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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO

July 2, 2015Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2015, 12:16 AM CDT for Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. 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: Jul 2, 2015, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cedar County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 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, 5.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.7
Supercell composite: 27.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

397 
WGUS53 KSGF 020516
FFWSGF
KSC011-MOC039-217-021000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0041.150702T0516Z-150702T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1216 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.

* AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO OR    
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES ARE   
EXPECTED.

* 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...

ROUTE M AT BEAR CREEK EAST OF STOCKTON...
HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON...
HIGHWAY 54 3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE...
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 9463 3806 9462 3806 9443 3804 9422
      3806 9421 3806 9413 3804 9406 3790 9406
      3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9364 3763 9364
      3765 9462 3767 9462 3768 9492 3804 9498

$$

FOSTER

2 follow-up statements

778 
WGUS73 KSGF 020739
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
239 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

KSC011-MOC039-217-021000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150702T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KS-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-
239 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
BOURBON...CEDAR AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE 
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS IN NORTHERN VERNON AND FAR NORTHEASTERN 
BOURBON COUNTIES.  

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.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

ROUTE M AT BEAR CREEK EAST OF STOCKTON...
HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON...
HIGHWAY 54 3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9463 3806 9462 3806 9443 3804 9422
      3806 9421 3806 9413 3804 9406 3790 9406
      3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9364 3763 9364
      3765 9462 3767 9462 3768 9492 3804 9498

$$

FOSTER

265 
WGUS73 KSGF 020956 RRB
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
456 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

KSC011-MOC039-217-021007-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-150702T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KS-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-
456 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CDT FOR BOURBON...
CEDAR AND VERNON COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING...IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT TODAY. WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED 
THIS MORNING...MANY ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE REGION...WITH 
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS RUNNING HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION.  REMEMBER...TURN 
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 3804 9463 3806 9462 3806 9443 3804 9422
      3806 9421 3806 9413 3804 9406 3790 9406
      3789 9382 3783 9381 3783 9364 3763 9364
      3765 9462 3767 9462 3768 9492 3804 9498

$$

BOXELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	65 min
Jul 1, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	67 min
Jul 1, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	55 min
Jul 1, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	45 min
Jul 1, 9:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan	8 hr
Jul 1, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan	60 min
Jul 1, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	39 min
Jul 1, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, Pulaski	58 min
Jul 1, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	47 min
Jul 1, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	58 min
Jul 1, 10:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	47 min
Jul 1, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk	57 min
Jul 1, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	39 min
Jul 1, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	65 min
Jul 1, 11:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Dent, Hickory, Laclede, Phelps and 3 more	6 hr
Jul 1, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	65 min
Jul 1, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk, St. Clair and 1 more	55 min
Jul 2, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Polk, Shannon, Texas and 2 more	5 hr
Jul 2, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Vernon	61 min
Jul 2, 12:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk, Webster, Wright	23 min
Jul 2, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	52 min
Jul 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster	49 min
Jul 2, 12:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	21 min
Jul 2, 1:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more	9 hr
Jul 2, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	13 min
Jul 2, 3:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Stone, Taney and 1 more	8 hr
Jul 2, 4:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	56 hr
Jul 2, 4:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Polk, Shannon and 4 more	12 hr
Jul 2, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	3 days
Jul 2, 4:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bates, Vernon	4 days
Jul 2, 4:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 3 more	12 hr
Jul 2, 8:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	54 hr
Jul 2, 10:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 10:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Stone, Taney and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	40 min
Jul 2, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald	25 min
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 23 more	24 hr
Jul 2, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Stone	48 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	53 min
Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	40 min
Jul 2, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	36 min
Jul 2, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	31 min
Jul 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015 Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015 Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.