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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

May 22, 2006Barry County, Lawrence County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2006, 6:24 PM CDT for Barry County, Lawrence County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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: May 22, 2006, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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
May 22, 6:45 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Pierce City, MO	DISPATCHER FROM MONETTE PD REPORTED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN PIERCE CITY. PORTIONS OF HER RESIDENCE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY FLOODED OVER.
May 22, 7:43 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	6 N Fairview, MO	NEWTON COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH ADVISED THAT SHOAL CREEK HAS FLOODED OVER A SECTION OF JOLLY MILL DRIVE NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF JOLLY.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 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 222328
FFWSGF
MOC009-109-145-230530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
624 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED 
  OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST BARRY COUNTY...SOUTHWEST LAWRENCE
  COUNTY...AND EXTREME EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY.  THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE HEAD WATERS OF SHOAL CREEK.  THIS CREEK FLOWS 
  INTO THE CITY OF NEOSHO...AND DECENT RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE 
  EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...MONETT...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...GRANBY...PIERCE CITY...
  NEWTONIA...PIONEER...RITCHEY...STARK CITY AND WENTWORTH.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3704 9392 3681 9388 3684 9445 3705 9446

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 230248
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
941 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006

MOC009-109-145-230530-
LAWRENCE MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-
941 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY...LAWRENCE AND
NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 745 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN RURAL SECTIONS OF EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY.  
LOW LYING AREAS ALONG SHOAL CREEK WERE FLOODING OVER FROM HEAVY 
RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING.  THIS WATER WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN TOWARDS
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY OVERNIGHT.  LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR SHOAL CREEK 
IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE FOR
A FEW HOURS TONIGHT.

IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...AREAS AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF PIERCE CITY 
EXPERIENCED FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING.  MOST OF THIS FLOODING HAS
RECEDED...HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN EXTREME
SOUTHWEST LAWRENCE COUNTY THAT MAY CONTINUE TO BE IMPASSABLE DUE
TO FLASH FLOODING.  

IN BARRY COUNTY...NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING WERE RELAYED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...HOWEVER...LOW LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER 
CROSSING IN RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST BARRY MAY BE FLOODED OVER.  
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
BARRY...LAWRENCE...AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER
CROSSINGS.

LAT...LON 3704 9392 3681 9388 3684 9445 3705 9446

$$

CRAMER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 230532
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1232 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

MOC009-109-145-230540-
LAWRENCE MO-NEWTON MO-BARRY MO-
1232 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY...LAWRENCE
AND NEWTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

EXCESS RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS 
AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS GENERALLY IN THE SHOAL CREEK BASIN OF NEWTON 
COUNTY.  THEREFORE A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR NEWTON COUNTY 
AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MID MORNING TUESDAY.

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE BARRY AND LAWRENCE 
COUNTIES. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE 
BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.


LAT...LON 3704 9392 3681 9388 3684 9445 3705 9446

$$

SAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	40 min
May 22, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	25 min
May 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	51 min

Nearby

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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.