Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT for Lawrence 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 29, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 29, 8:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Ene Miller, MO | EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED TURNBACK CREEK TO FLOOD A SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 2025. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR FLOODING ACROSS OLD HIGHWAY 266 FROM TURNBACK CREEK. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
225
WGUS53 KSGF 292306
FFWSGF
MOC109-300500-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0023.160629T2306Z-160630T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
606 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 605 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE TURNBACK CREEK BASIN BETWEEN
THE TOWNS OF MILLER AND HALLTOWN.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HALLTOWN...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE DD AT TURNBACK CREEK NORTHEAST OF MILLER.
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 3717 9376 3722 9379 3725 9383 3729 9379
3728 9367 3723 9366 3720 9361 3712 9361
3712 9366
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
123
WGUS73 KSGF 300221
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
921 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
MOC109-300500-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160630T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE MO-
921 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...
AT 919 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING ALONG SECTIONS OF TURNBACK CREEK.
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN TURNBACK CREEK OVER NORTHEAST LAWRENCE
COUNTY. THIS WATER IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECEDE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 9376 3722 9379 3725 9383 3729 9379
3728 9367 3723 9366 3720 9361 3712 9361
3712 9366
$$
CRAMER404
WGUS73 KSGF 300458
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1158 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
MOC109-300507-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160630T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAWRENCE MO-
1158 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1200 AM 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 3717 9376 3722 9379 3725 9383 3729 9379
3728 9367 3723 9366 3720 9361 3712 9361
3712 9366
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 18 min |
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.