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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Springfield, MO

June 19, 2011Maries County, Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2011, 2:46 AM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 19, 2011, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4246 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
15.1

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The text

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

327 
WGUS53 KSGF 190746
FFWSGF
MOC125-161-169-191200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0053.110619T0746Z-110619T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
246 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

* AT 233 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS      
  FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE LAST EVENING.

* 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 N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK JUST SOUTH OF DIXON.

PHELPS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT COUNTY ROAD 8410 
NEAR HIGHWAY E NORTHWEST OF ROLLA IS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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 3779 9240 3802 9240 3802 9218 3829 9219
      3829 9166 3816 9165 3815 9154 3779 9153

$$

GAEDE
1 follow-up statement
939 
WGUS73 KSGF 191153 RRA
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
653 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

MOC125-161-169-191203-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARIES MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-
653 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT FOR MARIES...
NORTHERN PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES...

CALLS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THAT NO FLOODING IS 
OCCURRING.

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 3779 9240 3802 9240 3802 9218 3829 9219
      3829 9166 3816 9165 3815 9154 3779 9153

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden, Miller40 min
Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan41 min
Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton27 min
Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton54 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller46 min
Jun 18, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller38 min
Jun 18, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan18 min
Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMiller26 min
Jun 18, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller32 min
Jun 18, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller30 min
Jun 18, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMaries39 min
Jun 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller26 min
Jun 18, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller9 hr
Jun 18, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper66 min
Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence67 min
Jun 18, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian, Greene, Polk26 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon49 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Greene, Polk63 min
Jun 18, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk45 min
Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski41 min
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton52 min
Jun 18, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster61 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas, Greene, Laclede, Polk, Webster38 min
Jun 19, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Miller14 min
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence14 min
Jun 19, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon56 min
Jun 19, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps39 min
Jun 19, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, Wright54 min
Jun 19, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Greene, Polk35 min
Jun 19, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas76 min
Jun 19, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper6 hr
Jun 19, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon61 min
Jun 19, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon30 min
Jun 19, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas28 min
Jun 19, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.