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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2012, 6:13 AM 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
- Apr 29, 2012, 6:13 AM CDT (11:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 12:00 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165
WGUS53 KSGF 291113
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-291700-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0012.120429T1113Z-120429T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
613 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT.
* AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE 3 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM.
* 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 3768 9462 3764 9461 3723 9462 3700 9494
3700 9507 3745 9509
$$
SCHAUMANN2 follow-up statements
127
WGUS73 KSGF 291409
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
909 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC021-037-291700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120429T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
909 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...
AT 901 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT SHOWERS LINGERED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES SINCE EARLY THIS
MORNING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING.
LAT...LON 3768 9462 3764 9461 3723 9462 3700 9494
3700 9507 3745 9509
$$
FOSTER393
WGUS73 KSGF 291654
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1154 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
KSC021-037-291704-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120429T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
1154 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON 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 3768 9462 3764 9461 3723 9462 3700 9494
3700 9507 3745 9509
$$
GRIFFINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 40 hr |
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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.