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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Springfield, MO

August 18, 2017Bourbon County, Kansas; Vernon County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 18, 4:55 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 S Richards, MOFLASH 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 CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Ese Richards, MOWATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT 600 ROAD AND KATY TRACK ROAD.
Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Richards, MOWATER FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT 200 RD AND KATY TRACK ROAD.
Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ese Richards, MOWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2017-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2017-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

Burchfield
2 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

$$

Burchfield
447 
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

$$

Burchfield

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon58 min
Aug 18, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald56 min
Aug 18, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton33 min
Aug 18, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry29 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.