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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

March 12, 2006Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 12, 2006, 12:27 AM CST for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. 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
Mar 12, 2006, 12:27 AM CST (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 6:30 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1322 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 120628
FFWSGF
MOC149-203-121230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1227 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OREGON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
  SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 630 AM CST.

* AT 1227 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT     
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED  
  AREA.

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN BIRCH    
  TREE...WINONA...THOMASVILLE...AND GREER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3709 9121 3670 9113 3664 9165 3706 9165

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Texas45 min
Mar 11, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper16 min
Mar 11, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry22 min
Mar 11, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFGreene28 min
Mar 11, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster26 min
Mar 11, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence40 min
Mar 11, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon42 min
Mar 11, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede40 min
Mar 11, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade22 min
Mar 11, 6:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene54 min
Mar 11, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk39 min
Mar 11, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFShannon45 min
Mar 11, 7:07 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPulaski22 min
Mar 11, 7:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper26 min
Mar 11, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas52 min
Mar 11, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster50 min
Mar 11, 7:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence16 min
Mar 11, 7:29 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFPhelps36 min
Mar 11, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade54 min
Mar 11, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney52 min
Mar 11, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk64 min
Mar 11, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede31 min
Mar 11, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright55 min
Mar 11, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps43 min
Mar 11, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas59 min
Mar 11, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski23 min
Mar 11, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade8 min
Mar 11, 8:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas31 min
Mar 11, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper17 min
Mar 11, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps64 min
Mar 11, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede34 min
Mar 11, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk7 min
Mar 11, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller23 min
Mar 11, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski27 min
Mar 11, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone39 min
Mar 11, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps36 min
Mar 11, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Polk48 min
Mar 11, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney50 min
Mar 11, 10:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark, Taney39 min
Mar 11, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster36 min
Mar 11, 10:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski, Texas42 min
Mar 11, 10:57 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark48 min
Mar 11, 11:07 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFHowell68 min
Mar 11, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone46 min
Mar 11, 11:55 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOregon57 min
Mar 11, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright34 min
Mar 12, 12:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney59 min
Mar 12, 12:11 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFShannon33 min
Mar 12, 12:25 AM CSTTornado WarningSGFTaney29 min
Mar 12, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark40 min
Mar 12, 1:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas30 min
Mar 12, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry45 min
Mar 12, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright27 min
Mar 12, 2:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski35 min
Mar 12, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFVernon30 min
Mar 12, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBenton13 min
Mar 12, 4:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMorgan28 min

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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.