Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2011, 11:57 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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
- Apr 23, 2011, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Reeds Spring, MO | WATER FLOWING UP TO 4 FEET OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON RAILEY CREEK ROAD IN REEDS SPRING. |
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214
WGUS53 KSGF 240457
FFWSGF
MOC009-043-067-119-209-213-241200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0013.110424T0457Z-110424T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1157 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SUNDAY.
* AT 1148 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS EASTERN
SECTIONS OF TANEY COUNTY WHERE THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED FORCING SEVERAL ROADS TO BE CLOSED.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL
BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WHERE SEVERAL
MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 9460 3676 9381 3707 9273 3681 9275
3680 9277 3650 9277 3649 9460
$$
LINDENBERG2 follow-up statements
802
WGUS73 KSGF 240726
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
226 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
MOC009-043-067-119-209-213-241200-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110424T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO-
226 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
MCDONALD...SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHERN BARRY...STONE...TANEY
AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.
RUNOFF FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT AS 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WARNING AREA DURING THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED
OVER EASTERN TANEY COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA.
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 125 BETWEEN BRADLEYVILLE AND THE ARKANSAS STATE
LINE REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS
AROUND THE REGION. SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 9460 3676 9381 3707 9273 3681 9275
3680 9277 3650 9277 3649 9460
$$
LINDENBERG959
WGUS73 KSGF 240919
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
419 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
MOC009-043-067-119-209-213-241200-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110424T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO-
419 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
MCDONALD...SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHERN BARRY...STONE...TANEY
AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...
AT 4 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
RAIN HAD TEMPORARILY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS OKLAHOMA. RADAR
ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE SATURDAY HAVE RANGED FROM 3 TO 7
INCHES.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF
MANY STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SEVERAL STATE AND COUNTY ROADS
ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA...
ROUTE Y AT FLAT CREEK JUST NORTHEAST OF CASSVILLE...
HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK SOUTH OF JENKINS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING WHICH
WILL LIKELY WORSEN THE FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE LIKELY LATER TODAY AND MONDAY WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
LIKELY TO EXCEED 4 INCHES. SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
IMPACT THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3669 9460 3676 9381 3707 9273 3681 9275
3680 9277 3650 9277 3649 9460
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Texas | 21 min |
| Apr 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 8:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 4 days |
| Apr 23, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 5 days |
| Apr 23, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 9:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 70 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Phelps, Shannon and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone, Taney | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone, Taney | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Polk | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark | 14 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Taney | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Taney | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Dent, Greene, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 31 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.