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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO

June 5, 2014Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT for Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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: Jun 5, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 6:00 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 N Stotts City, MO	MISSOURI HIGHWAY 97 WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING. BOTH THE SRING RIVER AND STAHL CREEK WERE FLOWING OUT OF THIER BANKS. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AND RISING.

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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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: 2784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 10.3

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The text

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

178 
WGUS53 KSGF 050845
FFWSGF
MOC097-109-051300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0008.140605T0845Z-140605T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

* AT 340 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE      
  INDICATED WITH THESE INTENSE STORMS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALBA...AVILLA...BROOKLYN
  HEIGHTS...CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...LA RUSSELL...MAPLE GROVE...RED
  OAK...REEDS AND STOTTS CITY. 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...

HIGHWAY 97 AT THE SPRING RIVER NORTH OF STOTTS CITY...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
ROUTE F...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF REEDS...
HIGHWAY 97 JUST SOUTH OF STOTTS CITY...
ROUTE O AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ALBA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3721 9386 3708 9382 3705 9400 3714 9441
      3734 9444 3728 9410

$$

HATCH

1 follow-up statement

344 
WGUS73 KSGF 051108
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
608 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

MOC097-109-051300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140605T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER MO-LAWRENCE MO-
608 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN JASPER AND WEST CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

AT 602 AM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 97 NORTH OF STOTTS CITY. 
BOTH THE SPRING RIVER AND STAHL CREEK WERE FLOWING OUT OF THEIR 
BANKS. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALBA...AVILLA...BROOKLYN
HEIGHTS...CARTHAGE...CARYTOWN...LA RUSSELL...MAPLE GROVE...RED OAK...
REEDS AND STOTTS CITY. 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...

HIGHWAY 97 AT THE SPRING RIVER NORTH OF STOTTS CITY...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
ROUTE F...3 MILES NORTHEAST OF REEDS...
HIGHWAY 97 JUST SOUTH OF STOTTS CITY...
ROUTE O AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ALBA.

RADAR ESTIMATES OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS 
THE WARNED ARE OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3721 9386 3708 9382 3705 9400 3714 9441
      3734 9444 3728 9410

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	45 min
Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dade	31 min
Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	38 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	6 hr
Jun 4, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	41 min
Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	50 min
Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	45 min
Jun 4, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Shannon, Texas	5 hr
Jun 4, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	42 min
Jun 4, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	48 min
Jun 4, 10:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	6 hr
Jun 4, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	49 min
Jun 4, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	36 min
Jun 4, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	50 min
Jun 4, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	47 min
Jun 5, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Stone	23 min
Jun 5, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	27 min
Jun 5, 1:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	23 min
Jun 5, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	44 min
Jun 5, 1:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	6 hr
Jun 5, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	44 min
Jun 5, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	28 min
Jun 5, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Stone	44 min
Jun 5, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone, Taney	40 min
Jun 5, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	51 min
Jun 5, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	26 min
Jun 5, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	36 min
Jun 5, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	6 hr
Jun 5, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	49 min
Jun 5, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	63 min
Jun 5, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	64 min
Jun 5, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	60 min
Jun 5, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	60 min
Jun 5, 9:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	50 min
Jun 5, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	62 hr
Jun 5, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	65 hr
Jun 5, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	62 min
Jun 5, 9:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	6 hr
Jun 5, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	60 min
Jun 5, 10:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Webster, Wright	66 min
Jun 5, 10:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene	3 hr
Jun 5, 10:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	4 hr
Jun 5, 10:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	23 min
Jun 5, 10:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	57 min
Jun 5, 11:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	17 min
Jun 5, 11:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	59 min
Jun 5, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	17 min
Jun 5, 12:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Vernon	3 hr
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 19 more	4 days
Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Vernon	18 hr

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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.