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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

March 17, 2012Maries County, Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 17, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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: Mar 17, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 17, 8:45 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Vichy, MO	LOW WATER CROSSING SLAB WASHED OUT ON COUNTY ROAD 454 MAKING THE ROAD IMPASSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL OTHER LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED ACROSS MARIES COUNTY.

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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

654 
WGUS53 KSGF 172342
FFWSGF
MOC125-131-180500-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0004.120317T2342Z-120318T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
642 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

* AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF     
  RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF 
  THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOP  
  WEST OF THE WARNED AREA AND ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST AND PRODUCE 
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 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 HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
ROUTE K AT ATWELL CREEK 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IBERIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT COON CREEK 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCUMBIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT TAVERN CREEK NORTHEAST OF SAINT ELIZABETH.

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 3829 9165 3805 9163 3805 9189 3803 9193
      3804 9195 3801 9197 3802 9251 3805 9253
      3807 9257 3809 9257 3810 9259 3815 9261
      3830 9259

$$

WISE

3 follow-up statements

595 
WGUS73 KSGF 180114
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
814 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

MOC125-131-180500-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120318T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARIES MO-MILLER MO-
814 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
MARIES AND MILLER COUNTIES...

AT 803 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT 
OCCURRED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 
EVENING HAS COME TO AN END. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A FLASH FLOODING RISK THROUGH 
THE REMINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS.

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 HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
ROUTE K AT ATWELL CREEK 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IBERIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT COON CREEK 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCUMBIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT TAVERN CREEK NORTHEAST OF SAINT ELIZABETH.

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 3829 9165 3805 9163 3805 9189 3803 9193
      3804 9195 3801 9197 3802 9251 3805 9253
      3807 9257 3809 9257 3810 9259 3815 9261
      3830 9259

$$

WISE

027 
WGUS73 KSGF 180213
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
913 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

MOC125-131-180500-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120318T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARIES MO-MILLER MO-
913 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
MARIES AND MILLER COUNTIES...

AT 900 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 
EVENING WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE REPORTED TO BE FLOODED AND 
IMPASSABLE ACROSS MARIES COUNTY.

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 HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
ROUTE K AT ATWELL CREEK 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IBERIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT COON CREEK 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCUMBIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT TAVERN CREEK NORTHEAST OF SAINT ELIZABETH.

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 3829 9165 3805 9163 3805 9189 3803 9193
      3804 9195 3801 9197 3802 9251 3805 9253
      3807 9257 3809 9257 3810 9259 3815 9261
      3830 9259

$$

WISE

360 
WGUS73 KSGF 180454
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1154 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

MOC125-131-180502-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120318T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARIES MO-MILLER MO-
1154 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MARIES AND
MILLER COUNTIES...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING 
AT MIDNIGHT. THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM ON 
SUNDAY.

LAT...LON 3829 9165 3805 9163 3805 9189 3803 9193
      3804 9195 3801 9197 3802 9251 3805 9253
      3807 9257 3809 9257 3810 9259 3815 9261
      3830 9259

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Hickory	44 min
Mar 17, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	46 min
Mar 17, 10:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	29 min
Mar 17, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	18 min
Mar 17, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	25 min
Mar 17, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	32 min
Mar 17, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Pulaski	31 min
Mar 17, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	32 min
Mar 17, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	38 min
Mar 17, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	34 min
Mar 17, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	36 min
Mar 17, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	24 min
Mar 17, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	24 min
Mar 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	27 min
Mar 17, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	25 min
Mar 17, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	31 min
Mar 17, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries, Miller	63 min
Mar 17, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps	48 min
Mar 17, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	30 min
Mar 17, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	28 min
Mar 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	50 min
Mar 17, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps	6 hr
Mar 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	55 min
Mar 17, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.