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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

May 15, 2007Cherokee County, Kansas

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.

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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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 287 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 2007-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

CRAMER
1 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

$$

JLT

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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.