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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 9:31 AM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2016, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted.
723 WGUS53 KSGF 031431 FFWSGF MOC009-209-032030- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0029.160703T1431Z-160703T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 931 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT SUNDAY * AT 928 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO AS MUCH AS FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN BARRY AND SOUTHERN STONE COUNTIES. 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... ROARING RIVER STATE PARK... CASSVILLE... SILVER DOLLAR CITY... KIMBERLING CITY... SHELL KNOB... REEDS SPRING... SELIGMAN... EXETER... WHEATON... INDIAN POINT... BRANSON WEST... BUTTERFIELD... GALENA... WASHBURN... MCCORD BEND... GOLDEN... EMERALD BEACH... EAGLE ROCK... BLUE EYE... CHAIN-O-LAKES... THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING... ROUTE Y AT FLAT CREEK JUST NORTHEAST OF CASSVILLE... HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK SOUTH OF JENKINS... HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK NEAR JENKINS... AND HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK JUST SOUTH OF GALENA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3650 9407 3677 9407 3682 9331 3650 9332 $$ SCHAUMANN
2 follow-up statements
589 WGUS73 KSGF 031653 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1153 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 MOC009-209-032030- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160703T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARRY MO-STONE MO- 1153 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES... AT 1152 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED TWO TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MORNING WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND FOUR INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY. THIS IS LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ROARING RIVER STATE PARK... CASSVILLE... SILVER DOLLAR CITY... KIMBERLING CITY... SHELL KNOB... REEDS SPRING... SELIGMAN... EXETER... WHEATON... INDIAN POINT... BRANSON WEST... BUTTERFIELD... GALENA... WASHBURN... MCCORD BEND... GOLDEN... EMERALD BEACH... EAGLE ROCK... BLUE EYE... CHAIN-O-LAKES... THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING... ROUTE Y AT FLAT CREEK JUST NORTHEAST OF CASSVILLE... HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK SOUTH OF JENKINS... HIGHWAY 39 AT FLAT CREEK NEAR JENKINS... AND HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK JUST SOUTH OF GALENA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3650 9407 3677 9407 3682 9331 3650 9332 $$ SCHAUMANN
666 WGUS73 KSGF 032016 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 316 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 MOC009-209-032023- /O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160703T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BARRY MO-STONE MO- 316 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA AND MOVE BACK IN TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING TO REDEVELOP. LAT...LON 3650 9407 3677 9407 3682 9331 3650 9332 $$ RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.