNON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...AND BOURBON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ENDED SEVERAL HOURS AGO...AND ALL OF THE FLOODING REPORTS AND RUNOFF FROM THE FLOODING HAS ENDED. IN ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED NO ROAD CLOSURES AS OF 9 AM. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan, St. Clair | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2004Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.