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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

September 17, 20144 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2014, 11:33 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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: Sep 17, 2014, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1260 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 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.

979 
WGUS53 KSGF 171633
FFWSGF
MOC039-057-077-167-172000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0021.140917T1633Z-140917T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1133 AM CDT WED SEP 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

* AT 1127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED 
  AREA. RAINFALL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING RANGED FROM ONE TO THREE 
  INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE 
  LIKELY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR INCLUDING IN THE FAIR GROVE...GREENFIELD...AND WALNUT GROVE 
  AREAS. 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 CC WEST OF FAIR GROVE AT THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER...
ROUTE W AT TURKEY CREEK JUST WEST OF EUDORA...
ROUTE K AT TURNBACK CREEK WEST OF EVERTON...
ROUTE E AND FARM ROAD 235 JUST EAST OF FAIR GROVE...
ROUTE CC AT KINGS BRANCH 3 MILES NORTH OF EBENEZER.

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 3729 9381 3765 9399 3766 9362 3743 9339
      3742 9310 3741 9309 3735 9308 3736 9362
      3728 9362

$$

FOSTER

1 follow-up statement

767 
WGUS73 KSGF 171958
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
258 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014

MOC039-057-077-167-172008-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140917T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CEDAR MO-GREENE MO-POLK MO-DADE MO-
258 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
DADE...NORTHERN GREENE...SOUTHERN CEDAR AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK
COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN AND THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL 
RESULT IN RESIDUAL FLOODING OF SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL 
FLOOD WARNING.  

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.


LAT...LON 3729 9381 3765 9399 3766 9362 3743 9339
      3742 9310 3741 9309 3735 9308 3736 9362
      3728 9362

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	35 min
Sep 17, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	35 min
Sep 17, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	47 min
Sep 17, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, Dade	46 min
Sep 17, 7:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	52 min
Sep 17, 7:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	34 min
Sep 17, 7:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Greene, Polk, St. Clair	6 hr
Sep 17, 7:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	37 min
Sep 17, 8:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene, Webster	27 min
Sep 17, 8:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene, Webster	25 min
Sep 17, 8:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	5 hr
Sep 17, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	51 min
Sep 17, 8:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	6 hr
Sep 17, 9:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	50 min
Sep 17, 9:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Stone	5 hr
Sep 17, 9:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Webster, Wright	5 hr
Sep 17, 9:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	40 min
Sep 17, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Ozark, Taney	4 hr
Sep 17, 10:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Benton, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair, Webster	3 hr
Sep 17, 10:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair, Webster	4 hr
Sep 17, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	41 min
Sep 17, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	56 min
Sep 17, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone	64 min
Sep 17, 1:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Lawrence	5 hr
Sep 17, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney	58 min
Sep 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone, Taney	5 hr
Sep 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Polk and 2 more	5 hr
Sep 17, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	65 min
Sep 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	55 min
Sep 17, 4:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	6 hr
Sep 17, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Newton	46 min
Sep 17, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	27 min
Sep 17, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	22 min
Sep 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Newton	50 min

Nearby

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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.