Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 5:32 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jul 3, 2016, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:48 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Pineville, MO | FLOODING ALONG BIG SUGAR CREEK HAS CAUSE 2 LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON BIG SUGAR CREEK ROAD TO BECOME IMPASSABLE |
| Jul 3, 7:50 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Wnw Pineville, MO | HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD NEAR LANAGAN IS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted.
887
WGUS53 KSGF 031032
FFWSGF
MOC119-031630-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0027.160703T1032Z-160703T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
532 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 531 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 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...
BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK... ANDERSON...
NOEL... DODGE...
GOODMAN... SOUTH WEST CITY...
PINEVILLE... LANAGAN...
CAYUGA... POWELL...
TIFF CITY... ROCKY COMFORT...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL...
HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE.
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 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407
$$
LINDENBERG2 follow-up statements
559 WGUS73 KSGF 031344 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 844 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 MOC119-031630- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160703T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 844 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY... AT 841 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING...MAINLY OVER LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG HAPPY HOLLOW ROAD NEAR LANAGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ LINDENBERG
565 WGUS73 KSGF 031630 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1130 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 MOC119-031639- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160703T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 1130 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCDONALD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 AM CDT... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS UNTIL 515 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ SCHAUMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | McDonald | 14 hr |
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.