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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

July 6, 2013Phelps County, Missouri

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 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 2013-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

BOXELL
1 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

$$

BOXELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas23 min
Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas35 min
Jul 6, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent33 min
Jul 6, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps32 min
Jul 6, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps24 min
Jul 6, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon34 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon30 min
Jul 6, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps40 min

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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.