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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

September 17, 2006Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2006, 12:21 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
Sep 17, 2006, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2006, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2006-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 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 2006-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 171726
FFWSGF
MOC145-172015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1221 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 1219 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM AROUND THE CITY OF NEOSHO. DOPPLER 
  RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AREAS AROUND GRANBY MAY 
  HAVE RECEIVED LOCALLY TWO TO THREE INCHES SINCE 7 AM. MOST OF THE
  HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER 
  RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE 
  COMMUNITIES OF NEOSHO AND GRANBY THROUGH 3 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEOSHO... 
  GRANBY AND DIAMOND.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3677 9446 3677 9411 3705 9408 3704 9434

$$

JLT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 171906
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
203 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006

MOC145-172015-
NEWTON MO-
203 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY...

AT 159 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT ROADS 
WERE CLOSED IN THE CITY OF NEOSHO DUE TO FLOODING. 
SPECIFICALLY...SPRING AND MCCORD...AND LAFAYETTE AND LAQUESTA WERE 
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED 
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY OF NEOSHO. 

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3677 9446 3677 9411 3705 9408 3704 9434

$$

JLT
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 172010
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
307 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006

MOC145-172017-
NEWTON MO-
307 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
NEWTON COUNTY...

ALTHOUGH MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE CITY OF NEOSHO WHERE LOCAL 
ROADS REMAIN CLOSED...THE OVERALL THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED 
AND AREAL RUNOFF CONTINUES TO DECREASE. HOWEVER...DUE TO ROADS 
REMAINING CLOSED IN THE NEOSHO AREA...AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE 
ISSUED SHORTLY FOR A PORTION OF NEWTON COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3677 9446 3677 9411 3705 9408 3704 9434

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 10:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Sep 17, 11:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.