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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Springfield, MO

June 18, 2011Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2011, 10:16 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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 18, 2011, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 3:40 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 18, 11:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPittsburg, KSSEVERAL STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF PITTSBURG WERE IMPASSIBLE.

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4246 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
15.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

349 
WGUS53 KSGF 190316
FFWSGF
KSC037-190900-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0050.110619T0316Z-110619T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1016 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS       
  FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA SINCE 9 PM.

* 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.

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 3768 9461 3735 9462 3734 9508 3767 9509

$$

GAEDE
2 follow-up statements
417 
WGUS73 KSGF 190729
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
229 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

KSC037-190900-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110619T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-
229 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
CRAWFORD COUNTY...

AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.

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.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3768 9461 3735 9462 3734 9508 3767 9509

$$

GAEDE
800 
WGUS73 KSGF 190840
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
340 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

KSC037-190850-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110619T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-
340 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CRAWFORD 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 3768 9461 3735 9462 3734 9508 3767 9509

$$

GAEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCrawford33 min
Jun 18, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford60 min
Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford63 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford49 min
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford52 min
Jun 19, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.