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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pittsburg, KS | SEVERAL 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Crawford | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 56 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.