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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:46 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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, 2011, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 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
- 3026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
049
WGUS53 KSGF 012146
FFWSGF
KSC011-MOC217-020300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.110601T2146Z-110602T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
446 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN DURING THE LAST ONE TO TWO HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON...
ROUTE V AT THE OSAGE RIVER JUST NORTH OF STOTESBURY.
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 3804 9493 3804 9463 3806 9462 3806 9427
3804 9423 3806 9421 3805 9419 3806 9416
3802 9411 3789 9447 3785 9479 3802 9494
$$
BOXELL2 follow-up statements
153
WGUS73 KSGF 012346
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
646 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
KSC011-012356-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110602T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KS-
646 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN
BOURBON COUNTY...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3806 9462 3806 9427 3804 9423 3806 9421
3805 9419 3806 9416 3802 9411 3789 9447
3787 9461 3803 9462 3804 9463
$$
MOC217-020300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110602T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON MO-
646 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY...
AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS
AREA IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
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
CROSSING...
ROUTE V AT THE OSAGE RIVER JUST NORTH OF STOTESBURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3806 9462 3806 9427 3804 9423 3806 9421
3805 9419 3806 9416 3802 9411 3789 9447
3787 9461 3803 9462 3804 9463
$$
BOXELL744
WGUS73 KSGF 020250
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
950 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
MOC217-020301-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110602T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON MO-
950 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3806 9462 3806 9427 3804 9423 3806 9421
3805 9419 3806 9416 3802 9411 3789 9447
3787 9461 3803 9462 3804 9463
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair, Vernon | 47 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.