Flash Flood Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Aug 8, 2013, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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344 
WGUS53 KSGF 081117
FFWSGF
MOC067-091-081700-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0101.130808T1117Z-130808T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
617 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL NOON CDT.

* AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE  
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WERE EXCEEDING THREE INCHES PER HOUR 
  WITH THESE STORMS.

* 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...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.

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 3681 9274 3706 9269 3705 9166 3679 9167
      3678 9168

$$

TERRY

338 
WGUS73 KSGF 081609
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1109 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

MOC067-091-081700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0101.000000T0000Z-130808T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO-
1109 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR DOUGLAS
AND NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES...

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER 
NORTHWEST HOWELL AND NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES EARLIER THIS MORNING. BY 
LATE MORNING...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED. 

THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS OVER THE 
REGION WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH 
THE MORNING. 

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 9274 3706 9269 3705 9166 3679 9167
      3678 9168

$$

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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.