Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2012, 12:54 AM CDT for Barton 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
- May 7, 2012, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Barton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
721
WGUS53 KSGF 070554
FFWSGF
MOC011-071100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0023.120507T0554Z-120507T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1254 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
* AT 1252 AM 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 11 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
* 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 K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
HIGHWAY 126 AT THE SPRING RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORT THAT PONDING OF WATER WAS
OCCURRING ON AREA ROADS IN THE LAMAR AREA.
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 3765 9461 3764 9408 3756 9407 3735 9408
3737 9462
$$
FOSTER2 follow-up statements
281
WGUS73 KSGF 070653
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
153 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
MOC011-071100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120507T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTON MO-
153 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
BARTON COUNTY...
AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT RAINFALL HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF BARTON
COUNTY SINCE SUNDAY EVENING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
HIGHWAY 126 AT THE SPRING RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 9461 3764 9408 3756 9407 3735 9408
3737 9462
$$
FOSTER592
WGUS73 KSGF 071053
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
553 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
MOC011-071103-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120507T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTON MO-
553 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT FOR BARTON
COUNTY...
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 LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AN INTERMITTENT FASHION THIS
MORNING...HOWEVER THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN FLASH
FLOODING. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3765 9461 3764 9408 3756 9407 3735 9408
3737 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, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| 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, 1:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 43 hr |
| May 7, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.