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Flash Flood Warning 128, NWS Springfield, MO

June 29, 2007Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2007, 1:03 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
Jun 29, 2007, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2007, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2007-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 290606
FFWSGF
MOC169-291100-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0128.070629T0603Z-070629T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
103 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

* AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO    
  TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PULASKI      
  COUNTY INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR NEAR WAYNESVILLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WAYNESVILLE...CROCKER...DIXON...RICHLAND AND ST. ROBERT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

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

LAT...LON 3801 9204 3776 9203 3774 9249 3799 9250

$$

DSA
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 290820
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
317 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

MOC169-291100-
/X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0128.000000T0000Z-070629T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI MO-
317 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 315 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF 
PULASKI COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT....WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF 
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THROUGH 6 AM.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WAYNESVILLE...CROCKER...DIXON AND ST. ROBERT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3801 9204 3769 9203 3772 9240 3800 9240

$$
TERRY
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 291008
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
505 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

MOC169-291100-
/X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0128.000000T0000Z-070629T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI MO-
505 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
PULASKI COUNTY...

AT 500 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED TO THE EAST OF 
PULASKI COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATIONS OF RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 
100 AM CDT INDICATE THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ACCUMULATED FROM 
JUST NORTH OF FORT LEONARD WOOD TO WAYNESVILLE...CROCKER AND DIXON. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 
TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...WAYNESVILLE...CROCKER...DIXON AND ST. ROBERT.

AT THIS TIME...NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. 
HOWEVER...WITH THE HILLY TERRAIN AND NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN 
THE WARNED AREA...TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND AVOID 
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 
DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3801 9204 3769 9203 3772 9240 3800 9240

$$

TERRY
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 291055
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
554 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

MOC169-291104-
/X.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0128.000000T0000Z-070629T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI MO-
554 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT FOR PULASKI
COUNTY...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED 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. 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY...INCREASING THE 
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING ONCE AGAIN OVER PULASKI COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3801 9204 3769 9203 3772 9240 3800 9240

$$

TERRY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 7:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
745 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291800-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
745 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ALONG WITH A
VERY MOIST AIRMASS AND A WEAK FRONT MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. IN GENERALLY THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A
CARTHAGE TO VIENNA LINE. HOWEVER..OTHER ISOLATED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR OVER THE REST OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS THIS
EVENING. ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEAR
THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO AT LEAST SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...AND POSSIBLY EVEN SUNDAY
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO EXIST INTO THIS UPCOMING
WEEKEND. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY NOTABLE
REPORTS OF MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY AREAS OF FLOODING.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

DSA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
936 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 N JOPLIN              37.14N 94.51W
06/28/2007                   JASPER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD BETWEEN
            HIGHWAY 43 AND COUNTY ROAD 260

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
943 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     BLIZZARD         3 SE LAMAR              37.46N 94.24W
06/28/2007                   BARTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT T HIGHWAY
            ANT SE 10TH ROAD

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1009 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W BEARCREEK           37.66N 93.68W
06/28/2007                   CEDAR              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 32 JUST WEST
            OF BEARCREEK

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1013 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     HEAVY RAIN       FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/28/2007  M3.45 INCH       BOURBON            KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 3.45 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 N JOPLIN              37.14N 94.51W
06/28/2007                   JASPER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD BETWEEN
            HIGHWAY 43 AND COUNTY ROAD 260

0815 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S FRANKLIN            37.51N 94.71W
06/28/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER CROSSING ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 69 AND
            47.

0815 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/28/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS IN FORT SCOTT IMPASSABLE

0850 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S OZARK               36.99N 93.21W
06/28/2007  E50.00 MPH       CHRISTIAN          MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED 50
            MPH WINDS

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FULTON                  38.01N 94.72W
06/28/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 31 HAS WATER OVER THE ROAD JUST WEST OF FULTON

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 NW FORT SCOTT         37.89N 94.77W
06/28/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 7
            AND OVERBROOK ROAD

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE LAMAR              37.46N 94.24W
06/28/2007                   BARTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT T HIGHWAY
            ANT SE 10TH ROAD

0930 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W BEARCREEK           37.66N 93.68W
06/28/2007                   CEDAR              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 32 JUST WEST
            OF BEARCREEK

&&

DSA
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1040 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1039 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HUMANSVILLE             37.79N 93.58W
06/28/2007                   POLK               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN HUMANSVILLE

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 28, 10:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N MARSHFIELD          37.35N 92.91W
06/28/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN ONTO ROADWAY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE.

&&

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper3 hr
Jun 28, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon6 hr
Jun 28, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Polk6 hr
Jun 29, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden6 hr
Jun 29, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Miller, Phelps3 hr
Jun 29, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon6 hr
Jun 29, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence65 min
Jun 29, 4:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
Jun 29, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene34 min
Jun 29, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton6 hr
Jun 29, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.