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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 2014Benton County, Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 4:01 PM CDT for Benton County, Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 3, 2014, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Versailles, MO	SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ACROSS THE 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 15.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

576 
WGUS53 KSGF 032101
FFWSGF
MOC015-131-141-040300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0003.140403T2101Z-140404T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
401 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY 
  OVER ALREADY SATURATED SURFACES.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...AURORA SPRINGS...
  BARNETT...BRANDON...COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...EDMONSON...ELDON...
  ETTERVILLE...FLORENCE...GRAVOIS MILLS...IONIA...LINCOLN...MORA...
  OLEAN...PALO PINTO...STOVER...SYRACUSE...TRUMAN STATE PARK...
  VERSAILLES AND ZORA. 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 BB AT GABRIEL CREEK NEAR FLORENCE...
ROUTE WW AT ARCHER CREEK NORTHEAST OF LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...
ROUTE B AT WILLIAMS CREEK SOUTHEAST OF COLE CAMP...
ROUTE F AT COLE CAMP CREEK SOUTHWEST OF COLE CAMP...
RITCHEY ROAD AT GRAVOIS CREEK NORTHEAST OF GRAVOIS MILLS.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3869 9284 3860 9283 3844 9262 3842 9240
      3831 9240 3827 9348 3852 9348 3851 9330
      3854 9329 3854 9308 3868 9307 3870 9305

$$

COLUCCI

1 follow-up statement

837 
WGUS73 KSGF 040255
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC015-131-141-040305-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENTON MO-MILLER MO-MORGAN MO-
955 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT FOR MORGAN...
NORTHERN BENTON AND NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTIES...

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 FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 

HOWEVER AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR 
RESIDUAL FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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

LAT...LON 3869 9284 3860 9283 3844 9262 3842 9240
      3831 9240 3827 9348 3852 9348 3851 9330
      3854 9329 3854 9308 3868 9307 3870 9305

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 4:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Benton, Morgan, St. Clair	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	5 hr
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	26 min
Apr 3, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Stone	28 min
Apr 3, 9:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	8 hr
Apr 3, 9:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney	50 min
Apr 3, 10:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	33 min
Apr 3, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	32 min
Apr 3, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	28 min
Apr 3, 10:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Stone, Taney	51 min
Apr 3, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Polk	35 min
Apr 3, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Webster, Wright	50 min
Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar	32 min
Apr 3, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Polk	48 min
Apr 3, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	52 min
Apr 3, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas	50 min
Apr 3, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	43 min
Apr 3, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	40 min
Apr 3, 12:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	37 min
Apr 3, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Polk	43 min
Apr 3, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	43 min
Apr 3, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	40 min
Apr 3, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade	50 min
Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	44 min
Apr 3, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller	52 min
Apr 3, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	52 min
Apr 3, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	50 min
Apr 3, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory	39 min
Apr 3, 1:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory, Polk	24 min
Apr 3, 1:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	44 min
Apr 3, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory	28 min
Apr 3, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	41 min
Apr 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	47 min
Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	45 min
Apr 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	47 min
Apr 3, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	31 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	33 min
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	47 min
Apr 3, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Vernon	42 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair, Vernon	56 min
Apr 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	35 min
Apr 3, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Miller, Morgan	28 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	44 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	30 min
Apr 3, 5:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair	4 hr
Apr 3, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	48 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller	45 min
Apr 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Stone	44 min
Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	43 min
Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	50 min
Apr 3, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	48 min
Apr 3, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	28 min
Apr 3, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Webster	25 min
Apr 3, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Laclede	38 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	45 min
Apr 3, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.