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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO

June 1, 2016Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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: Jun 1, 2016, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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
Jun 1, 2:39 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Neosho, MO	1.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 20 MINUTE TIME FRAME HAS RAPID FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY OF NEOSHO. OFFICIALS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BARRICADING CITY STREETS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE TO MOTORISTS.
Jun 1, 2:50 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Neosho, MO	WATER RESCUES ARE ON GOING AROUND THE NEOSHO AREA AT THIS TIME.
Jun 1, 3:01 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Neosho, MO	OFFICIALS HAD TO RESCUE A PERSON FROM A NEAR DROWNING DUE TO FLASH FLOODING NEAR FREEMAN STREET AND JOPLIN STREET IN NEOSHO.

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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

647 
WGUS53 KSGF 011927
FFWSGF
MOC145-012330-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0017.160601T1927Z-160601T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
227 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 223 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN FALLING WITHIN THE CITY OF NEOSHO. UP TO ONE INCH OF
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. NEWTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
  MEASURED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A TEN MINUTE PERIOD. FLASH FLOODING
  IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF
  NEOSHO.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NEOSHO...                         

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO.

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 3686 9430 3682 9434 3682 9440 3684 9445
      3689 9446 3692 9441 3692 9435 3689 9431

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

290 
WGUS73 KSGF 012058
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
358 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

MOC145-012330-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160601T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEWTON MO-
358 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY...

AT 356 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A VERY SHORT TIME
FRAME OVER THE CITY OF NEOSHO.  THIS CREATED DANGEROUS FLASH
FLOODING RESULTING IN WATER RESCUES.  

RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF IN NEOSHO...HOWEVER...RESIDUAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NEOSHO...                         

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO.

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 3686 9430 3682 9434 3682 9440 3684 9445
      3689 9446 3692 9441 3692 9435 3689 9431

$$

CRAMER

232 
WGUS73 KSGF 012329
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
629 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

MOC145-012339-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160601T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEWTON MO-
629 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3686 9430 3682 9434 3682 9440 3684 9445
      3689 9446 3692 9441 3692 9435 3689 9431

$$

GRIFFIN

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, 8:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	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, 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

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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.