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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2016, 4:13 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
- Aug 8, 2016, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Devon, KS | FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2.58 INCHES IN DEVON. |
| Aug 8, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.58 | Devon, KS | FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 2.58 INCHES IN DEVON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
684
WGUS53 KSGF 080913
FFWSGF
KSC011-081515-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0067.160808T0913Z-160808T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
413 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 412 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH 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... FULTON...
MAPLETON... XENIA...
HARDING... HAMMOND...
DEVON...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA WITH AMOUNTS OF
ONE TO TWO INCHES 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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9508 3803 9466 3787 9469 3786 9508
$$
LINDENBERG2 follow-up statements
010 WGUS73 KSGF 081411 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 911 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 KSC011-081515- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160808T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 911 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTY... AT 909 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3804 9508 3803 9466 3787 9469 3786 9508 $$ BURCHFIELD
928 WGUS73 KSGF 081515 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1015 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 KSC011-081525- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160808T1515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON KS- 1015 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3804 9508 3803 9466 3787 9469 3786 9508 $$ BURCHFIELD
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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.