Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2007, 5:35 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 1, 2007, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 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 011037 FFWSGF KSC011-011330- /X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0063.070601T1035Z-070601T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 535 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 AM CDT. * AT 530 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS INDICATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN FAR NORTHWEST BOURBON COUNTY NEAR BRONSON AND MAPLETON SINCE 4 AM ...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL LIKELY BEFORE 7 AM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... BRONSON...FULTON...REDFIELD AND UNIONTOWN. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS FLOOD ADVISORY FOR BOURBON COUNTY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3803 9460 3780 9484 3768 9508 3803 9509 $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 011059 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 557 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 KSC011-011330- /X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-070601T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 557 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY... AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.50...TO LOCALLY 2.50 INCHES FELL NORTHWEST OF A BRONSON TO MAPLETON LINE SINCE 4 AM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 AM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... BRONSON...FULTON...REDFIELD AND UNIONTOWN. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3803 9460 3780 9484 3768 9508 3803 9509 $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 011330 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 830 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 KSC011-011340- /X.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-070601T1330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 830 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3803 9460 3780 9484 3768 9508 3803 9509 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 41 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 75 min |
| Jun 1, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 71 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.