Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2013, 5:16 PM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 6, 2013, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715
WGUS53 KSGF 062216
FFWSGF
MOC161-070100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.130706T2216Z-130707T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
516 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
THIS 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 Y NORTHWEST OF ROLLA.
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 3779 9179 3779 9181 3776 9181 3776 9195
3782 9202 3801 9201 3801 9197 3803 9196
3804 9188 3786 9177
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
537
WGUS73 KSGF 070050
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
MOC161-070101-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-130707T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHELPS MO-
750 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
PHELPS COUNTY...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3779 9179 3779 9181 3776 9181 3776 9195
3782 9202 3801 9201 3801 9197 3803 9196
3804 9188 3786 9177
$$
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 40 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013
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.