Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2011, 1:43 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 19, 2011, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Camden County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:44 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Eldon, MO | HIGHWAY Z AND HIGHWAY Y-19 IS REPORTED TO HAVE AROUND A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. SEVERAL OTHER LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED IN SOUTHEAST MORGAN COUNTY AND WESTERN MILLER COUNTY. |
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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935
WGUS53 KSGF 191843
FFWSGF
MOC029-125-131-141-161-169-200100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0036.110519T1843Z-110520T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
143 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITHIN THE WARNING 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 HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK JUST SOUTH OF DIXON...
ROUTE Y NORTHWEST OF ROLLA...
ROUTE K AT ATWELL CREEK 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IBERIA.
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 3844 9262 3843 9241 3834 9240 3833 9223
3817 9193 3779 9178 3818 9306 3852 9306
3852 9274
$$
LINDENBERG2 follow-up statements
456
WGUS73 KSGF 191959
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
259 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
MOC029-125-131-141-161-169-200100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110520T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN MO-MARIES MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-
259 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
MILLER...MORGAN...NORTHERN CAMDEN...NORTHERN PULASKI...WEST CENTRAL
PHELPS AND WESTERN MARIES COUNTIES...
AT 250 PM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNING AREA...RUNOFF WILL
CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 3
INCHES.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK JUST SOUTH OF DIXON...
ROUTE Y NORTHWEST OF ROLLA...
ROUTE K AT ATWELL CREEK 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IBERIA.
MODOT WAS REPORTING THE FOLLOWING ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH
FLOODING...
ROUTE Z IN MILLER COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BUNKER ROAD.
ROUTE K IN MILLER COUNTY NEAR LITTLE TAVERN CREEK.
ROUTE O IN NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY NEAR CREEK ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 9262 3843 9241 3834 9240 3833 9223
3817 9193 3779 9178 3818 9306 3852 9306
3852 9274
$$
LINDENBERG372
WGUS73 KSGF 200057
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
757 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
MOC029-125-131-141-161-169-200105-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110520T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN MO-MARIES MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-
757 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT FOR MILLER...
MORGAN...NORTHERN CAMDEN...NORTHERN PULASKI...WEST CENTRAL PHELPS AND
WESTERN MARIES COUNTIES...
WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...AN AREAL
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AS FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND
ROADS CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA.
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 3844 9262 3843 9241 3834 9240 3833 9223
3817 9193 3779 9178 3818 9306 3852 9306
3852 9274
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk, Vernon | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede | 6 hr |
| May 19, 9:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 19, 11:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 16 hr |
| May 19, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps, Pulaski | 5 hr |
| May 19, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Pulaski | 4 hr |
| May 19, 2:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 12 hr |
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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.