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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 11:13 PM CDT for 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
101
WGUS53 KSGF 270413
FFWSGF
KSC011-270915-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0004.160427T0413Z-160427T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1113 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 1112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. 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...
BRONSON... UNIONTOWN...
MAPLETON... XENIA...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 9508 3804 9478 3783 9499 3776 9508
$$
FRYE2 follow-up statements
172 WGUS73 KSGF 270727 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 227 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016 KSC011-270915- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160427T0915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 227 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY... AT 225 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...IF NOT ALREADY OCCURRING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3803 9508 3804 9478 3783 9499 3776 9508 $$ FRYE
683 WGUS73 KSGF 270915 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 415 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016 KSC011-270925- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160427T0915Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 415 AM CDT WED APR 27 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... 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 3803 9508 3804 9478 3783 9499 3776 9508 $$ HATCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 39 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.