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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Springfield, MO

June 28, 2021Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2021, 2:13 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2021, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2021, 8:15 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

056 
WGUS53 KSGF 281913
FFWSGF
KSC011-MOC217-290115-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0057.210628T1913Z-210629T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
213 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas...
  Northwestern Vernon County in west central Missouri...

* Until 815 PM CDT Monday.

* At 213 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across portions of the warned area. Up to 2 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 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...
  Nevada, Fort Scott, Bronson, Uniontown, Fulton, Redfield, Marmaton 
  and Richards.

This includes the following low water crossings...
  Route V at The Osage River just north of Stotesbury, Highway 31 at 
  Little Osage River 5 miles west of Fulton, Route KK at Dry Wood 
  Creek 5 miles northwest of Moundville and Highway 54, 3 miles east 
  of Deerfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9461 3806 9461 3805 9423
      3803 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421 3804 9420
      3805 9416 3781 9442 3767 9462 3767 9509

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

MMT
1 follow-up statement
389 
WGUS73 KSGF 290121 RRA
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
821 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

KSC011-MOC217-290131-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210629T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bourbon KS-Vernon MO-
821 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BOURBON AND NORTHWESTERN 
VERNON COUNTIES...

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to 
heed remaining road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT Tuesday for 
Portions of southeast Kansas. Portions of Missouri.

LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9461 3806 9461 3805 9423
      3803 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421 3804 9420
      3805 9416 3781 9442 3767 9462 3767 9509

$$

SR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon31 min
Jun 28, 6:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFJasper, Newton3 hr
Jun 28, 8:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton102 min
Jun 28, 10:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton5 hr
Jun 28, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton5 hr
Jun 28, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 hr
Jun 28, 6:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Miller2 hr
Jun 28, 9:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon37 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2021Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.