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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 200934 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Jun 10, 2009, 11:47 AM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 10, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2009, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 10, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 11, 2009, 5:52 AM CDT
In force: 13 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 radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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-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: 1058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 16.5

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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 Jun 10, 6:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 8:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1109 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

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

0825 PM     HAIL             8 ESE ALTON             36.65N 91.27W
06/09/2009  E1.75 INCH       OREGON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT RIVERTON.

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AFOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	4 hr
Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	67 min
Jun 9, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon	66 min
Jun 9, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	5 hr
Jun 9, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	62 min
Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	42 min
Jun 9, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	11 hr
Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Dent, Hickory, Howell and 8 more	11 hr
Jun 9, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	61 min
Jun 9, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	57 min
Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	62 min
Jun 9, 10:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	39 min
Jun 9, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	53 min
Jun 9, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	34 min
Jun 9, 10:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	6 hr
Jun 10, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	44 min
Jun 10, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	72 min
Jun 10, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	86 min
Jun 10, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene	47 min
Jun 10, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	48 min
Jun 10, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	27 min
Jun 10, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	43 min
Jun 10, 3:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Polk	6 hr
Jun 10, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	9 hr
Jun 10, 7:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Webster and 1 more	9 hr
Jun 10, 9:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Polk	7 hr
Jun 10, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	68 min
Jun 10, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	65 min
Jun 10, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	55 min
Jun 10, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton	4 hr
Jun 10, 5:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	6 hr
Jun 10, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	42 min
Jun 10, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	54 min
Jun 10, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	41 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	40 min
Jun 10, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	57 min
Jun 10, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory, St. Clair	62 min
Jun 10, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade	35 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	31 min
Jun 10, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	53 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	5 hr
Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	53 min
Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	33 min
Jun 10, 6:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	40 min
Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Jasper and 3 more	39 min
Jun 10, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	62 min
Jun 10, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	25 min
Jun 10, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	46 min
Jun 10, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	50 min
Jun 9, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	43 min
Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	62 min
Jun 9, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	56 min
Jun 10, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	19 min
Jun 10, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.