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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2017, 4:06 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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 18, 2017, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 18, 4:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Richards, MO | FLASH FLOODING ONGOING ON A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 300 IN WESTERN RURAL VERNON COUNTY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR IS OBSERVING SEVERAL INCHES OF FAST MOVING WATER OF THIS SECTION OF 300. |
| Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ese Richards, MO | WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT 600 ROAD AND KATY TRACK ROAD. |
| Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Richards, MO | WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT 200 RD AND KATY TRACK ROAD. |
| Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Richards, MO | WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY O JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY H. |
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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
586
WGUS53 KSGF 182106
FFWSGF
KSC011-MOC217-190300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0075.170818T2106Z-170819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
406 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East central Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas...
Northwestern Vernon County in west central Missouri...
* Until 1000 PM CDT
* At 404 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. This
will affect small creeks and streams near the Marmaton and Little
Osage Rivers.
* Creeks, streams, and low water crossings will be especially
susceptible to the dangers of flash flooding.
Locations in the warning include...
Richards... Stotesbury...
Hammond... Horton...
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Route V at The Osage River just north of Stotesbury.
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 3799 9433 3786 9438 3786 9450 3785 9461
3787 9469 3795 9471 3799 9460
$$
Burchfield2 follow-up statements
785
WGUS73 KSGF 182241
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
541 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017
KSC011-MOC217-190300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bourbon KS-Vernon MO-
541 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL BOURBON AND NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTIES...
At 540 PM CDT, emergency management reported flash flooding in the
Richards area. Up to 6 inches of rain has fallen near Richards.
Flash flooding is already occurring.
Creeks, streams, and low water crossings will be especially
susceptible to the dangers of flash flooding.
Locations in the warning include...
Richards... Stotesbury...
Hammond... Horton...
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Route V at The Osage River just north of Stotesbury.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3799 9433 3786 9438 3786 9450 3785 9461
3787 9469 3795 9471 3799 9460
$$
Burchfield447
WGUS73 KSGF 190300
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1000 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017
KSC011-MOC217-190309-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bourbon KS-Vernon MO-
1000 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOURBON AND NORTHWESTERN
VERNON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
The threat for rapid rises in water levels has diminished. Flash
flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat to life or property.
Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3799 9433 3786 9438 3786 9450 3785 9461
3787 9469 3795 9471 3799 9460
$$
BurchfieldThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 29 min |
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.