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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2007Cherokee County, Kansas; Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2007, 11:51 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas; Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 8 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
Jun 10, 2007, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2007, 6:00 AM 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, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 4:00 AM CDTFLOOD2 E Avilla, MOHWY 96 AND SURROUNDING AREAS FLOODED BY THE WHITE OAK CREEK.
Jun 11, 4:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 N Carthage, MOHWY 71 AND SURROUNDING AREA FLOODED BY HIGH WATER FROM THE BUCK BRANCH.
Jun 11, 4:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 N Carthage, MOHWY 71 AND SURROUNDING AREA FLOODED BY THE DRY FORK.
Jun 11, 4:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOODWaco, MOEIGHT INCHES OF FLOWING WATER WAS REPORTED BETWEEN CAPER AND LOCUST ROAD NEAR WACO.
Jun 11, 5:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 N Columbus, KSAPPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE FEET OF FLOWING WATER WAS REPORTED ON K7 HIGHWAY 1 MILE NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
Jun 11, 5:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 N Maple Grove, MOHWY 37 AND SURROUNDING AREAS FLOODED BY HIGH WATERS FROM DEER CREEK.
Jun 11, 5:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 N Columbus, KSAPPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE FEET OF FLOWING WATER WAS REPORTED ON K7 HIGHWAY 7 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
Jun 11, 5:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD10 N Crestline, KSHIGHWAY 103...10 MILES NORTH OF CRESTLINE KANSAS IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2007-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 110457
FFWSGF
KSC021-MOC097-111100-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0091.070611T0451Z-070611T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1151 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY.

* AT 1147 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE         
  WARNED   AREA. IN CHEROKEE COUNTY NORTH WEIR ROAD NORTHWEST OF     
  110TH WAS CLOSED. IN JASPER COUNTY A HOUSE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE AN 
  INCH OF WATER INSIDE...BETWEEN CARL JUNCTION AND JOPLIN. THERE     
  WERE ALSO NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED BETWEEN JOPLIN AND CARL JUNCTION. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME
  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BAXTER
  SPRINGS...CARONA...CARTHAGE...COLUMBUS...GALENA...JOPLIN...WEIR...
  AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DUENWEG...
  DUQUESNE...JASPER AND ORONOGO.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3735 9507 3734 9410 3729 9410 3728 9407
      3705 9408 3706 9462 3700 9464 3699 9506

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon9 hr
Jun 10, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee73 min
Jun 11, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford6 hr
Jun 11, 11:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford6 hr
Jun 10, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton8 hr
Jun 11, 4:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Lawrence8 hr
Jun 11, 5:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
Jun 11, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, McDonald, Oregon and 7 more3 hr
Jun 11, 8:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Polk3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2007Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.