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Flash Flood Warning 252, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2007, 5:58 AM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2007, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 221100 FFWSGF MOC015-141-221700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 558 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL NOON CDT. * AT 554 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL AROUND COLE CAMP AND VERSAILLES SINCE 5 AM WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH 7 AM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...VERSAILLES...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...LAURIE...LINCOLN AND STOVER. 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. LAT...LON 3857 9274 3826 9258 3804 9350 3841 9343 $$ JLT
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 221234 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 728 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 MOC015-141-221700- BENTON MO-MORGAN MO- 728 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR MORGAN AND BENTON COUNTIES... AT 726 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO TO THREE INCHES NEAR VERSAILLES...STOVER...CROCKERVILLE AND NORTH OF BARNETT SINCE 5 AM. THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED SINCE 6 AM...HOWEVER MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 AM WHICH WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. SOME OF THE STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STRAIGHT CREEK AND JONES CREEK. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... VERSAILLES...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...LAURIE...LINCOLN AND STOVER. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3857 9274 3826 9258 3804 9350 3841 9343 $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 221350 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 846 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 MOC015-141-221700- BENTON MO-MORGAN MO- 846 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR MORGAN AND BENTON COUNTIES... AT 844 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ALL OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 5 AM AND 8 AM HAS SHIFTED OFF TO THE EAST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WERE COMMON BETWEEN COLE CAMP AND VERSAILLES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO LOCALLY ONE INCH BETWEEN WARSAW...COLE CAMP AND VERSAILLES. THESE RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ALONG SOME OF THE SMALLER STREAMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...VERSAILLES...COLE CAMP...AND STOVER. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. LAT...LON 3857 9274 3826 9258 3804 9350 3841 9343 $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 221657 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1157 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 MOC015-141-221707- BENTON MO-MORGAN MO- 1157 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT FOR MORGAN AND BENTON COUNTIES... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3857 9274 3826 9258 3804 9350 3841 9343 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 27 min |
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.