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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2016Miller County, Morgan County, Missouri

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 10:06 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 Wnw Laurie, MOHIGHWAY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2671 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

FRYE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair28 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMiller26 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMiller4 hr
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton27 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFSt. Clair51 min
May 26, 8:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton5 hr
May 26, 8:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller5 hr
May 26, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent, Phelps41 min
May 27, 1:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBenton, Miller, Morgan9 hr
May 27, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchSGFVernon4 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.