Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Mar 25, 2010, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2010, 7:09 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Barry County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

618 
WGUS53 KSGF 251953
FFWSGF
MOC009-153-209-213-260030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0013.100325T1953Z-100326T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  PERSISTENT AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM CASSVILLE EAST  
  TO GAINESVILLE. WHILE RAINFALL RATES HAVE NOT BEEN                 
  EXCESSIVE...THE PERSISTENT RAINFALL HAS ALLOWED TOTAL RAINFALL     
  AMOUNTS TO EXCEEDED TWO INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA WITH LOCALLY      
  HIGHER AMOUNTS. WITH THE RECENT WET WEATHER...THE GROUND HAS BEEN  
  SATURATED...AND MUCH OF TODAY'S RAIN HAS GONE TO RUNOFF QUICKLY    
  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODING. OTHER LOW      
  LYING AREAS NEAR RIVERS AND CREEKS WILL ALSO LIKELY FLOOD WITH     
  RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR IN LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND IN LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3693 9407 3692 9362 3699 9362 3699 9340
      3698 9334 3682 9335 3681 9332 3680 9212
      3650 9213 3649 9408

$$

DSA

963 
WGUS73 KSGF 260009
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
709 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

MOC009-153-209-213-260013-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100326T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STONE MO-BARRY MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO-
709 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BARRY...OZARK...
STONE AND TANEY COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARRY...OZARK...STONE AND TANEY
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE SAME COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE
STLFLWSGF FOR THIS NEW WARNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED RAPID RISES FROM RUNOFF HAS ENDED
OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA WILL
CONTINUE TO REMAIN ELEVATED INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN GRADUALLY
RECEDE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. 

LAT...LON 3693 9407 3692 9362 3699 9362 3699 9340
      3698 9334 3682 9335 3681 9332 3680 9212
      3650 9213 3649 9408

$$

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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.