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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT for Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
- May 26, 2016, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Wnw Laurie, MO | HIGHWAY J FLOODED. WATER RESCUE IN PROGRESS. |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
046
WGUS53 KSGF 270144
FFWSGF
MOC131-141-270645-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0010.160527T0144Z-160527T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
844 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 844 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
VERSAILLES... LAKE OZARK...
STOVER... LAURIE...
BARNETT... SYRACUSE...
GRAVOIS MILLS... FLORENCE...
ROCKY MOUNT...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE BB AT GABRIEL CREEK NEAR FLORENCE...
ROUTE Z AT BLUE SPRING CREEK SOUTHEAST OF ROCKY MOUNT...
AND RITCHEY ROAD AT GRAVOIS CREEK NORTHEAST OF GRAVOIS MILLS.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9284 3860 9284 3843 9263 3821 9264
3823 9271 3822 9275 3824 9302 3827 9305
3827 9308 3869 9306
$$
FRYEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 28 min |
| May 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Miller | 4 hr |
| May 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton | 27 min |
| May 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | St. Clair | 51 min |
| May 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton | 5 hr |
| May 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Miller | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 41 min |
| May 27, 1:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Benton, Miller, Morgan | 9 hr |
| May 27, 10:03 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.