Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 182, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Neosho, MO | STREET 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 19 min |
| Jul 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Taney | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 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.