Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2011, 7:40 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- May 1, 2011, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO, Webster County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 10:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Monett, MO | NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN NORTHERN THIRD OF BARRY COUNTY REPORTED FLOODED. |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 715 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
684
WGUS53 KSGF 020040
FFWSGF
MOC009-043-077-109-209-225-020400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0026.110502T0040Z-110502T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
740 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
* AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA.
* 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.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE CC WEST OF FAIR GROVE AT THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER...
HIGHWAY 97 AT THE SPRING RIVER NORTH OF STOTTS CITY...
SCENIC AVENUE IN SOUTHWEST SPRINGFIELD...
ROUTE C AT THE LITTLE SAC RIVER NORTH OF STRAFFORD...
GREENWOOD ROAD AT THE POMME DE TERRE HEADWATERS.
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 3677 9405 3714 9406 3742 9309 3741 9308
3743 9307 3749 9285 3748 9281 3717 9280
$$
GRIFFIN1 follow-up statement
829
WGUS73 KSGF 020351
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1051 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011
MOC009-043-077-109-209-225-020401-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110502T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-BARRY MO-STONE MO-WEBSTER MO-LAWRENCE MO-
1051 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT FOR GREENE...
LAWRENCE...NORTHWESTERN BARRY...NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHWESTERN
STONE AND WESTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3677 9405 3714 9406 3742 9309 3741 9308
3743 9307 3749 9285 3748 9281 3717 9280
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 24 min |
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 65 hr |
| May 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Taney and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 23 hr |
| May 1, 9:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 23 hr |
| May 1, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas | 5 hr |
| May 2, 1:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps and 4 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
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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.