Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2021, 12:52 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 5 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
- Jun 26, 2021, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2021, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.15 | 3 Nw Beulah, KS | 24HR TOTAL. |
| Jun 26, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.13 | Farlington, KS | 24HR TOTAL. |
| Jun 26, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.52 | 4 W Brazilton, KS | 24HR TOTAL. |
| Jun 26, 7:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.13 | 2 Nw Mccune, KS | 24HR TOTAL. |
| Jun 26, 8:48 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Frontenac, KS | MESONET STATION CW9798 FRONTENAC. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KSGF 260552
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-MOC011-097-261345-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1252 AM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas...
Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
Western Barton County in southwestern Missouri...
Northwestern Jasper County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 845 AM CDT Saturday.
* At 1252 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pittsburg, Girard, Frontenac, Arma, Liberal, Cherokee, Weir and
Sheldon.
The Lightning Creek and Cow Creek basins have received up to 3
inches of rain already. With additional rain expected, these two
streams are expected to rapidly rise through the early morning hours.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9509 3767 9462 3765 9462 3765 9426
3756 9429 3752 9443 3744 9451 3736 9449
3714 9462 3728 9476 3715 9490 3715 9497
3710 9507
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| Jun 25, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 21 days |
| Jun 25, 8:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 21 days |
| Jun 25, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Benton | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 16 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence, Newton | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 8:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 12 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 9 days |
| Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 11 days |
| Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 8 days |
| Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 21 days |
| Jun 26, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 20 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 19 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.