Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 10 hr. 7 reports 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
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 5:11 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, MO | WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BARNES AND BENNETT. ALSO...SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODING NEAR PATTERSON...ROCKHURST...AND BELLVIEW...WHICH ARE ALL ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF SPRINGFIELD. |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, MO | TWO FEET OF WATER OVER A SECTION OF UNIVERSITY STREET AT THE 2900 BLOCK. |
| Mar 13, 7:13 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, MO | FLASH FLOODING HAS CREATED IMPASSABLE CONDITIONS AT GLENSTONE AND ST. LOUIS STREETS. |
| Mar 13, 7:35 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, MO | 6 RESIDENCES HAVE EXPERIENCED FLASH FLOODING IN HOMES IN EAST AND CENTRAL SPRINGFIELD. |
| Mar 13, 10:25 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.53 | 5 Wnw Turners, MO | 4.53 INCHES OF RAINFALL MEASURED AT SHADY DELL ELEMENTARY |
| Mar 13, 10:25 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.72 | 3 Nnw Galloway, MO | 4.72 INCHES OF RAINFALL MEASURED |
| Mar 13, 10:25 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.93 | 4 N Galloway, MO | 5.93 INCHES OF RAINFALL MEASURED AT BINGHAM ELEMENTARY |
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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 733 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
634
WGUS53 KSGF 140000
FFWSGF
MOC077-140600-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0001.160314T0000Z-160314T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
700 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 657 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SPRINGFIELD. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
JORDAN CREEK AND PIERSON CREEKS WILL BE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY
FLOODING.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD... STRAFFORD...
TURNERS... GALLOWAY...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 3710 9333 3716 9335 3731 9329 3733 9308
3709 9310
$$
RUNNELS6 follow-up statements
699
WGUS73 KSGF 140021
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
721 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
MOC077-140600-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
721 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
AT 715 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
SPRINGFIELD...WITH AT LEAST ONE WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS. DOPPLER
RADAR HAS DETECTED OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING LEADING TO DANGEROUS FLOODING. RAPID RISES IN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS ALONG PIERSON AND JORDAN CREEKS...WITH FASSNIGHT CREEK ALSO
EXPECTED TO FLOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 9333 3716 9335 3731 9329 3733 9308
3709 9310
$$
RUNNELS410
WGUS73 KSGF 140042
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
742 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
MOC077-140600-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
742 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SPRINGFIELD...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
AT 738 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE SIX INCHES OF
RAIN IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES HAS RESULTED IN DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING
INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN SPRINGFIELD. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE
ALSO PARTICIPATING IN OVER A DOZEN WATER RESCUES AS MANY ROADS IN
SPRINGFIELD HAVE ALSO FLOODED.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER SPRINGFIELD
THIS EVENING.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORDINARILY IN
SAFE LOCATIONS DURING PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENTS ARE NOW IN A LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 9333 3716 9335 3731 9329 3733 9308
3709 9310
$$
RUNNELS624
WGUS53 KSGF 140302
FFWSGF
MOC077-141200-
/O.EXT.KSGF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1002 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL SPRINGFIELD...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 958 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING ONGOING OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL SPRINGFIELD. THE
HEADWATERS REGION OF JORDAN CREEK HAS BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. UP
TO 60 WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL
SPRINGFIELD.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD... STRAFFORD...
TURNERS... GALLOWAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORDINARILY IN SAFE
LOCATIONS DURING PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENTS ARE NOW IN A
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3710 9333 3716 9335 3731 9329 3733 9308
3709 9310
$$
CRAMER134
WGUS73 KSGF 140418
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1118 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
MOC077-141200-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
1118 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR GREENE COUNTY...
AT 1115 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO SEVEN INCHES FELL OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL
SPRINGFIELD EARLIER THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
JORDAN AND WILSON CREEKS WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST BY THIS FLOODING.
LOW AREAS NEAR RUTLEDGE WILSON FARM AND FARM ROAD 156 ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME IMPASSABLE TO MOTORISTS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9333 3716 9335 3717 9335 3722 9332
3723 9329 3723 9310 3714 9310 3711 9322
$$
CRAMER506
WGUS73 KSGF 140653
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
153 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
MOC077-141200-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
153 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
AT 137 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOOD WATERS HAD
RECEDED OR WERE RECEDING IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY
SPRINGFIELD WHERE FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING. HOWEVER
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG STRETCHES OF WILSON CREEK.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...
LOW WATER CROSSINGS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING INCLUDE...
FARM ROAD 156 THAT CROSSES WILSON CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 9333 3716 9335 3717 9335 3722 9332
3723 9329 3723 9310 3714 9310 3711 9322
$$
FOSTER944
WGUS73 KSGF 141011
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
MOC077-141020-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
511 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR FLOODED
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ALONG WILSON CREEK...AND HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3712 9333 3716 9335 3717 9335 3722 9332
3723 9329 3723 9310 3714 9310 3711 9322
$$
FOSTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:47 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 19 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:50 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, McDonald, Newton and 2 more | 23 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.