Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr. 6 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
- Jun 12, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Webster County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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 12, 7:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fordland, MO | NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY. ROADS CLOSED INCLUDE...A HIGHWAY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 60 AND COUNTY ROAD FF...WISEMAN ROAD WASHED OUT BETWEEN BRIDGE AND OLD WIRE ROAD...NEW HOPE ROAD...GREENWOOD ROAD...NORMANDY ROAD AND KINGFISHER |
| Jun 12, 7:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rogersville, MO | FARM ON NEW HOPE ROAD NEAR PP NORTHWEST OF ROGERSVILLE FLOODED DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. AT 830 AM PANTHER CREEK FLOODED ON TO B, KK, AND ANTIOCH RD. RAINFALL TOTAL 3.5 INCHES AT ROGERSVILLE AND OVER 4 INCHES AT FORDLAND. |
| Jun 12, 9:01 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Fordland, MO | KINGFISHER ROAD FLOODED AND BRIDE OVER PANTHER CREEK WASHED OUT. |
| Jun 12, 9:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Dogwood, MO | Z HIGHWAY FLOODED AT FOX FORD AND BLACKBERRY. SEVEN FOOT CULVERT WASHED OUT ON BLACKBERRY. MEASURED RAINFALL EXCEEDING 6 INCHES. |
| Jun 12, 10:42 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 S Fordland, MO | NEAR HIGHWAY Z AND OLGA ROAD... MAN REPORTED MISSING WITH A HOUSE UNDERWATER. |
| Jun 12, 11:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fordland, MO | PANTHER CREEK AT NORTH IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD. WATER 6-8 FT. DEEP. |
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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KSGF 121032
FFWSGF
MOC225-121700-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0101.070612T1030Z-070612T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
530 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL NOON CDT.
* AT 528 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES HAVE INCREASED SINCE 5 AM WITH LOCALLY
ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR FALLING AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF
FORDLAND AND NORTHVIEW.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARSHFIELD...DIGGINS...FORDLAND...NIANGUA...ROGERSVILLE AND
SEYMOUR.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3716 9307 3717 9306 3726 9306 3727 9307
3745 9307 3745 9271 3709 9269 3709 9307
$$
JLT1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KSGF 121437
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
936 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
MOC225-121700-
/X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-070612T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBSTER MO-
936 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR WEBSTER
COUNTY...
AT 931 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE
ROGERSVILLE AND FORDLAND AREAS OF SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY WHERE
LOCALLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES FELL BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3716 9307 3717 9306 3726 9306 3727 9307
3745 9307 3745 9271 3709 9269 3709 9307
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Jasper, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Greene, Stone | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Christian, Douglas, Jasper, Lawrence and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Christian, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more | 6 hr |
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.