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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 2011, 12:10 AM CST for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 22, 2011, 12:10 AM CST (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2011, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069
WGUS53 KSGF 220610
FFWSGF
MOC149-203-221100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0063.111122T0610Z-111122T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1210 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CST.
* AT 1205 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING
THE EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED.
* 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 H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE A JUST WEST OF COUCH...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER...
ROUTE MM SOUTH OF BIRCH TREE...
HIGHWAY 99 AT MIDDLE FORK SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE.
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 3679 9168 3679 9166 3705 9165 3704 9121
3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9167
$$
FOSTER3 follow-up statements
831
WGUS73 KSGF 220758
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
158 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
MOC149-203-221100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-111122T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-
158 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR
OREGON AND SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTIES...
AT 153 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
OREGON AND SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTIES. THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM
THE WEST AND END BY DAYBREAK.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR MAINLY ON SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE A JUST WEST OF COUCH...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER...
ROUTE MM SOUTH OF BIRCH TREE...
HIGHWAY 99 AT MIDDLE FORK SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW
WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 3679 9168 3679 9166 3705 9165 3704 9121
3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9167
$$
FOSTER309
WGUS73 KSGF 220939
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
MOC149-203-221100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-111122T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-
339 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR
OREGON AND SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTIES...
AT 332 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE
TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE MONDAY EVENING.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS OREGON COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR ON SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE A JUST WEST OF COUCH...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER...
ROUTE MM SOUTH OF BIRCH TREE...
HIGHWAY 99 AT MIDDLE FORK SOUTH OF THOMASVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 3679 9168 3679 9166 3705 9165 3704 9121
3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9167
$$
FOSTER252
WGUS73 KSGF 221053 RRA
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
453 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
MOC149-203-221103-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-111122T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OREGON MO-SHANNON MO-
453 AM CST TUE NOV 22 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CST FOR OREGON AND
SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTIES...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING HAS ENDED...WATER LEVELS ON SOME STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO
RISE AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IMPACTED BY RISING WATER.
A AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AND REPLACES THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3679 9168 3679 9166 3705 9165 3704 9121
3684 9122 3683 9112 3682 9111 3658 9111
3650 9112 3649 9113 3650 9167
$$
FOSTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 10:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney | 6 hr |
| Nov 22, 4:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Taney | 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.