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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

May 10, 2007Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2007, 4:37 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 reports 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
May 10, 2007, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 4:50 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPittsburg, KSROADS FLOODED IN PITTSBURG AREA INCLUDING AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 560 AND 210.
May 10, 5:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Mindenmines, MOWATER UP TO ROAD SURFACE ON BOTH SIDES OF HWY 160. ALL DIRT ROADS OFF HWY 160 FLOODED
May 10, 6:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOODLamar, MOCOOP OBSERVER IN LAMAR REPORTS 0.85 INCHES OF RAIN. MUDDY CREEK IN LAMAR OVERFLOWING BANKS

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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2007-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 102137
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-MOC011-110330-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0039.070510T2137Z-070511T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
437 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...ENGLEVALE...
  FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...LAMAR...PITTSBURG...VERDELLA...
  WEIR...ARCADIA AND HEPLER.

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 3764 9407 3736 9410 3737 9464 3699 9463
      3700 9508 3766 9507

$$

HATCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon6 hr
May 9, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr
May 9, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr
May 10, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller, Pulaski6 hr
May 10, 12:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries6 hr
May 10, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps3 hr
May 10, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden6 hr
May 10, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan6 hr
May 10, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade58 min
May 10, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, McDonald, Newton6 hr
May 10, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHickory, St. Clair6 hr
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk6 hr
May 10, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
May 10, 6:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster, Wright6 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.