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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ozark, MO | SEVERAL 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.
- 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
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
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
292
WGUS73 KSGF 010710
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
210 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
MOC043-010720-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160701T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-
210 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM
CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3681 9320 3709 9342 3710 9330 3708 9290
3681 9291
$$
LINDENBERGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Wright | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone, Taney | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more | 3 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.