Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 16, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Benton County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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608 
WGUS53 KSGF 170131
FFWSGF
MOC015-170730-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0019.160617T0131Z-160617T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
831 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT FRIDAY
    
* AT 829 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS. 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...
  TRUMAN STATE PARK...              WARSAW...
  LINCOLN...                        COLE CAMP...
  IONIA...                          FRISTOE...
  PALO PINTO...                     RACKET...
  KNOBBY...                         EDMONSON...
  HASTAIN...                        MORA...
  LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...               ZORA...
  CROCKERVILLE...                   BRANDON...
  WHITAKERVILLE...                  EDWARDS...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE V AT DEER CREEK NEAR HASTAIN...
ROUTE DD AT KNOBBY CREEK 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDWARDS...
ROUTE WW AT ARCHER CREEK NORTHEAST OF LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...
ROUTE B AT WILLIAMS CREEK SOUTHEAST OF COLE CAMP...
AND ROUTE F AT COLE CAMP CREEK SOUTHWEST OF COLE CAMP.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 9307 3819 9308 3819 9306 3806 9307
      3808 9350 3820 9350 3821 9353 3851 9351
      3851 9330 3854 9329

$$

GRIFFIN

124 
WGUS73 KSGF 170417
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1117 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2016

MOC015-170730-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160617T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BENTON MO-
1117 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
BENTON COUNTY...

AT 1115 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS
EVENING PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING OF SOME LOW WATER
CROSSINGS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN HILLY TERRAIN IS EXPECTED.


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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3821 9309 3820 9308 3819 9308 3819 9306
      3806 9307 3808 9350 3820 9350 3821 9353
      3851 9351 3851 9344

$$

GRIFFIN

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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.