Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 30, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:23 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Columbus, KS | SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN COLUMBUS. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KSGF 302115
FFWSGF
KSC021-010100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0062.210630T2115Z-210701T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
415 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Cherokee County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 415 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
very heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 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...
Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Cherokee, Weir, Scammon, West
Mineral and Treece.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 9481 3713 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507
3734 9507
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Rothstein2 follow-up statements
274
WGUS73 KSGF 302332
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
632 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021
KSC021-010100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210701T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cherokee KS-
632 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY...
At 632 PM CDT, Emergency management reported several flooded roads
in Columbus due to runoff from recent heavy rainfall. Between 2 and
4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Baxter Springs, Columbus, Galena, Cherokee, Weir, Scammon, West
Mineral and Treece.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3734 9481 3713 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507
3734 9507
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
Rothstein603
WGUS73 KSGF 010059
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
759 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021
KSC021-010109-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210701T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cherokee KS-
759 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY
HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...
The heavy rain has ended. 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 Thursday for
Portions of southeast Kansas. Portions of Missouri.
LAT...LON 3734 9481 3713 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507
3734 9507
$$
RothsteinThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 40 hr |
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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.