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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Springfield, MO

March 25, 20104 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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: Mar 25, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 25, 12:20 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	N Newtonia, MO	HIGHWAY M CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
Mar 25, 2:30 PM CDT	FLOOD	1 N Jasper, MO	OUTER ROAD OF HWY 71 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 20 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

719 
WGUS53 KSGF 251700
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-MOC011-097-119-145-252000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0011.100325T1700Z-100325T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1200 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING 
  AREA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF     
  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A LARGE AREA IN JASPER...NEWTON...AND PARTS   
  OF MCDONALD AND BARRY COUNTY SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS  
  MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN PARTS OF              
  NEWTON...MCDONALD...AND BARRY COUNTIES WHERE RAINFALL RATES ARE    
  UP TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY BE            
  POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH 3 PM. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR. AREAS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL FLOOD. NUMEROUS LOW      
  WATER CROSSING ARE FLOODED OR ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. 

LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NEWTON AND MCDONALD 
COUNTIES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS. TURN AROUND AND DON'T 
DROWN. 

LAT...LON 3649 9461 3698 9463 3699 9498 3735 9494
      3749 9460 3752 9408 3675 9409 3675 9407
      3650 9408

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Mar 25, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
652 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

.DISCUSSION...

A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND. ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE REGION
DEPARTS...ANOTHER ONE IS ON THE WAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND.
LONG WAVE CHARTS THEN INDICATE A PATTERN CHANGE NEXT WEEK AS
STRONG NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALIES SHIFT FROM NORTH OF HUDSON BAY
BACK INTO THE ALASKA REGION. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BACKING
UPPER LEVEL FLOW...AND POSSIBLY A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW LATER NEXT
WEEK.

CURRENTLY...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE IS TRACKING EAST ACROSS THE
RED RIVER REGION. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF TULSA OKLAHOMA. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED NORTHEAST
FROM THE LOW RIGHT ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. RADAR
INDICATES ONE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 63 CORRIDOR.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE
TRUMAN LAKE REGION. IN ADDITION...PATCHY FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT SURFACE FRONT. VISIBILITIES HAVE
OCCASIONALLY DROPPED TO A QUARTER MILE.

AS THAT UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS EAST THIS MORNING...LARGE SCALE
ASCENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SHOWER ACTIVITY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE TRACK
OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. WILL BE
CANCELLING THE FLOOD WATCH WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE AS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL AVERAGE A THIRD OF
AN INCH OR LESS. MAINTAINED PATCHY FOG MENTION EARLY THIS MORNING
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THAT FRONT...BUT THINK THAT WILL DIMINISH ONCE
THE FRONT BEGINS SHUNTING SOUTH AND NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE.
STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WE COULD SEE A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR
TWO ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT ANY INSTABILITY WILL BE
VERY LIMITED. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM WEST TO EAST
LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AS THAT LOW MAKES STEADY
PROGRESS EAST. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED AT ALL FOR AREAS OUT WEST TO
SEE SOME SUN THIS AFTERNOON. WENT CLOSE TO MAV TEMPERATURES
TODAY...WITH MANY AREAS STEADY FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

TONIGHT THEN LOOKS CHILLY AS A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST
ACROSS THE REGION. WENT WITH SREF NUMBERS WHICH PUTS MOST AREAS IN
THE LOW TO MID 30S. CONSIDERED FOG MENTION...BUT THE DEW POINTS
ADVECTING INTO THE AREA MAY BE A BIT LOW FOR OPTIMAL CONDITIONS.
THIS WILL BE SOMETHING FOR THE DAY SHIFT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT.
AFTER A CHILLY START...TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND NICELY ON FRIDAY AS
THAT RIDGE AXIS SLIDES EAST OF THE AREA. WENT SLIGHTLY ABOVE MAV
TEMPERATURES WITH AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR
GETTING INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S.

THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SLATED TO IMPACT THE REGION LOOKS FAIRLY
SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT ONE. OPERATIONAL MODELS AND ENSEMBLE
SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO HIT ON THE LATER SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY
TIME FRAME FOR THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES. HAVE CONTINUED WITH
THE CHANCE POPS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH LIKELY POPS SATURDAY
NIGHT. DID KEEP THUNDER MENTION GOING AS NAM/GFS BOTH BRING AT
LEAST SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY INTO THE AREA. MOST MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS AND ENSEMBLE MEMBERS PUSH THIS SYSTEM OUT OF THE AREA BY
LATER SUNDAY. THE ECMWF IS MUCH SLOWER TO EXIT THIS SYSTEM. NOT
BUYING RIGHT NOW WITH NO REAL BLOCKING SIGNALS NOTED. EITHER
WAY...WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE HYDRO SITUATION WITH THIS SYSTEM.

ONCE THAT SYSTEM DOES CLEAR THE REGION...THE WEATHER LOOKS FAIRLY
QUIET FROM EARLY TO MIDWEEK. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED AS WE
TRANSITION TO A WESTERLY AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.

SCHAUMANN

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 12Z KSGF...KJLN AND KBBG TAFS...A STORM SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAS
RESULTED IN LIFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH AN AREA OF RAINFALL
SPREAD INTO THE AREA. IFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL THE TAF
SITES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING
INTO THE MVFR RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD EAST TODAY AFFECTING ALL THREE TAF SITES THROUGH MUCH OF
THE MORNING HOURS.

THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST...SKIES SHOULD
BEGIN TO CLEAR. IF WINDS CAN RELAX ENOUGH OVERNIGHT FOG WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE MOIST GROUNDS THAT WILL BE IN
PLACE FROM THE RAINFALL THAT IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR TODAY.

WISE

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 11:14 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1114 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261615-
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-
1114 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THE
HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN OF TWO TO THREE TENTHS PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL
HOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY NORTH AND
WEST OF THE OZARKS PLATEAU.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS
STORM SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT FOR FLOODING.
ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY ALSO EXIST FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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)

LINDENBERG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 25, 10:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

1053 AM     FLASH FLOOD      NEOSHO                  36.87N 94.37W
03/25/2010                   NEWTON             MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SPRING STREET IN NEOSHO IS FLOODED. FLOOD GATES ARE BEING
            CLOSED.

&&

LINDENBERG

Local storm report, Mar 25, 10:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1059 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

1057 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NW GALENA             36.82N 93.48W
03/25/2010                   STONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 413 FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GALENA TOWARDS CRANE
            HAS WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROADWAY.

&&

LINDENBERG

Local storm report, Mar 25, 11:34 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1134 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

1117 AM     FLOOD            5 WSW MARSHFIELD        37.31N 92.99W
03/25/2010                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GREENWOOD ROAD FLOODED

&&

KARDELL

Local storm report, Mar 25, 11:37 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1137 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

1127 AM     FLOOD            BOLIVAR                 37.61N 93.41W
03/25/2010                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED
            WITH 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER.

&&

KARDELL

Local storm report, Mar 25, 11:42 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1142 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

1115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LEAWOOD                 37.03N 94.49W
03/25/2010                   NEWTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INDIANA ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

&&

KARDELL

Local storm report, Mar 25, 11:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1143 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

1115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S JOPLIN              37.02N 94.51W
03/25/2010                   NEWTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RIVER ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

&&

KARDELL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 7:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	13 hr
Mar 24, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan	6 hr
Mar 25, 1:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan	7 hr
Mar 25, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Mar 25, 8:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	3 hr
Mar 25, 9:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	5 hr
Mar 25, 10:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	4 hr
Mar 25, 11:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark and 4 more	8 hr
Mar 25, 11:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Polk	8 hr
Mar 25, 12:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	2 hr
Mar 25, 2:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	24 hr
Mar 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Ozark, Stone, Taney	4 hr
Mar 25, 3:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	12 hr
Mar 25, 6:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene and 11 more	24 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2010 Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.