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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 10, 2013McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2013, 2:49 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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 10, 2013, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 1015 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

329 
WGUS53 KSGF 100749
FFWSGF
MOC119-101200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0013.130510T0749Z-130510T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
249 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF   
  THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY  
  HAVE REACHED TWO TO THREE INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING.          
  ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT HOUR. A 
  RAPID RISE ON THE RIVER GAGE ON THE LITTLE SUGAR CREEK SOUTHEAST   
  OF PINEVILLE HAVE BEEN NOTED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 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 DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL...
HIGHWAY 76 3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE.

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 3650 9427 3649 9453 3676 9454 3676 9430
      3675 9430 3675 9407 3649 9407 3649 9423
      3649 9427

$$

1 follow-up statement

870 
WGUS73 KSGF 101204
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
704 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

MOC119-101214-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130510T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDONALD MO-
704 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR MCDONALD COUNTY...

THE WARNING WAS REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY VALID UNTIL 10 
AM. 

LAT...LON 3650 9427 3649 9453 3676 9454 3676 9430
      3675 9430 3675 9407 3649 9407 3649 9423
      3649 9427

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	43 min
May 9, 9:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Newton	6 hr
May 10, 1:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
May 10, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Newton	4 hr
May 10, 7:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	McDonald	3 hr
May 10, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	46 hr
May 10, 11:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	6 hr
May 10, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.