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Flash Flood Warning 182, NWS Springfield, MO

July 28, 2007Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2007, 5:46 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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
Jul 28, 2007, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 6:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODNeosho, MOSTREET FLOODING IN NEOSHO.

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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2007-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 491 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 2007-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 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
491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 282247
FFWSGF
MOC145-290400-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0182.070728T2246Z-070729T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
546 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

* AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE     
  FALLEN OVER THE LAST HOUR OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NEOSHO AND FAIRVIEW.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3689 9410 3676 9407 3675 9462 3689 9461

$$

WISE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 290218
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
918 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007

MOC145-290228-
/X.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0182.000000T0000Z-070729T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEWTON MO-
918 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN NEWTON
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.

LAT...LON 3689 9410 3676 9407 3675 9462 3689 9461

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper19 min
Jul 28, 5:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTaney6 hr
Jul 28, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.