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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2016, 11:57 PM CDT for Dent County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- May 28, 2016, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dent County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
202
WGUS53 KSGF 290457
FFWSGF
MOC065-161-290800-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0012.160529T0457Z-160529T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1157 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTH CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 1155 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SLOWMOVING
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN A SHORT TIME. 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...
EDGAR SPRINGS... LECOMA...
ANUTT...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H AT LITTLE PINEY CREEK SOUTHEAST OF EDGAR SPRINGS.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 9172 3770 9166 3761 9189 3770 9194
$$
DSA1 follow-up statement
207 WGUS73 KSGF 290753 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 253 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 MOC065-161-290803- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160529T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DENT MO-PHELPS MO- 253 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3779 9172 3770 9166 3761 9189 3770 9194 $$ LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 25 min |
| May 28, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 27 min |
| May 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 48 min |
| May 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 6 hr |
| May 28, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 47 min |
| May 28, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 50 min |
| May 28, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 51 min |
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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.