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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2013, 5:06 PM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 15, 2013, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Sse Springfield, MO | DELAYED REPORT...FLASH FLOODING OF SEVERAL ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE STILL BEING OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENE 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, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
981
WGUS53 KSGF 152206
FFWSGF
MOC043-077-160100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0039.130615T2206Z-130616T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
506 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 456 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT
FLASH FLOODING FROM THE 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL OVER
SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WHILE
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEEDED OVER SOME AREAS...HOMES CONTINUE TO BE
IMPACTED AS WELL AS SEVERAL AREA ROADWAYS.
* 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.
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MISSOURI WILL TRACK EASTWARD TOWARD
GREENE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES IN AREA CREEKS AND FLOOD PRONE
AREAS..THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR TO THE WEST
AND NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IF A FLOODED AREA IS OBSERVED...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3701 9351 3733 9308 3726 9307 3710 9307
3701 9321
$$
RUNNELSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 11:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Stone | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 1:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Barry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 48 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 26 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.