Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2012, 11:22 PM CDT for 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 30, 2012, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
439
WGUS53 KSGF 010422
FFWSGF
KSC037-011000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0017.120501T0422Z-120501T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1122 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.
* AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CRAWFORD
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUE
OVER TO TRACK OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN
SEVERAL AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL UP TO THREE INCHES.
* 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...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9509 3767 9508 3768 9488 3767 9462
3742 9461 3734 9462 3734 9508 3738 9508
3739 9509
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
971
WGUS73 KSGF 010732
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
232 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
KSC037-011000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120501T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-
232 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN
SOUTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTY...NEAR PITTSBURG...CHICOPEE...AND CHEROKEE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9509 3767 9508 3768 9488 3767 9462
3742 9461 3734 9462 3734 9508 3738 9508
3739 9509
$$
CRAMER922
WGUS73 KSGF 010955
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
455 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
KSC037-011005-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120501T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-
455 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CDT FOR CRAWFORD
COUNTY...
RAINFALL HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND WATER
LEVELS ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE THIS MORNING.
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES TODAY HOWEVER...AND THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3767 9509 3767 9508 3768 9488 3767 9462
3742 9461 3734 9462 3734 9508 3738 9508
3739 9509
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 5 hr |
| May 1, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 1, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 34 min |
| May 1, 4:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 27 hr |
| May 1, 8:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 34 hr |
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.