Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2016, 1:33 AM CDT for McDonald 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 9, 2016, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 7:30 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 06:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 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
- 2237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
208
WGUS53 KSGF 090633
FFWSGF
MOC119-091230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0033.160709T0633Z-160709T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
133 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT
* AT 132 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...
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 TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS
OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
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.
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 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407
$$
DSA2 follow-up statements
328 WGUS73 KSGF 090757 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 257 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 MOC119-091230- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160709T1230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 257 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY... AT 247 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SOME AREAS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF NOEL SINCE LATE SATURDAY EVENING. FLOODING ALONG MILL CREEK AND BUTLER CREEK IS LIKELY. OTHER AREAS AROUND TIFF CITY AND JUST WEST OF PINEVILLE HAVE SEEN THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED...BUT RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL CAUSE FLOODING. WATCH OUT FOR FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ DSA
189 WGUS73 KSGF 091224 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 724 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 MOC119-091230- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160709T1230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 724 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCDONALD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ DSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | McDonald | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 6 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.