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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 2016Christian County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT for Christian 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 30, 2016, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Christian County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODOzark, MOSEVERAL ROADS FLOODED IN OZARK AND NIXA. ALSO A REPORT OF A ROAD WITH SIX INCHES OF FLOWING WATER JUST EAST OF SPARTA.

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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2034 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

437 
WGUS53 KSGF 010119
FFWSGF
MOC043-010715-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0024.160701T0119Z-160701T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
819 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
    
* AT 819 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO 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...
  NIXA...                           OZARK...
  SPARTA...                         HIGHLANDVILLE...
  FREMONT HILLS...                  ELKHEAD...
  CHADWICK...                       LINDEN...
  SELMORE...                        GARRISON...
  KELTNER...                        BRUNER...
  OLDFIELD...                       CHRISTIAN CENTER...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE U AT PEDELO CREEK NORTHEAST OF SPARTA...
AND RIVERDALE ROAD AT FINLEY CREEK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3681 9320 3709 9342 3710 9330 3708 9290
      3681 9291

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
292 
WGUS73 KSGF 010710
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
210 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016

MOC043-010720-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160701T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-
210 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 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 3681 9320 3709 9342 3710 9330 3708 9290
      3681 9291

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Texas, Wright46 min
Jun 30, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Webster52 min
Jun 30, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney27 min
Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone6 hr
Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone, Taney5 hr
Jul 1, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more3 days

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.