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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Springfield, MO

July 14, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2016, 1:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 14, 2016, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2931 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
2931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
18.8

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The text

As transmitted.

031 
WGUS53 KSGF 140612
FFWSGF
MOC015-029-085-141-141215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0036.160714T0612Z-160714T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
112 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT THURSDAY
    
* AT 110 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE 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...
  TRUMAN STATE PARK...              OSAGE BEACH...
  WARSAW...                         LINCOLN...
  LAURIE...                         SUNRISE BEACH...
  PRESTON...                        CROSS TIMBERS...
  CLIMAX SPRINGS...                 FRISTOE...
  PURVIS...                         PALO PINTO...
  BARNUMTON...                      QUINCY...
  HURRICANE DECK...                 RACKET...
  KNOBBY...                         EDMONSON...
  HASTAIN...                        LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE V AT DEER CREEK NEAR HASTAIN...
ROUTE DD AT KNOBBY CREEK 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDWARDS...
ROUTE WW AT ARCHER CREEK NORTHEAST OF LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS...
ROUTE O NEAR LAURIE...
AND RAINY CREEK 2 MILES NORTH OF CLIMAX SPRINGS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES IS 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.

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 3849 9351 3814 9265 3807 9306 3790 9306
      3800 9351

$$

GAEDE
1 follow-up statement
944 
WGUS73 KSGF 141206
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
706 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

MOC015-029-085-141-141215-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160714T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORGAN MO-HICKORY MO-CAMDEN MO-BENTON MO-
706 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN...NORTHERN
HICKORY...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN AND BENTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715
AM CDT...

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 3849 9351 3814 9265 3807 9306 3790 9306
      3800 9351

$$

GAEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski43 min
Jul 13, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan50 min
Jul 13, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden51 min
Jul 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski34 min
Jul 13, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden28 min
Jul 13, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPulaski43 min
Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk22 min
Jul 13, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller17 min
Jul 13, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden28 min
Jul 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory37 min
Jul 13, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden41 min
Jul 13, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden26 min
Jul 13, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski10 hr
Jul 13, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Pulaski43 min
Jul 13, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHickory37 min
Jul 13, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMiller45 min
Jul 13, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory18 min
Jul 13, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPulaski50 min
Jul 13, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Hickory23 min
Jul 13, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas47 min
Jul 13, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton51 min
Jul 14, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas33 min
Jul 14, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede50 min
Jul 14, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright5 hr
Jul 14, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFGreene53 min
Jul 14, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian, Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Stone, Taney27 min
Jul 14, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon53 min
Jul 14, 5:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Taney, Webster and 1 more6 hr
Jul 14, 6:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright5 hr
Jul 14, 10:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Ozark and 3 more12 hr
Jul 14, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper46 min
Jul 14, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper6 hr
Jul 14, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton41 min
Jul 14, 1:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFGreene8 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.