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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO

April 26, 2011Barry County, Stone County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

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

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

579 
WGUS53 KSGF 261300
FFWSGF
MOC009-209-213-262300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0024.110426T1300Z-110426T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
800 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  WESTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT TUESDAY.

* AT 745 AM CDT...THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ANNOUNCED THAT RELEASES 
  FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE WILL BE INCREASED THIS MORNING TO LEVELS 
  SIMILAR TO SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE SPRING OF 2008.  THIS 
  INCREASE IN WATER RELEASE WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN WATER 
  LEVELS BELOW TABLE ROCK LAKE ON LAKE TANEYCOMO. 

* THE INCREASE OF WATER LEVELS ALONG TANEYCOMO WILL THREATEN HOMES 
  AND PROPERTY. 
  
  IN ADDITION...TABLE ROCK LAKE WILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL RISES 
  DUE TO INCREASED RELEASES FROM BEAVER LAKE. THIS COULD CAUSE      
  TRIBUTARIES FLOWING INTO TABLE ROCK LAKE TO RISE. THOSE 
  LIVING ALONG TRIBUTARIES INTO TABLE ROCK LAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN 
  BARRY AND SOUTHERN STONE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL   
  SIGNIFICANT RIVER LEVEL RISES. 

  
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 3673 9307 3668 9301 3662 9301 3658 9301
      3650 9299 3650 9308 3650 9325 3650 9359
      3650 9383 3663 9374 3667 9361 3682 9357
      3682 9343 3672 9346 3668 9339 3673 9319

$$

FOSTER

4 follow-up statements

167 
WGUS73 KSGF 261646
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1146 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

MOC009-209-213-262300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARRY MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO-
1146 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT TUESDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARRY...SOUTHERN STONE AND SOUTHWESTERN TANEY
COUNTIES...

AT 1115 AM CDT...THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ANNOUNCED THAT RELEASES   
FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE WILL REMAIN AT LEVELS STARTED THIS MORNING AT 8 
AM. THESE LEVELS ARE SIMILAR TO SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE SPRING OF 
2008. THIS CONTINUED WATER RELEASE WILL RESULT IN RAPID RISES IN 
WATER LEVELS BELOW TABLE ROCK LAKE ON LAKE TANEYCOMO. 

THE INCREASE OF WATER LEVELS ALONG TANEYCOMO WILL THREATEN HOMES   
AND PROPERTY. 
  
IN ADDITION...TABLE ROCK LAKE WILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL RISES DUE 
TO INCREASED RELEASES FROM BEAVER LAKE. THIS COULD CAUSE TRIBUTARIES 
FLOWING INTO TABLE ROCK LAKE TO RISE. THOSE LIVING ALONG TRIBUTARIES 
INTO TABLE ROCK LAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN BARRY AND SOUTHERN STONE 
COUNTIES CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RIVER LEVEL RISES.

THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH WILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

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 3673 9307 3668 9301 3662 9301 3658 9301
      3650 9299 3650 9308 3650 9325 3650 9359
      3650 9383 3663 9374 3667 9361 3682 9357
      3682 9343 3672 9346 3668 9339 3673 9319

$$

HATCH

528 
WGUS53 KSGF 262047
FFWSGF
MOC009-209-213-270500-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110427T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
347 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY.

* AT 334 PM CDT...THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ANNOUNCED THAT RELEASES     
  FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE WILL BE INCREASED TO RECORD LEVELS...GREATER  
  THAN THOSE IN 2008.  THE CORPS HAS INDICATED THAT THIS WILL RESULT 
  IN A RAPID RISE OF WATER OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON    
  AND EVENING ALONG LAKE TANEYCOMO. THE CORPS EXPECTS RISES OF 2 TO  
  3 FEET AT BRANSON LANDING. 

* THE INCREASE OF WATER LEVELS ALONG TANEYCOMO WILL THREATEN HOMES   
  AND PROPERTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM OF TABLE ROCK LAKE AND TABLE 
ROCK DAM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

&&

LAT...LON 3673 9307 3668 9301 3662 9301 3658 9301
      3650 9299 3650 9308 3650 9325 3650 9359
      3650 9383 3663 9374 3667 9361 3682 9357
      3682 9343 3672 9346 3668 9339 3673 9319

$$

BOXELL

945 
WGUS73 KSGF 270102
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
802 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

MOC009-209-213-270500-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110427T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARRY MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO-
802 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BARRY...SOUTHERN STONE AND SOUTHWESTERN TANEY
COUNTIES...

AT 755 PM CDT...THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONTINUES TO RELEASE WATER 
FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE AT RECORD LEVELS. THE CORPS HAS INDICATED THAT 
THIS WILL RESULT IN A RAPID RISE OF WATER OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET 
ALONG LAKE TANEYCOMO. THE CORPS EXPECTS RISES OF 2 TO 3 FEET AT 
BRANSON LANDING. 

IN ADDITION...THE LEVEL OF TABLE ROCK LAKE CONTINUES TO RISE...WITH 
FLOODING ALONG THE SHORE OF THE LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAPID RISES OF WATER ARE EXPECTED ALONG TABLE ROCK LAKE...AND 
DOWNSTREAM FROM TABLE ROCK DAM ALONG LAKE TANEYCOMO.  ANYONE ALONG 
TABLE ROCK LAKE OR LAKE TANEYCOMO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR 
FLOODING...AND TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

&&

LAT...LON 3673 9307 3668 9301 3662 9301 3658 9301
      3650 9299 3650 9308 3650 9325 3650 9359
      3650 9383 3663 9374 3667 9361 3682 9357
      3682 9343 3672 9346 3668 9339 3673 9319

$$

BOXELL

964 
WGUS73 KSGF 270505
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1205 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

MOC009-209-213-270511-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110427T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARRY MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO-
1205 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN 
BARRY...SOUTHERN STONE AND SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTIES...

THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONTINUES TO RELEASE WATER FROM TABLE ROCK 
LAKE AT RECORD LEVELS. THE CORPS HAS INDICATED THAT THIS HAS 
RESULTED IN WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 AND 4 FEET ALONG LAKE TANEYCOMO. 
AT THE CURRENT RATE OF RELEASE FROM TABLE ROCK LAKE...LEVELS ARE NOT 
EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY RISE ABOVE CURRENT LEVELS...BUT WILL 
REMAIN AT THE CURRENT LEVELS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  

SINCE NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...IF 
RELEASES ARE INCREASED...THEN ADDITIONAL WATER RISES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. 

AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING AND IS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

LAT...LON 3673 9307 3668 9301 3662 9301 3658 9301
      3650 9299 3650 9308 3650 9325 3650 9359
      3650 9383 3663 9374 3667 9361 3682 9357
      3682 9343 3672 9346 3668 9339 3673 9319

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	6 hr
Apr 26, 2:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 3 more	66 hr
Apr 26, 2:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Benton, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene and 7 more	37 hr
Apr 26, 2:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	37 hr
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, McDonald	35 min
Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	37 min
Apr 26, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	17 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2011 Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.