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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 13, 2007, 11:14 PM CDT for Bourbon 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
- Apr 13, 2007, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fort Scott, KS | A COUPLE OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN THE FT. SCOTT AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1017 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 140416 FFWSGF KSC011-141015- /X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0002.070414T0414Z-070414T1015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1114 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 515 AM CDT SATURDAY. * AT 1113 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A COUPLE OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED NEAR THE TOWN OF FORT SCOTT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...FULTON...REDFIELD AND UNIONTOWN. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 3802 9462 3768 9463 3768 9506 3803 9507 $$ LINDENBERG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 140827 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 322 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 KSC011-141015- /X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070414T1015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 322 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR BOURBON COUNTY... AT 315 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AT GUNN PARK IN FT. SCOTT...AND ON SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT FELL FRIDAY WILL CAUSE FLOODING MAINLY OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND SMALL STREAMS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3802 9462 3768 9463 3768 9506 3803 9507 $$ FOSTER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 141008 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 506 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 KSC011-141016- /X.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070414T1015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 506 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT FOR BOURBON COUNTY... ALTHOUGH RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL FRIDAY WILL DIMINISH AND ADDITIONAL RISES OF SMALL STREAMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY REMAIN FLOODED THIS MORNING. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3802 9462 3768 9463 3768 9506 3803 9507 $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:44 PM CDT | Snow Advisory | SGF | Bourbon | 14 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.