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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 2, 2007Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2007, 3:19 PM CDT for Cherokee 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
May 2, 2007, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 022025
FFWSGF
KSC021-030215-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0013.070502T2019Z-070503T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
319 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.

* AT 317 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY          
  RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND AN INCH    
  OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN THE         
  PAST HOUR. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CRESTLINE...LAWTON...AND SKIDMORE.

SMALL STREAMS IN THE CRESTLINE AREA...WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE 
RISING OUT OF THE BANKS. ALSO WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE PONDING ON 
HIGHWAY 69 IN THE CRESTLINE AREA. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3733 9461 3700 9461 3700 9508 3734 9508

$$

WISE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 030206
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
906 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

KSC021-030216-
/X.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070503T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-
906 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT FOR CHEROKEE
COUNTY...

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 3733 9461 3700 9461 3700 9508 3734 9508

$$

WISE

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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.