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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT for Barton County, Missouri; Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 23, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sw Frontenac, KS | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER OVER ROADWAY NEAR FRONTENAC. NEAR CATALINA AND KENNEDY A STALLED VEHICLE DUE TO FLOODING. |
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 4019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
646
WGUS53 KSGF 240013
FFWSGF
KSC037-MOC011-240615-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0021.160624T0013Z-160624T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
713 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 712 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PITTSBURG... PRAIRIE STATE PARK...
LAMAR... FRONTENAC...
GIRARD... ARMA...
GOLDEN CITY... LIBERAL...
CHEROKEE... MULBERRY...
CHICOPEE... MCCUNE...
NASHVILLE... MINDENMINES...
FRANKLIN... ARCADIA...
WALNUT... LAMAR HEIGHTS...
HEPLER... IRWIN...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
HIGHWAY 126 AT THE SPRING RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD...
AND ROUTE M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9408 3735 9409 3736 9461 3735 9462
3734 9507 3767 9509
$$
BURCHFIELD2 follow-up statements
124
WGUS73 KSGF 240126
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
826 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
KSC037-MOC011-240615-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160624T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-
826 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FRIDAY
FOR CRAWFORD AND BARTON COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED
IN FRONTENAC. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PITTSBURG... PRAIRIE STATE PARK...
LAMAR... FRONTENAC...
GIRARD... ARMA...
GOLDEN CITY... LIBERAL...
CHEROKEE... MULBERRY...
CHICOPEE... MCCUNE...
NASHVILLE... MINDENMINES...
FRANKLIN... ARCADIA...
WALNUT... LAMAR HEIGHTS...
HEPLER... IRWIN...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
HIGHWAY 126 AT THE SPRING RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD...
AND ROUTE M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9408 3735 9409 3736 9461 3735 9462
3734 9507 3767 9509
$$
BURCHFIELD300
WGUS73 KSGF 240613
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
113 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2016
KSC037-MOC011-240618-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160624T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-
113 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND BARTON COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT...
ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS IN BARTON COUNTY...MOST LOCATIONS HAD EXPERIENCED A
BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THURSDAY EVENING.
THE RISK FOR FLOODING COULD BE RETURN IN BARTON COUNTY IF HEAVY RAIN
PERSIST OVERNIGHT.
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3764 9408 3735 9409 3736 9461 3735 9462
3734 9507 3767 9509
$$
FOSTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 7:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Greene, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell, Texas | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 2:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.