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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2012, 11:40 PM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
- May 6, 2012, 11:40 PM CDT (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
126
WGUS53 KSGF 070440
FFWSGF
MOC039-185-217-071100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0022.120507T0440Z-120507T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1140 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY.
* AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES SINCE 1030 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL
IS LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF 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 54 3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE...
ROUTE BB...9 MILES EAST OF SCHELL CITY.
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 3805 9435 3806 9427 3804 9422 3806 9421
3805 9419 3806 9413 3804 9407 3821 9406
3822 9404 3820 9366 3764 9407 3766 9462
$$
FOSTER2 follow-up statements
798
WGUS73 KSGF 070606
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
106 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
MOC039-185-217-071100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120507T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CEDAR MO-ST. CLAIR MO-VERNON MO-
106 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CEDAR...VERNON AND WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...
AT 101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE SUNDAY EVENING OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 54 3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE...
ROUTE BB...9 MILES EAST OF SCHELL CITY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 9435 3806 9427 3804 9422 3806 9421
3805 9419 3806 9413 3804 9407 3821 9406
3822 9404 3820 9366 3764 9407 3766 9462
$$
FOSTER926
WGUS73 KSGF 071052
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
552 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
MOC039-185-217-071102-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120507T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CEDAR MO-ST. CLAIR MO-VERNON MO-
552 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CEDAR...VERNON AND WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...
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. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
THIS MORNING...HOWEVER IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT. IF FLOODING
HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3805 9435 3806 9427 3804 9422 3806 9421
3805 9419 3806 9413 3804 9407 3821 9406
3822 9404 3820 9366 3764 9407 3766 9462
$$
GAGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 29 min |
| May 6, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair, Vernon | 24 min |
| May 6, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 24 min |
| May 6, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton | 38 min |
| May 6, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 35 min |
| May 7, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 5 hr |
| May 7, 1:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 43 hr |
| May 7, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 30 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.