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Flash Flood Watch 23, NWS Springfield, MO

September 2, 200834 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Sep 2, 2008, 1:06 PM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Sep 3, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2008, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 3, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 4, 2008, 10:46 AM CDT
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None
All 37 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2008-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 477 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 12:00Z on 2008-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 2, 12:44 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 12:44 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1148 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031700-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
1148 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...HEAVY RAIN...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS MOISTURE FROM THE
WEAKENING TROPICAL SYSTEM GUSTAV INTERACTS WITH A COLD FRONT
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS REMNANT MOISTURE
FROM GUSTAV CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHWARD...LIFTING UP AND OVER A
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE OZARKS. FLASH FLOODING WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN SMALL BASINS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...AND SOME URBAN AREAS.

AREAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DUE
TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM NEAR JOPLIN TO WARSAW MISSOURI.

DEPENDENT UPON TOTAL RAINFALL RECEIVED AND THE AMOUNT THAT
CURRENT SOIL CONDITIONS WILL SOAK IN...RIVER FLOODING WILL
POTENTIALLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE WHITE...GASCONADE...BIG PINEY AND
BLACK RIVER BASINS.

WHILE THE OVERALL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW DUE TO
EXPECTED POOR INSTABILITY...WIND PROFILES WITH HEIGHT MAY BE
SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES IN AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS
AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL...FLOODING...AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Stone28 min
Sep 2, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry31 min
Sep 2, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney45 min
Sep 2, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry39 min

Nearby

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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.