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Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Springfield, MO

August 5, 2015Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2015, 8:56 AM CDT for Barton 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2015, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Barton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 12:00Z on 2015-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 405 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

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

519 
WGUS53 KSGF 051356
FFWSGF
MOC011-052000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0079.150805T1356Z-150805T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
856 AM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
    
* AT 853 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
  BEGIN SHORTLY. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF 
  WESTERN BARTON COUNTY.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES CAN NOT BE RULED 
  OUT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. 

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PRAIRIE STATE PARK...             LAMAR...
  GOLDEN CITY...                    LIBERAL...
  NASHVILLE...                      MINDENMINES...
  ARCADIA...                        LAMAR HEIGHTS...
  IRWIN...                          BURGESS...
  MILFORD...                        KENOMA...
  OSKALOOSA...                      IANTHA...
  OAKTON...                         BOSTON...
  VERDELLA...                       HANNON...

DRY WOOD CREEK AND FLECK CREEK NEAR PRAIRIE STATE PARK WILL BE 
DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
HIGHWAY 126 AT THE SPRING RIVER 3 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD...
AND ROUTE M SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. 

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 3750 9461 3765 9462 3765 9452 3764 9408
      3735 9408 3737 9462

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
066 
WGUS73 KSGF 051730
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1230 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

MOC011-051739-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150805T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTON MO-
1230 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3750 9461 3765 9462 3765 9452 3764 9408
      3735 9408 3737 9462

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden50 min
Aug 4, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan48 min
Aug 5, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr

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.