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Flash Flood Warning 158, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2007, 11:54 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2007, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sw Mccune, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 400 IS CLOSED AT THE CHEROKEE AND LABETTE COUNTY LINE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 224 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 011703 FFWSGF KSC011-021-037-MOC011-097-217-012300- /X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0158.070701T1654Z-070701T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1154 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY. * AT 1152 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES HAVE INCREASED SINCE 10 AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH MAINLY CREEKS AND STREAMS STILL RISING RAPIDLY DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND RUNOFF THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME COUNTIES. THE FOLLOWING ARE KNOWN ROAD CLOSURES AS OF 1130 AM. BARTON COUNTY. MISSOURI HIGHWAY 126...BETWEEN ROUTE J AND U.S. HIGHWAY 71. ROUTE C...BETWEEN ROUTE A AND ROUTE S. ROUTE K...BETWEEN ROUTE V AND ROUTE P. ROUTE V...BETWEEN ROUTE K AND MISSOURI HIGHWAY 43. JASPER COUNTY. MISSOURI HIGHWAY 37...BETWEEN MISSOURI HIGHWAY 96 AND ROUTE E. VERNON COUNTY. U.S HIGHWAY 54...BETWEEN ROUTE T AND MISSOURI HIGHWAY 43. ROUTE H...NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 54. ROUTE KK...BETWEEN ROUTE T AND MISSOURI HIGHWAY 43. ROUTE MM...BETWEEN ROUTE V AND ROUTE WW. ROUTE N...TWO MILES NORTH OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 43 AND ONE MILE BEFORE ROUTE B. ROUTE V...ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF ROUTE D. ROUTE WW...FOUR MILES BEFORE ROUTE D...TO ROUTE D. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3804 9406 3708 9406 3700 9506 3803 9506 $$ JLT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 1, 6:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
640 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007
.DISCUSSION...
MORE AND MORE OF THE SAME TODAY. MORE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS OUR
WESTERN ZONES AND NOW SOME MUCH NEEDED RAINS ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN
ZONES AS WELL.
.CURRENTLY...MCS CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS. ALSO...OUR WESTERN ZONES CONTINUE WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL OUT THAT WAY. THIS IN RESPONSE TO A STATIONARY LOW OVER THE
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA/KANSAS AREA. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MUCH OF THE
CWA COVERED IN CONVECTION AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE. PROFILER DATA
FROM 21Z TO NOW SHOWS THE CIRCULATION HAS NOT MOVED AT EITHER THE
850 OR 700MB LEVELS. WHAT THIS ALL AMOUNTS TO IS MORE OF THE SAME
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
TODAY...MODEL STREAMLINES CONTINUE TO SHOW LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AT
BOTH 925 AND 850MBS ON BOTH THE GFS AND WRF...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA THROUGH 00Z. WRF CONTINUES TO SHOW
SIGNIFICANT ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE CWA THROUGH THE DAY. WENT AHEAD AND EXTENDED THE FFA FOR
COUNTIES ALREADY IN THE WATCH AND PLAN TO INCLUDE OUR SOUTHERN
COUNTIES BORDERING ARKANSAS INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SOUTHERN
MISSOURI RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT AND ANTICIPATE
LOWER FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE WILL BE COMING IN LATER THIS MORNING.
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE DAYSHIFT EXTEND WATCH INTO MONDAY
MORNING AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW CONVERGENCE MOVING SOUTH. HAS NOT
HAPPENED YET...SO PLAN ON A PERSISTENCE FORECAST FOR THE CWA.
MONDAY...GFS SHOWING BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS/MISSOURI
STATE LINE MONDAY MORNING AS UPPER LOW GETS PUSHED SOUTH BY
APPROACHING UPPER RIDGE FROM THE NORTH. AGAIN...NOT HOLDING MY
BREATH ON THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENING...BUT DID LOWER POPS ACROSS MOST
OF THE CWA. NEED TO WATCH FOR POCKETS OF ENERGY GETTING SPUN OFF THE
UPPER LOW TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS MONDAY MORNING. COULD SEE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL OUT THAT
WAY.
TUESDAY ON...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW FAIRLY SHARP RIDGE AT 500MB
OVER THE STATE KEEPING THE FRONT AT BAY IN NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SHOULD
RIDGE WAFFLE 50-60 MILES FURTHER NORTH...WE COULD BE BACK INTO RAIN
CHANCES. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES GOING FOR OUR SOUTHERN
COUNTIES...PARTICULARLY THE SOUTHWESTERN ONES. GFS CONTINUES TO
ADVERTISE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PUSHING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...FOR CONTINUED CHANCES FOR PRECIP THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY.
GCC
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAINLY
VFR CONDITIONS WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SHOULD GRADUALLY SEE A DRYING TREND AFTER 00Z. WITH
RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND LIGHT EAST WINDS...HAVE OPTED TO DROP
CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES TO MVFR AFTER AROUND 09Z.
TERRY
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOZ055-056-
066>069-077>081-088>091-093>095-101>104.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:31 AM CDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 531 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-021045- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 531 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THREAT PERSISTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS ...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE CENTRAL KANSAS OKLAHOMA STATE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE THREAT TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT...BUT AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ONCE AGAIN POSSIBLE. ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOST RIVERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI ARE ALREADY AT FLOOD STAGE. WITH CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...SIGNIFICANT RISES IN THE MARMATON...LITTLE OSAGE AND SPRING RIVERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING BEFORE NOON. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY NOTABLE REPORTS OF MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY AREAS OF FLOODING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) CLAYCOMB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0741 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW WEST PLAINS 36.68N 91.92W
07/01/2007 M3.50 INCH HOWELL MO PUBLIC
24 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
HATCHLocal storm report, Jul 1, 7:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
759 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0741 AM HEAVY RAIN MILLER 37.21N 93.84W
07/01/2007 M5.16 INCH LAWRENCE MO PUBLIC
24 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
HATCHLocal storm report, Jul 1, 8:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
838 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0836 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE FAIR GROVE 37.41N 93.11W
07/01/2007 M5.00 INCH DALLAS MO PUBLIC
24 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
HATCHLocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:06 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1106 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM FLASH FLOOD PITTSBURG 37.41N 94.70W
07/01/2007 CRAWFORD KS EMERGENCY MNGR
THREE WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS AROUND PITTSBURG. ONE AT
HIGHWAY 126 AND 69...ONE JUST EAST OF TOWN AND ONE NEAR
FRONTENAC ON HIGHWAY 126. PORTIONS OF EASTERN PITTSBURG
ARE NOW BEING EVACUATED DUE TO RISING FLOOD WATERS ON COW
CREEK.
&&
HATCHLocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:22 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1122 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM FLOOD NEVADA 37.84N 94.35W
07/01/2007 VERNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOOD WATERS HAVE CAUSED HIGHWAY H WEST OF NEVADA NEAR
RICHARDS TO FLOOD. APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET OF WATER WAS
FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY H AS OF 11 AM. HIGHWAY 54 AND KK ARE
ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
&&
JLTLocal storm report, Jul 1, 11:48 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1148 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1147 AM FLASH FLOOD EVERTON 37.34N 93.70W
07/01/2007 DADE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON EAST DADE 152 WERE FLOODED
WEST OF EVERTON.
&&
RUNNELSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Vernon | 10 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence, Polk | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2007Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.