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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

January 8, 200814 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood warning at Jan 8, 2008, 7:29 AM CST for 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 28 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: Jan 8, 2008, 7:29 AM CST (13:29 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barry County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jan 8, 5:50 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 5:50 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 5:57 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 8, 4:45 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 5:04 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 5:49 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:55 AM CST, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 7:07 AM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
707 AM CST TUE JAN 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S CASSVILLE           36.63N 93.87W
01/08/2008                   BARRY              MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THREE CEDAR TREES ESTIMATED TO BE 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER
            SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK.

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 7:13 AM CST, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 6:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	38 min
Jan 7, 6:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Webster	41 min
Jan 7, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence, Stone	76 min
Jan 7, 6:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	41 min
Jan 7, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	62 min
Jan 7, 6:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	SGF	Greene	71 min
Jan 7, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	59 min
Jan 7, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	34 min
Jan 7, 7:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	47 min
Jan 7, 7:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	57 min
Jan 7, 7:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Lawrence	57 min
Jan 7, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Webster	65 min
Jan 7, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas	54 min
Jan 7, 7:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	69 min
Jan 7, 7:44 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 7, 7:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	42 min
Jan 7, 7:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	76 min
Jan 7, 8:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	59 min
Jan 7, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Webster	64 min
Jan 7, 8:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	54 min
Jan 7, 8:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	66 min
Jan 7, 8:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	24 min
Jan 7, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	63 min
Jan 7, 8:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	74 min
Jan 7, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	71 min
Jan 7, 9:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	67 min
Jan 7, 9:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 4 more	6 hr
Jan 7, 9:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	76 min
Jan 7, 9:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Pulaski	72 min
Jan 7, 9:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	64 min
Jan 7, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	48 min
Jan 7, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	60 min
Jan 7, 9:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede	73 min
Jan 7, 9:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	74 min
Jan 7, 9:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	70 min
Jan 7, 9:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian	65 min
Jan 7, 10:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	53 min
Jan 7, 10:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	65 min
Jan 7, 10:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	72 min
Jan 7, 10:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	71 min
Jan 7, 10:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski, Texas	39 min
Jan 7, 10:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski	51 min
Jan 7, 11:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	45 min
Jan 7, 11:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	67 min
Jan 7, 11:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	63 min
Jan 7, 11:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps	60 min
Jan 7, 11:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	77 min
Jan 7, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	22 min
Jan 7, 11:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	28 min
Jan 7, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	18 min
Jan 7, 11:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	32 min
Jan 7, 11:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	32 min
Jan 8, 12:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	84 min
Jan 8, 12:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Stone	91 min
Jan 8, 12:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	52 min
Jan 8, 12:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	52 min
Jan 8, 1:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	53 min
Jan 8, 1:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	34 min
Jan 8, 1:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Webster, Wright	70 min
Jan 8, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	28 min
Jan 8, 1:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more	7 hr
Jan 8, 1:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Lawrence	36 min
Jan 8, 1:37 AM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	McDonald	35 hr
Jan 8, 1:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	18 min
Jan 8, 1:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	61 min
Jan 8, 2:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 1 more	60 min
Jan 8, 2:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Texas	38 min
Jan 8, 2:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	59 min
Jan 8, 2:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	26 min
Jan 8, 2:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	44 min
Jan 8, 2:23 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	34 hr
Jan 8, 2:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene	51 min
Jan 8, 2:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	27 min
Jan 8, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, Polk	39 min
Jan 8, 2:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone	51 min
Jan 8, 2:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 5 more	5 hr
Jan 8, 2:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	61 min
Jan 8, 2:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian	47 min
Jan 8, 2:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	39 min
Jan 8, 2:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	61 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008 Every areal flood warning in 2008

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.