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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

April 25, 20119 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:43 AM CDT for 9 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 19 hr. 18 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: Apr 25, 2011, 6:43 AM CDT (11:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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 25, 6:53 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Sw Bradleyville, MO	HIGHWAY 76 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 7:10 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Stone Hill, MO	ROUTE EE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 7:53 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 N Branson, MO	HIGHWAY F CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 7:54 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ese Hollister, MO	ROUTE J CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 7:54 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Nne Branson, MO	HIGHWAY 176 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 8:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Summersville, MO	ROUTE YY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 8:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 N Branson, MO	WATER RESCUE PERFORMED AT BULL CREEK.
Apr 25, 8:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	7 Ne Winona, MO	HIGHWAY H CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 12:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hartville, MO	NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON RURAL ROADS REPORTED FLOODED THROUGHOUT WRIGHT COUNTY.
Apr 25, 12:48 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Salem, MO	NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN RURAL AREAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 12:58 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Ava, MO	NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN RURAL AREAS FLOODED THROUGHOUT DOUGLAS COUNTY.
Apr 25, 1:06 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Gainesville, MO	WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND RURAL ROADS THROUGHOUT OZARK COUNTY.
Apr 25, 1:20 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Houston, MO	WIDESPEAD FLOODING OF RURAL ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS REPORTED THROUGHOUT TEXAS CTY.
Apr 25, 1:34 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Eminence, MO	NUMEROUS RURAL ROUTES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED THROUGHOUT SHANNON COUNTY.
Apr 25, 1:41 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Plains, MO	NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND RURAL ROUTES ARE FLOODED THROUGHOUT HOWELL COUNTY.
Apr 25, 1:58 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Alton, MO	WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND RURAL ROUTES REPORTED.
Apr 25, 3:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Sw Pottersville, MO	ROUTE K CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 Nw West Plains, MO	* 1 FATAL * THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL RELAYED TO THE NWS THAT A 65 YEAR OLD MAN WAS SWEPT OFF OF THE ROAD AND DROWN BY A FLOODED CREEK NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 4740 AND COUNTY ROAD 5130. THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD WAS NOT A LOW WATER CROSSING..

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -8.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

799 
WGUS53 KSGF 251143
FFWSGF
MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-251900-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0022.110425T1143Z-110425T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
643 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT MONDAY.

* AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR    
  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL SPREADING BACK 
  INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 
  TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN RECENT DAYS. ADDITIONAL 
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE 
  DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING WILL 
  WORSEN DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS TANEY...DOUGLAS...OZARK   
  AND HOWELL COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN 
  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA BY MID MORNING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE     
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. MANY   
  ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED. RAPID RISES 
  WILL OCCUR ON AREA STREAMS...AND MAY SURPASS LEVELS ALREADY 
  REACHED THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

ROUTE KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE WARNED AREA 
THROUGH TONIGHT. 

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS PREVIOUSLY IN 
EFFECT. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$

FOSTER

8 follow-up statements

100 
WGUS73 KSGF 251348
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
848 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-251900-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110425T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
848 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...TEXAS
AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 843 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN 
INTENSITY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM 
THE WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON TOP OF THE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN 
THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN RECENT DAYS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 
WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. 
MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED. STREAMS 
WILL RISE RAPIDLY WITH ONSET OF MORE RAINFALL.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

ROUTE KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 
TONIGHT.

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. 

REMEMBER TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$

FOSTER

357 
WGUS73 KSGF 251616
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1116 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-251900-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110425T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
1116 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...TEXAS
AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 1113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 
MOVING TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 
IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS SPREAD INTO THE AREA 
FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON TOP OF THE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN 
THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN RECENT DAYS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 
WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. 
MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED. STREAMS 
WILL RISE RAPIDLY WITH ONSET OF MORE RAINFALL.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

ROUTE KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 
TONIGHT.

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 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$

HATCH

898 
WGUS53 KSGF 251814
FFWSGF
MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-260700-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
114 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY.

* AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL IS 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS 
CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING ON TOP OF 
THE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN RECENT DAYS. 

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. SEVERAL EVACUATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF THIS RAINFALL. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF 
FLASH FLOODING. MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND 
CLOSED. STREAMS WILL RISE RAPIDLY WITH ONSET OF MORE RAINFALL.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

ROUTE KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA.

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS...INCLUDING STATE AND COUNTY 
HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE WARNED 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 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$

HATCH

312 
WGUS73 KSGF 252209
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
509 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-260700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
509 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...
TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH PER 
HOUR REMAIN COMMON WITH STRONGER STORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTH 
CENTRAL MISSOURI WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF 
INCH TO INCH PER HOUR.  THIS WILL FALL IN AN AREA ALREADY SATURATED 
WITH SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING EXTREME 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 KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA.

THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WAS REPORTING MANY CLOSED 
ROADS THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA DUE TO HIGH WATER.

ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER 
ISOLATED AMOUNTS THIS EVENING.

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 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$

LINDENBERG

114 
WGUS73 KSGF 252310
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
610 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-260700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
610 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...
TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 602 PM CDT...THE HOWELL COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR 
REPORTED THAT A SMALL DAM ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 
2010 AND 1540 NEAR WEST PLAINS WAS IN DANGER OF FAILING.  THIS 
THREAT WILL ADD TO THE SIGNFICANT FLOODING CAUSED BY SEVERAL DAYS OF 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS NEAR THIS INTERSECTION SHOULD IMMEDIATELY 
SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$
RUNNELS

791 
WGUS73 KSGF 260011
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
711 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-260700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
711 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...
TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 701 PM CDT...U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
FLOOD GATES WERE BEING OPENED FURTHER AT TABLE ROCK DAM.  THIS WILL 
PRODUCE SIMILAR FLOODING TO THAT OBSERVED IN THE SPRING OF 2008.

PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN TABLE ROCK DAM AND LAKE 
TANEYCOMO...INCLUDING THE HOLLISTER AREA...SHOULD PREPARE FOR RISING 
WATER LEVELS. 

NUMEROUS OTHER ROADS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI REMAIN 
FLOODED BY THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.  PLEASE REFER 
TO THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A FULL LISTING OF 
LETTERED AND NUMBERED ROUTES.  THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SECONDARY 
ROADS WHERE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF DANGEROUS FLOODED LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE 
THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. 
DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO 
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$
RUNNELS

374 
WGUS73 KSGF 260107
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
807 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-260700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
807 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...TEXAS
AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN 
AREA OF MODERATE RAINFALL AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD 
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AREAS FROM FT WOOD AND SALEM 
SOUTHWARD THROUGH GAINESVILLE...WEST PLAINS AND ALTON WILL RECEIVE 
AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 10 PM. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL ENHANCE FLOOD LEVELS 
ALREADY WITNESSED ACROSS THE REGION. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

ROUTE KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY...
ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA...
ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE.

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SHOULD REVIEW THE MISSOURI 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEB SITE FOR A LISTING OF FLOODED 
NUMBERED AND LETTERED ROUTES.  THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE HUNDREDS OF 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON RURAL SECONDARY ROUTES.

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.

FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY HARD TO RECOGNIZE IN THE DARK.  TURN 
AROUND...DONT DROWN IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.  IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$
RUNNELS

151 
WGUS73 KSGF 260311
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1011 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC065-067-091-149-153-203-213-215-229-260700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110426T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO-SHANNON MO-TANEY MO-
TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO-
1011 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...TANEY...TEXAS
AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING EAST OF A 
GAINESVILLE TO HARTVILLE LINE.  PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED WEST OF THIS 
LINE BUT FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT 
HOURS.  AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN 
AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION IS STILL OCCURRING.

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 KK AT GLADDEN CREEK JUST NORTH OF AKERS...
ROUTE W AT CANEY CREEK JUST EAST OF BROWNBRANCH...
ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 AT THE GASCONADE RIVER...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA.

THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS STILL REPORTING MANY CLOSED 
ROADWAYS DUE TO HIGH WATER THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 9331 3681 9291 3707 9290 3707 9269
      3748 9269 3748 9225 3761 9224 3760 9182
      3779 9180 3779 9131 3771 9130 3770 9114
      3751 9131 3750 9120 3714 9101 3708 9121
      3684 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113 3650 9332

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Polk	12 hr
Apr 24, 9:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	66 hr
Apr 24, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	49 min
Apr 24, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 2 more	8 hr
Apr 25, 1:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Texas, Wright	6 hr
Apr 25, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald	50 min
Apr 25, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	60 min
Apr 25, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone, Taney	65 min
Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	20 hr
Apr 25, 6:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Webster	19 hr
Apr 25, 6:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	62 hr
Apr 25, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Dallas, Laclede, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski	24 hr
Apr 25, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	28 hr
Apr 25, 1:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	38 hr
Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	60 min
Apr 25, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	37 min
Apr 25, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	34 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.