Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 23, 2021, 9:09 AM CDT for Crawford 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
- Oct 23, 2021, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2021, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
554
WGUS53 KSGF 231409
FFWSGF
KSC037-232015-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0085.211023T1409Z-211023T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
909 AM CDT Sat Oct 23 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Crawford County in southeastern Kansas...
* Until 315 PM CDT Saturday.
* At 909 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 up to 1.5 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, Mulberry, Walnut, Chicopee and
Franklin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9509 3756 9462 3755 9462 3754 9462
3751 9462 3750 9462 3747 9462 3744 9462
3734 9462 3739 9509 3740 9509 3744 9509
3746 9509 3749 9509 3750 9509 3751 9509
3756 9509 3759 9509
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
EW2 follow-up statements
208
WGUS73 KSGF 231640
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1140 AM CDT Sat Oct 23 2021
KSC037-232015-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-211023T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crawford KS-
1140 AM CDT Sat Oct 23 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY...
At 1140 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that thunderstorms that
produced heavy rain across the warned area had moved off to the
east. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell across the Warned area.
Even through the heavy rainfall has ended runoff from the earlier
heavy rainfall will continue into this afternoon. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pittsburg, Girard, Frontenac, Arma, Mulberry, Walnut, Chicopee and
Franklin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3764 9509 3756 9462 3755 9462 3754 9462
3751 9462 3750 9462 3747 9462 3744 9462
3734 9462 3739 9509 3740 9509 3744 9509
3746 9509 3749 9509 3750 9509 3751 9509
3756 9509 3759 9509
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
EW718
WGUS73 KSGF 232006
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
306 PM CDT Sat Oct 23 2021
KSC037-232016-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-211023T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crawford KS-
306 PM CDT Sat Oct 23 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
CRAWFORD COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3764 9509 3756 9462 3755 9462 3754 9462
3751 9462 3750 9462 3747 9462 3744 9462
3734 9462 3739 9509 3740 9509 3744 9509
3746 9509 3749 9509 3750 9509 3751 9509
3756 9509 3759 9509
$$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.