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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

February 16, 20088 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 2008, 10:52 PM CST for 8 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 4 reports 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
Feb 16, 2008, 10:52 PM CST (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 17, 12:00 AM CSTFLOODWest Plains, MOSOME MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY ROADS
Feb 17, 12:15 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD6 Nw Gainesville, MOLOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG COUNTY ROADS 818 AND 831 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
Feb 17, 2:30 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD6 Ne Vanzant, MOLOW WATER CROSSING AT STATE ROUTE EE ONE MILE EAST OF AD IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
Feb 17, 3:42 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD4 S West Plains, MOAPPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 17 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 9100.

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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2008-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2008-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 170459
FFWSGF
MOC065-067-091-149-153-161-203-215-171000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0013.080217T0452Z-080217T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1052 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  EASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 AM CST.

* AT 1046 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND OTHER POOR 
  DRAINAGE AREAS.

AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY.

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.

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 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113
      3649 9268 3764 9183 3782 9178 3806 9153
      3780 9153 3779 9132 3771 9131 3769 9116
      3758 9119 3759 9131 3751 9131 3750 9121
      3742 9122 3742 9118 3721 9113 3712 9101

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 6:54 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski14 hr
Feb 16, 6:54 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar14 hr
Feb 16, 9:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 24 more6 hr
Feb 17, 9:26 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFShannon19 hr
Feb 17, 9:26 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFStone34 hr
Feb 17, 11:59 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski44 hr
Feb 17, 2:50 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Benton, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Dent and 21 more24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.