Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
066
WGUS73 KSGF 051730
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1230 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2015
MOC011-051739-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150805T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARTON MO-
1230 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3750 9461 3765 9462 3765 9452 3764 9408
3735 9408 3737 9462
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 3 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.