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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

June 16, 20155 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2015, 9:47 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2015, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Camden County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

395 
WGUS53 KSGF 170247
FFWSGF
MOC029-125-131-161-169-170900-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0021.150617T0247Z-150617T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
947 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* AT 944 PM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATED THAT    
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAD CLOSED SOME AREA    
  ROADS. ADDITIOANL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE   
  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BELLE...CROCKER...
  DIXON...DOOLITTLE...IBERIA...LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK...LAKE
  OZARK...LAKELAND...NEWBURG...OSAGE BEACH...ROLLA...ST. JAMES AND
  VIENNA. 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 HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
ROUTE N AT THE MARIES RIVER EAST OF BRINKTOWN...
HIGHWAY 8 FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT JAMES...
ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK JUST SOUTH OF DIXON...
ROUTE H...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOUTLAND.

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 3833 9226 3834 9220 3830 9218 3830 9165
      3816 9164 3815 9151 3789 9152 3789 9203
      3786 9242 3780 9254 3781 9256 3790 9263
      3800 9260 3824 9269 3835 9240

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Miller, Morgan12 hr
Jun 17, 12:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dade, Dallas, Laclede, Polk9 hr
Jun 17, 3:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski6 hr
Jun 17, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski4 days
Jun 17, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar4 days
Jun 17, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFLaclede4 days
Jun 17, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFPhelps9 days
Jun 17, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Maries and 5 more11 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.