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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 9:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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, 9:30 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 S Republic, MO	SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY P AND COUNTY FR149.

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

551 
WGUS53 KSGF 010220
FFWSGF
MOC043-077-109-209-010815-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0025.160701T0220Z-160701T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
    
* AT 920 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...
  REPUBLIC...                       CLEVER...
  BILLINGS...                       HIGHLANDVILLE...
  HURLEY...                         SPOKANE...
  HALLTOWN...                       CHESAPEAKE...
  PONCE DE LEON...                  BOAZ...
  CHESTNUTRIDGE...                  

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE O AT TORY CREEK 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHLANDVILLE...
ROUTE CC AT SPRING CREEK SOUTH OF HURLEY...
AND ROUTE DD AT TURNBACK CREEK NORTHEAST OF MILLER.

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 3684 9343 3690 9352 3706 9367 3722 9380
      3725 9379 3726 9375 3715 9348 3709 9342
      3682 9320 3682 9330 3681 9331 3681 9334

$$

CRAMER

1 follow-up statement

097 
WGUS73 KSGF 010807
FFSSGF

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

MOC043-077-109-209-010816-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160701T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
307 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHWESTERN
GREENE...NORTHERN STONE AND NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 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 3684 9343 3690 9352 3706 9367 3722 9380
      3725 9379 3726 9375 3715 9348 3709 9342
      3682 9320 3682 9330 3681 9331 3681 9334

$$

LINDENBERG

The 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, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian	6 hr
Jun 30, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	27 min
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.