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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2007Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2007, 7:58 AM CDT for Vernon 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2007, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2007-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1180 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 2007-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
1180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 101301
FFWSGF
MOC217-101900-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0083.070610T1258Z-070610T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
758 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* AT 754 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE  
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
  APPROACHING 1.50 TO TWO INCHES ACROSS WESTERN VERNON COUNTY...WITH 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS 
  THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 AM. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NEVADA...SCHELL CITY AND WALKER.

REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAD OCCURRED IN FORT SCOTT KANSAS SINCE 
7 AM. 

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 9409 3765 9410 3765 9464 3804 9462

$$

JLT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 101653
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1153 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

MOC217-101703-
/X.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070610T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON MO-
1153 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR VERNON 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 3806 9409 3765 9410 3765 9464 3804 9462

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan6 hr
Jun 10, 1:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark, Taney6 hr
Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 24 more21 hr
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon42 min
Jun 10, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Vernon67 min
Jun 10, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper54 min
Jun 10, 4:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton19 hr
Jun 10, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper47 min
Jun 10, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade61 min
Jun 10, 5:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper6 hr
Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper29 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.