Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 27, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 271932 FFWSGF KSC011-280130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT. * AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM FORT SCOTT ALL THE WAY BACK INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY. THIS SITUATION COULD QUICKLY BECOME LIFE THREATENING IF THESE STORMS DO NOT BEGIN TO SHOW ANY MOVEMENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FORT SCOTT...REDFIELD...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...GARLAND...HAMMOND... HIATTVILLE...MARMATON...PAWNEE STATION...PETERSBURG AND PORTERVILLE. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3798 9507 3768 9508 3767 9462 3798 9462 $$ BOOKBINDER
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 272155 FFSSGF KSC011-280130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 453 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA BETWEEN FORT SCOTT AND UNIONTOWN...INCLUDING THE MILL CREEK BASIN. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...REDFIELD...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...MARMATON...AND PETERSBURG. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED OVER TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE TOWN OF DEVON. BE AWARE OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 54. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ AL/FOSTER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 272332 FFSSGF KSC011-280115- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR BOURBON COUNTY... AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL BOURBON COUNTY FROM NEAR UNIONTOWN TO FORT SCOTT...INCLUDING THE MILL CREEK BASIN SINCE 2 PM. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH 830 PM. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING INCLUDE MILL CREEK...CEDAR CREEK...PAINT CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...AND WALNUT CREEK. BE AWARE OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 54. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS $$ FOSTER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 280132 FFSSGF KSC011-280200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 832 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL BOURBON COUNTY FROM NEAR UNIONTOWN TO FORT SCOTT...INCLUDING THE MILL CREEK BASIN SINCE 2 PM. EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY TONIGHT AND PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH. ALTHOUGH THE IMMEDIATE FLOODING THREAT HAS ENDED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. $$ FOSTER
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.