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Areal Flood Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

October 14, 2012Greene County, Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood warning at Oct 14, 2012, 3:56 AM CDT for Greene County, Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2012, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Greene County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2012-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 135 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 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
135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
420 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Oct 14, 3:44 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 3:44 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 1:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 10:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1040 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ENE BATTLEFIELD       37.13N 93.33W
10/13/2012                   GREENE             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF SCENIC
            AND CARDINAL EIGHT INCHES IN DEPTH.

&&

AFOSTER
Local storm report, Oct 13, 11:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1107 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0844 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 ESE HALLTOWN          37.17N 93.57W
10/13/2012                   GREENE             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            SMALL SHED AND TWO GREENHOUSES DESTROYED.

&&

AFOSTER
Local storm report, Oct 14, 12:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 14, 1:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon55 min
Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton52 min
Oct 13, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade53 min
Oct 13, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence50 min
Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence33 min
Oct 13, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLawrence26 min
Oct 13, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Dade, Greene, Polk48 min
Oct 13, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPolk37 min
Oct 13, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene32 min
Oct 13, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Webster42 min
Oct 13, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede65 min
Oct 13, 9:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMcDonald, Newton5 hr
Oct 13, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Wright25 min
Oct 13, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFJasper52 min
Oct 13, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry33 min
Oct 13, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
Oct 13, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone29 min
Oct 13, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster5 hr
Oct 13, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney57 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012

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.