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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 10:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 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, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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, 10:45 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Branson, MONUMEROUS SECTIONS OF ROADS WEST OF BRANSON HAD SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF FLOWING WATER. REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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°0°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.

529 
WGUS53 KSGF 010339
FFWSGF
MOC009-109-209-213-010845-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0026.160701T0339Z-160701T0845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1039 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
    
* AT 1038 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...
  BRANSON...                        TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...
  AURORA...                         HOLLISTER...
  SILVER DOLLAR CITY...             KIMBERLING CITY...
  FORSYTH...                        MARIONVILLE...
  MERRIAM WOODS...                  CRANE...
  REEDS SPRING...                   ROCKAWAY BEACH...
  VERONA...                         BULL CREEK...
  INDIAN POINT...                   BRANSON WEST...
  GALENA...                         MCCORD BEND...
  TABLE ROCK...                     KIRBYVILLE...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK JUST SOUTH OF GALENA...
ROUTE BB AT CRANE CREEK 2 MILES NORTH OF ELSEY...
AND ROUTE CC AT SPRING CREEK SOUTH OF HURLEY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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 3650 9336 3705 9389 3713 9372 3704 9361
      3700 9361 3700 9356 3681 9334 3666 9308
      3650 9307

$$

DSA

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, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian6 hr
Jun 30, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Taney27 min
Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone6 hr
Jul 1, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more3 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.