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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO

May 31, 2016Barton County, Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT for Barton County, Dade 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: May 31, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1177 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

295 
WGUS53 KSGF 010131
FFWSGF
MOC011-057-010730-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0014.160601T0131Z-160601T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
831 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 830 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UONE TO FOUR  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY  OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 126 AND
  ROUTE U AS WELL AS ALONG MUDDY CREEK  AND THE NORTH FORK OF THE
  SPRING RIVER.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

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.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9428 3749 9387 3735 9388 3735 9426
      3736 9429

$$

GRIFFIN

3 follow-up statements

395 
WGUS73 KSGF 010339
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1039 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

MOC011-057-010730-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160601T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE MO-BARTON MO-
1039 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES...

AT 1036 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 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.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3748 9428 3749 9387 3735 9388 3735 9426
      3736 9429

$$

HATCH

283 
WGUS73 KSGF 010730
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
230 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

MOC011-057-010733-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160601T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE MO-BARTON MO-
230 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES IN PARTS OF BARTON COUNTY. NO ONGOING FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH IN CEDAR COUNTY. 

ANY ONGOING ISOLATED FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE BUT
SOME MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE MAY PERSIST. 

LAT...LON 3748 9428 3749 9387 3735 9388 3735 9426
      3736 9429

$$

DSA

386 
WGUS73 KSGF 010731
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
231 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

MOC011-057-010733-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160601T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE MO-BARTON MO-
231 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM EARLIER HEAVY
RAIN CONTINUES IN PARTS OF BARTON COUNTY. NO ONGOING FLOODING HAS
BEEN REPORTED BY COUNTY DISPATCH IN DADE COUNTY. 

ANY ONGOING ISOLATED FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE BUT
SOME MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE MAY PERSIST. 

LAT...LON 3748 9428 3749 9387 3735 9388 3735 9426
      3736 9429

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Dade	6 hr
May 31, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
May 31, 9:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	6 hr
Jun 1, 2:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Dade	6 hr
Jun 1, 1:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	6 hr
Jun 1, 2:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	4 hr
Jun 1, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	45 min
Jun 1, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Texas, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Jun 1, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Stone, Taney	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016 Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.