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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 20116 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2011, 9:38 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 6 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: May 23, 2011, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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 23, 1:02 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W Anderson, MO	LOW AREA ONE HALF MILE EAST OF PUMP STATION ROAD ON ROUTE 76 IS IMPASSABLE.
May 23, 1:02 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	8 W Anderson, MO	ROUTE 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK COVERED BY EIGHTEEN INCHES OF WATER AND REPORTED IMPASSABLE.
May 23, 1:41 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Noel, MO	HIGHWAY 59 NORTH OF NOEL IS WASHED AWAY.
May 23, 1:41 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 S Powell, MO	HIGHWAY E SOUTH OF POWELL IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER ON ROADWAY.
May 23, 4:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Seneca, MO	NUMEROUS SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOUSES FLOODED IN THE CENTER OF TOWN. FLOODING BEGAN AT 4 PM ON 23 MAY AND CRESTED AT 11 PM ON 23 MAY. FLOOD WATER HAD RECEEDED BACK IN TO CREEK BANKS AS OF 0400 AM ON 24 MAY.
May 23, 5:20 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 S Newtonia, MO	UPS DRIVER REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 86 AND ROAD NOW IMPASSABLE

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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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: 1041 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

054 
WGUS53 KSGF 231438
FFWSGF
KSC021-MOC009-097-109-119-145-209-232300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0045.110523T1438Z-110523T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
938 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY.

* AT 933 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  WHILE RECENT RAINFALL HAS PRODUCED ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE 
  INCH...ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL 
  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A HIGH FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS 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...

HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA.

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 3650 9463 3698 9461 3701 9501 3717 9509
      3727 9508 3728 9372 3707 9360 3700 9361
      3682 9331 3650 9332

$$

TERRY

3 follow-up statements

189 
WGUS73 KSGF 231655
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1155 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

KSC021-MOC009-097-109-119-145-209-232300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110523T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-STONE MO-
LAWRENCE MO-
1155 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY
FOR BARRY...CHEROKEE...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON AND
STONE COUNTIES...

AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THAT ONE 
AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 830 AM CDT ALONG 
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO NEOSHO TO ANDERSON...WITH 
WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OVER THE REST OF THE 
WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA THROUGH 3 PM CDT.

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...

HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA.


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 3650 9463 3698 9461 3701 9501 3717 9509
      3727 9508 3728 9372 3707 9360 3700 9361
      3682 9331 3650 9332

$$

TERRY

793 
WGUS73 KSGF 232029
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
329 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

KSC021-MOC009-097-109-119-145-209-232300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110523T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-STONE MO-
LAWRENCE MO-
329 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
BARRY...CHEROKEE...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON AND STONE
COUNTIES...

AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATE THAT ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
SINCE 9 AM CDT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO NEOSHO TO 
ANDERSON...WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS AROUND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OVER 
THE REST OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO 
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 PM CDT.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING 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...

HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA.

NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSING AND ROADS ARE FLOODED ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
MCDONALD...BARRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES. 

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 3650 9463 3698 9461 3701 9501 3717 9509
      3727 9508 3728 9372 3707 9360 3700 9361
      3682 9331 3650 9332

$$

HATCH

976 
WGUS73 KSGF 232254
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
554 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

KSC021-MOC009-097-109-119-145-209-232302-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110523T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-JASPER MO-BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-STONE MO-
LAWRENCE MO-
554 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE 
AND STONE COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCDONALD...NEWTON...BARRY...JASPER AND 
CHEROKEE COUNTIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

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 3650 9463 3698 9461 3701 9501 3717 9509
      3727 9508 3728 9372 3707 9360 3700 9361
      3682 9331 3650 9332

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	44 min
May 22, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	54 min
May 22, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	67 min
May 22, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone	6 hr
May 22, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	47 min
May 22, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	52 min
May 22, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	49 min
May 22, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	44 min
May 22, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	28 min
May 22, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Wright	40 min
May 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	27 min
May 22, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	36 min
May 22, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald	47 min
May 22, 8:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	6 hr
May 22, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	41 min
May 22, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	63 min
May 22, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark	44 min
May 22, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas	64 min
May 22, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark	30 min
May 22, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark	51 min
May 22, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald, Newton	33 min
May 22, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	36 min
May 22, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	35 min
May 22, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	65 min
May 22, 11:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	57 hr
May 22, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	66 min
May 23, 12:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton, Stone	9 hr
May 23, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	48 min
May 23, 3:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	63 hr
May 23, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	43 min
May 23, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	45 min
May 23, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	40 min
May 23, 8:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	39 min
May 23, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	49 min
May 23, 9:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	31 min
May 23, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Polk	18 min
May 23, 9:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	36 min
May 23, 10:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 3 more	45 min
May 23, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	44 min
May 23, 12:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell, Shannon	61 min
May 23, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark	66 min
May 23, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	20 min
May 23, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	43 min
May 23, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	47 min
May 23, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	33 min
May 23, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	62 min
May 23, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	47 min
May 23, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	41 min
May 23, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	43 min
May 23, 4:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	16 hr
May 23, 4:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	17 hr
May 23, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	33 min
May 23, 5:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	16 hr
May 23, 7:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Crawford	48 min
May 23, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	63 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cherokee	32 min
May 23, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cherokee	34 min

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.