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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2011, 4:49 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford 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 22, 2011, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 422 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
801
WGUS53 KSGF 222149
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-230400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0040.110522T2149Z-110523T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
449 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3758 9509 3762 9462 3701 9461 3700 9462
3704 9508
$$
HATCH1 follow-up statement
999
WGUS73 KSGF 230357
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1057 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
KSC021-037-230408-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110523T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
1057 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT FOR CHEROKEE
AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3758 9509 3762 9462 3701 9461 3700 9462
3704 9508
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 42 min |
| May 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 21 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 57 min |
| May 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 50 min |
| May 22, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 65 min |
| May 22, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 43 min |
| May 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 59 min |
| May 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 24 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.