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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2016, 8:04 PM CDT for Bourbon County, 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
- Sep 15, 2016, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 11:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Porterville, KS | EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED PRONG CREEK TO FLOOD A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 3. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
404
WGUS53 KSGF 160104
FFWSGF
KSC011-037-160700-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0084.160916T0104Z-160916T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
804 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 804 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE 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...
FORT SCOTT... MARMATON...
UNIONTOWN... WALNUT...
FULTON... REDFIELD...
HEPLER... HARDING...
HIATTVILLE... PETERSBURG...
PORTERVILLE... DEVON...
PAWNEE STATION... HAMMOND...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 9508 3804 9479 3803 9461 3781 9462
3765 9482 3758 9509
$$
SCHAUMANN3 follow-up statements
990
WGUS73 KSGF 160235
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
935 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
KSC011-037-160700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160916T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-BOURBON KS-
935 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND CENTRAL BOURBON COUNTIES...
AT 932 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENDED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS
THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING. THIS IS LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH
FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT SCOTT... MARMATON...
UNIONTOWN... WALNUT...
REDFIELD... HEPLER...
HIATTVILLE... PETERSBURG...
HAMMOND... PORTERVILLE...
DEVON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3783 9508 3787 9492 3798 9475 3798 9461
3791 9462 3785 9462 3782 9472 3777 9475
3772 9483 3771 9488 3766 9494 3758 9509
$$
SCHAUMANN888
WGUS73 KSGF 160419
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1119 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
KSC011-037-160700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160916T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-BOURBON KS-
1119 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND CENTRAL BOURBON COUNTIES...
AT 1116 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THURSDAY EVENING.
PRONG CREEK IS FLOODING A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 3.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT SCOTT... MARMATON...
UNIONTOWN... WALNUT...
REDFIELD... HEPLER...
HIATTVILLE... PETERSBURG...
HAMMOND... PORTERVILLE...
DEVON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3783 9508 3787 9492 3798 9475 3798 9461
3791 9462 3785 9462 3782 9472 3777 9475
3772 9483 3771 9488 3766 9494 3758 9509
$$
SCHAUMANN174
WGUS73 KSGF 160654
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
154 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
KSC011-037-160702-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160916T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD KS-BOURBON KS-
154 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND CENTRAL
BOURBON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 AM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3783 9508 3787 9492 3798 9475 3798 9461
3791 9462 3785 9462 3782 9472 3777 9475
3772 9483 3771 9488 3766 9494 3758 9509
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 51 min |
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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.