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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

October 13, 2014Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood warning at Oct 13, 2014, 6:25 AM CDT for Barry County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2014, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 3 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 00:00Z on 2014-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2014-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Oct 13, 3:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 4:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
428 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-140930-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
428 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
  PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
  SPREADING NORTH INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS
  MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
  THE MAIN RISK WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO PUSHING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
  INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS LINE OF STORMS
  WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI
  AND THE EASTERN OZARKS FROM EARLY THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON BEFORE PUSHING EAST OF THE AREA. THERE COULD BE SOME
  SPOTTY WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WITHIN ANY BOW SEGMENTS IN
  THE LINE OF STORMS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
  CORRIDOR AND ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. AS
  INSTABILITY INCREASES LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON...THE WIND RISK MAY INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. DAMAGING
  STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK...THOUGH A BRIEF SPIN
  UP TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY
  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN AND WILL RESULT IN A
  LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

  GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT
  WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30
  MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
  MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

  GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
  INTO TUESDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND ALONG
  AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

WFO SGF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 6:12 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
612 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

MOZ103-104-131145-
STONE MO-TANEY MO-
612 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE AND WESTERN
TANEY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT...

AT 611 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAMPE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF
KIMBERLING CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TABLE ROCK BY 625 AM CDT.
  BRANSON...INDIAN POINT...SILVER DOLLAR CITY AND HOLLISTER BY 630 AM
  CDT.
  ROCKAWAY BEACH BY 635 AM CDT.
  WALNUT SHADE AND MERRIAM WOODS BY 640 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE BULL
SHOALS LAKE...LAKE TANEYCOMO...TABLE ROCK LAKE AND TABLE ROCK STATE
PARK.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN STONE AND WESTERN TANEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
TABLE ROCK LAKE...TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...INDIAN POINT...HOLLISTER...
BRANSON...ROCKAWAY BEACH AND MERRIAM WOODS...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3685 9345 3673 9297 3649 9317 3650 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 201DEG 45KT 3643 9338

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon4 days
Oct 13, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFStone, Taney33 min
Oct 13, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence28 min
Oct 13, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPolk34 min
Oct 13, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Greene, Polk40 min
Oct 13, 9:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell, Texas33 min
Oct 13, 10:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFMcDonald8 hr
Oct 13, 11:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFHowell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas7 hr
Oct 13, 11:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence6 hr
Oct 13, 2:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon47 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

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.