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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Springfield, MO

July 8, 2016Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 1:05 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. 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 8, 2016, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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
Jul 8, 1:38 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Sw West Mineral, KSEXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED FLASH FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOW LYING AREAS IN WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Jul 8, 1:38 AM CDTFLASH FLOODWebb City, MOEXCESSIVE RAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ON A FEW CITY STREETS IN WEBB CITY.

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2840 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
2840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

As transmitted.

826 
WGUS53 KSGF 080605
FFWSGF
KSC021-MOC097-145-081200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0032.160708T0605Z-160708T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
105 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
    
* AT 105 AM 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...
  JOPLIN...                         CARTHAGE...
  WEBB CITY...                      CARL JUNCTION...
  BAXTER SPRINGS...                 COLUMBUS...
  GALENA...                         ORONOGO...
  CARTERVILLE...                    DUQUESNE...
  DUENWEG...                        LOMA LINDA...
  AIRPORT DRIVE...                  LEAWOOD...
  LOWELL...                         SILVER CREEK...
  ALBA...                           SCAMMON...
  PURCELL...                        SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS...
ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION...
ROUTE O AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF ALBA...
AND SCHIFFERDECKER ROAD AT TURKEY CREEK IN JOPLIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3726 9502 3728 9486 3727 9441 3724 9426
      3716 9416 3707 9420 3703 9429 3702 9434
      3699 9470 3700 9507 3720 9508

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
408 
WGUS73 KSGF 081005
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
505 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KSC021-MOC097-145-081015-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160708T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHEROKEE KS-NEWTON MO-JASPER MO-
505 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN NEWTON AND
SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 3726 9502 3728 9486 3727 9441 3724 9426
      3716 9416 3707 9420 3703 9429 3702 9434
      3699 9470 3700 9507 3720 9508

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon66 min
Jul 7, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon65 min
Jul 8, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper56 min
Jul 8, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade52 min
Jul 8, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton61 min
Jul 8, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk64 min
Jul 8, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, McDonald, Stone, Taney62 min
Jul 8, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster46 min
Jul 8, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas, Taney50 min
Jul 8, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas, Wright40 min
Jul 8, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps52 min
Jul 8, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney62 min
Jul 8, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell61 min
Jul 8, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas57 min
Jul 8, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon58 min
Jul 7, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon, Crawford54 min
Jul 7, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford57 min

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.