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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO

June 1, 2007Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2007, 8:12 PM CDT for Jasper 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
Jun 1, 2007, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2007, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 8:55 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 E Asbury, MOCOUNTY ROAD 300 BETWEEN OAK ROAD AND BASELINE ROAD FLOODED

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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2007-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 797 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 020113
FFWSGF
MOC097-020715-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0071.070602T0112Z-070602T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
812 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT SATURDAY.

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS    
  FALLEN OR THE WARNED AREA.

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

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.

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

LAT...LON 3736 9440 3724 9441 3717 9463 3736 9463

$$

WISE
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020159
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
857 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

MOC097-020715-
/X.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070602T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER MO-
857 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY...

AT 855 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. COUNTY 
ROAD 300 BETWEEN OAK ROAD AND BASELINE IS FLOODED EAST OF ASBURY.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...PURCELL.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF AN INCH 
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 3736 9440 3724 9441 3717 9463 3736 9463

$$

WISE
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020551
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1249 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MOC097-020559-
/X.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070602T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER MO-
1249 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER
COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND 
CREEKS IN THE WARNED REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WHICH WILL 
REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 1245 PM SATURDAY. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3736 9440 3724 9441 3717 9463 3736 9463

$$

CLAYCOMB
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020551 RRA
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1249 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

MOC097-020559-
/X.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070602T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER MO-
1249 AM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER
COUNTY...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND 
CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WHICH WILL 
REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH 1245 PM SATURDAY. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3736 9440 3724 9441 3717 9463 3736 9463

$$

CLAYCOMB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk53 min
Jun 1, 7:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
Jun 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence37 min
Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright23 min
Jun 1, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper67 min
Jun 1, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry53 min
Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry6 hr
Jun 1, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney40 min
Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian55 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon6 hr
Jun 1, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Webster, Wright6 hr
Jun 2, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper6 hr
Jun 2, 6:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Jun 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark55 min
Jun 2, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.