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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2016, 10:57 PM CDT for Camden County, Dallas County, Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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 16, 2016, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Camden County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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 16, 11:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lebanon, MO | HIGH WATER RESCUE ONGOING WITH 3 PEOPLE IN A CAR NEAR LAWSON AVE AND EVERGREEN PARKWAY IN LEBANON. |
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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
431
WGUS53 KSGF 170357
FFWSGF
MOC029-059-105-171000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0020.160617T0357Z-160617T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1057 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 1056 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. 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...
LEBANON... HA HA TONKA STATE PARK...
BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK... CAMDENTON...
MORGAN... CONWAY...
MACKS CREEK... PHILLIPSBURG...
STOUTLAND... BENNETT SPRINGS...
CLIMAX SPRINGS... TWIN BRIDGES...
TUNAS... BRANCH...
PLAD... DECATURVILLE...
FALCON... DRY KNOB...
COMPETITION... LYNCHBURG...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOUTLAND...
ROUTE J AT PARKS CREEK 2 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...
ROUTE B...2 MILES WEST OF CONWAY...
ROUTE P JUST NORTH OF LONG LANE...
AND HIGHWAY 32...1 MILE EAST OF LONG LANE.
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 3819 9298 3781 9241 3772 9241 3764 9225
3747 9225 3748 9284 3790 9307 3818 9306
3820 9307
$$
GRIFFIN3 follow-up statements
735
WGUS73 KSGF 170454
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2016
MOC029-059-105-171000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160617T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DALLAS MO-LACLEDE MO-CAMDEN MO-
1154 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
FOR NORTHEASTERN DALLAS...LACLEDE AND SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...
AT 1152 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AROUND THE LEBANON AND THE ELDRIDGE
AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LEBANON... HA HA TONKA STATE PARK...
BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK... CAMDENTON...
MORGAN... CONWAY...
MACKS CREEK... PHILLIPSBURG...
STOUTLAND... BENNETT SPRINGS...
CLIMAX SPRINGS... TWIN BRIDGES...
TUNAS... BRANCH...
PLAD... DECATURVILLE...
FALCON... DRY KNOB...
COMPETITION... LYNCHBURG...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOUTLAND...
ROUTE J AT PARKS CREEK 2 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...
ROUTE B...2 MILES WEST OF CONWAY...
ROUTE P JUST NORTH OF LONG LANE...
AND HIGHWAY 32...1 MILE EAST OF LONG LANE.
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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 9298 3781 9241 3772 9241 3764 9225
3747 9225 3748 9284 3790 9307 3818 9306
3820 9307
$$
GRIFFIN159
WGUS73 KSGF 170807
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
307 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MOC029-059-105-171000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160617T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DALLAS MO-LACLEDE MO-CAMDEN MO-
307 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FRIDAY
FOR NORTHEASTERN DALLAS...LACLEDE AND SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...
AT 304 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN. 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...
LEBANON... HA HA TONKA STATE PARK...
BENNETT SPRING STATE PARK... CAMDENTON...
MORGAN... CONWAY...
MACKS CREEK... PHILLIPSBURG...
STOUTLAND... BENNETT SPRINGS...
CLIMAX SPRINGS... TWIN BRIDGES...
TUNAS... BRANCH...
PLAD... DECATURVILLE...
FALCON... DRY KNOB...
COMPETITION... LYNCHBURG...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF STOUTLAND...
ROUTE J AT PARKS CREEK 2 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...
ROUTE B...2 MILES WEST OF CONWAY...
ROUTE P JUST NORTH OF LONG LANE...
AND HIGHWAY 32...1 MILE EAST OF LONG LANE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND BENNETT SPRINGS STATE PARK OVER THE
PAST FEW HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE CREEEKS AND STREAMS UPSTREAM OF THE PARK.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 9298 3781 9241 3772 9241 3764 9225
3747 9225 3748 9284 3790 9307 3818 9306
3820 9307
$$
HATCH237
WGUS73 KSGF 170953
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
453 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MOC029-059-105-171002-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160617T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DALLAS MO-LACLEDE MO-CAMDEN MO-
453 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DALLAS...LACLEDE AND
SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3819 9298 3781 9241 3772 9241 3764 9225
3747 9225 3748 9284 3790 9307 3818 9306
3820 9307
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, St. Clair | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | St. Clair | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 10:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Laclede | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 12:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Texas, Wright | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.