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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

April 13, 2007Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 13, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 13, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity: None

County Miller County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 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
Apr 14, 2:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	4 Sw Eldon, MO	HIGHWAY Z ON BLUE SPRINGS CREEK IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1017 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 140431
FFWSGF
MOC131-141030-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0003.070414T0429Z-070414T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1129 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT SATURDAY.

* AT 1128 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME
  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...ELDON...
  IBERIA AND LAKELAND.

SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSING WERE REPORTED FLOODED NEAR THE TOWN OF 
TUSCUMBIA WITH NEARLY 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS MILLCREEK 
ROAD.

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.

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 3806 9256 3821 9264 3822 9270 3830 9270
      3834 9268 3835 9264 3842 9262 3842 9244
      3833 9241 3832 9221 3802 9220 3802 9220
      3803 9252

$$

LINDENBERG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 140834
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
328 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

MOC131-141030-
/X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070414T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MILLER MO-
328 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
MILLER COUNTY...

AT 321 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON SEVERAL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT FELL FRIDAY WILL CAUSE  
FLOODING ALONG BLUE SPRING CREEK AND MILL CREEK...AND MANY LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

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 3806 9256 3821 9264 3822 9270 3830 9270
      3834 9268 3835 9264 3842 9262 3842 9244
      3833 9241 3832 9221 3802 9220 3802 9220
      3803 9252

$$

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 141023
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
521 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

MOC131-141031-
/X.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070414T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MILLER MO-
521 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 530 AM CDT FOR MILLER
COUNTY...

ALTHOUGH EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL FRIDAY AND 
OVERNIGHT HAS DIMINISHED...AND ADDITIONAL WATER LEVEL RISES ARE NOT 
EXPECTED...SEVERAL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY 
REMAIN FLOODED THIS MORNING. 

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3806 9256 3821 9264 3822 9270 3830 9270
      3834 9268 3835 9264 3842 9262 3842 9244
      3833 9241 3832 9221 3802 9220 3802 9220
      3803 9252

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 9:44 PM CDT	Snow Advisory	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan, St. Clair, Vernon	14 hr
Apr 14, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2007 Every 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.