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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

June 15, 2013Christian County, Greene County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 5:10 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 Sse Springfield, MODELAYED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1703 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas24 min
Jun 15, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster30 min
Jun 15, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian24 min
Jun 15, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian37 min
Jun 15, 11:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFChristian, Greene3 hr
Jun 15, 11:17 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencySGFChristian, Greene6 hr
Jun 15, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene52 min
Jun 15, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFStone26 min
Jun 15, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene48 min
Jun 15, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone40 min
Jun 15, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone59 min
Jun 15, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFGreene38 min
Jun 15, 1:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene6 hr
Jun 15, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFJasper49 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon63 min
Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBarry, Stone6 hr
Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper48 min
Jun 15, 2:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFStone48 hr
Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFVernon6 hr
Jun 15, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon6 hr
Jun 15, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper39 min
Jun 15, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Lawrence42 min
Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPolk44 min
Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper26 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.