Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 27, 2012, 3:01 AM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2012, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Douglas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 5:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.1 | 7 E Dogwood, MO | RELAYED BY LOCAL MEDIA...4.10 INCHES OF RAINFALL MEASURED AS OF 5 AM ALONG WITH DIME SIZED HAIL FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS. |
| Sep 27, 6:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.75 | 8 S Norwood, MO | PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA...3.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS. |
| Sep 27, 6:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Vanzant, MO | PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4 INCHES. |
| Sep 27, 6:08 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Ava, MO | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A MAN WAS SWEPT OFF INTO HIGH WATER ON ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK WEST OF AVA. ROUTE Y AT THAT LOCATION IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Sep 27, 6:08 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Ava, MO | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A MAN WAS SWEPT OFF INTO HIGH WATER ON ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK WEST OF AVA. ROUTE Y AT THAT LOCATION IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Sep 27, 7:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nnw Brushyknob, MO | REPORTED BY MODOT ON BRYANT CREEK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722 WGUS53 KSGF 270801 FFWSGF MOC067-271400- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0028.120927T0801Z-120927T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 301 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 900 AM CDT. * AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS. * 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 FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA... ROUTE U AT BRYANT CREEK NORTHWEST OF BRUSHYKNOB... ROUTE EE AT THE NORTH FORK NORTHEAST VANZANT. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3681 9291 3707 9290 3705 9209 3680 9210 $$ GRIFFIN
2 follow-up statements
394 WGUS73 KSGF 271022 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 522 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2012 MOC067-271400- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120927T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS MO- 522 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA... ROUTE U AT BRYANT CREEK NORTHWEST OF BRUSHYKNOB... ROUTE EE AT THE NORTH FORK NORTHEAST VANZANT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY. && LAT...LON 3681 9291 3707 9290 3705 9209 3680 9210 $$ GRIFFIN
109 WGUS73 KSGF 271107 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 607 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2012 MOC067-271400- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120927T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DOUGLAS MO- 607 AM CDT THU SEP 27 2012 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 557 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 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 FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA... ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA... ROUTE U AT BRYANT CREEK NORTHWEST OF BRUSHYKNOB... ROUTE EE AT THE NORTH FORK NORTHEAST VANZANT. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS REPORTING COWSKIN CREEK IS FLOODING ROUTE Y AND IS IMPASSABLE WEST OF AVA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3681 9291 3707 9290 3705 9209 3680 9210 $$ GRIFFIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 41 min |
| Sep 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 42 min |
| Sep 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Stone, Taney | 38 min |
| Sep 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Ozark, Taney | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 52 min |
| Sep 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 51 min |
| Sep 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Taney | 17 min |
| Sep 26, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 39 min |
| Sep 26, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 52 min |
| Sep 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 24 min |
| Sep 27, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Carter | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 51 min |
| Sep 27, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 41 min |
| Sep 27, 8:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Webster, Wright | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.