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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2007, 9:31 AM 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 15, 2007, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2007, 3:30 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 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, 2.5 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
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 151434
FFWSGF
KSC021-152030-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.070515T1431Z-070515T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
931 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
* AT 925 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST
CHEROKEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATE OF AROUND
ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THE LIGHTNING AND CHERRY
CREEK BASINS. THESE AREAS ARE SATURATED FROM RECENT
FLOODING...WHICH WILL CAUSE RUNOFF TO OCCUR VERY QUICKLY WITHIN AREAS
OF THE CHEROKEE DELTA...OR FAR WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHERMAN...SKIDMORE...WEIR...WEST MINERAL...AND FALKNER.
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.
LAT...LON 3733 9507 3733 9502 3732 9500 3732 9463
3724 9463 3723 9464 3700 9464 3701 9506
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KSGF 151915
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
214 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007
KSC021-151924-
/X.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070515T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-
214 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL
RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL AROUND WEST
MINERAL...WEIR AND SCAMMON BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3733 9507 3733 9502 3732 9500 3732 9463
3724 9463 3723 9464 3700 9464 3701 9506
$$
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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.