Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2016, 7:40 AM CDT for Douglas County, Howell County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 10 hr. 2 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 4, 2016, 7:40 AM CDT (12:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Texas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:10 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Ava, MO | MODOT REPORTS ROUTE FF CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING EAST OF AVA. |
| Jun 4, 3:28 PM CDT | FLOOD | 8 Sse Mountain Grove, MO | STATE HIGHWAY EE IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG THE NORTH FORK RIVER |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
088
WGUS53 KSGF 041240
FFWSGF
MOC067-091-215-042245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0018.160604T1240Z-160604T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
740 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 737 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY...AS AN ADDITIONAL TWO
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE FF AT HUNTER CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE FF AT TURKEY CREEK EAST OF AVA...
ROUTE Y AT COWSKIN CREEK 3 MILES WEST OF AVA...
ROUTE Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...
AND ROUTE U...6 MILES EAST OF WILLOW SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3681 9291 3693 9291 3706 9249 3706 9223
3721 9196 3727 9165 3696 9166 3686 9187
3679 9212
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
026
WGUS73 KSGF 041534
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1034 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
MOC067-091-215-042245-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160604T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-TEXAS MO-DOUGLAS MO-
1034 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN HOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND DOUGLAS
COUNTIES...
AT 1030 AM CDT...DOUGLAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ROUTE FF
CLOSED 2 MILES EAST OF AVA NEAR HUNTER CREEK. THE BACK EDGE OF THE
RAIN HAS PUSHED INTO EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY WITH MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING OVER NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3681 9291 3693 9291 3706 9249 3706 9223
3721 9196 3727 9165 3696 9166 3686 9187
3679 9212
$$
RABERDING290
WGUS73 KSGF 042132
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
432 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
MOC067-091-215-042140-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160604T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-TEXAS MO-DOUGLAS MO-
432 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN HOWELL...SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED...CREEKS AND
STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE ACROSS THE AREA AND AN AREAL
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3681 9291 3693 9291 3706 9249 3706 9223
3721 9196 3727 9165 3696 9166 3686 9187
3679 9212
$$
BURCHFIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Shannon | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 22 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 34 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Shannon, Taney, Texas | 18 hr |
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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.