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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Springfield, MO

July 14, 2016Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2016, 11:04 AM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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 14, 2016, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 11:26 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 E Joplin, MOEXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 249 AND 7TH STREET IN EAST JOPLIN.

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 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-347 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
14.7

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The text

As transmitted.

499 
WGUS53 KSGF 141604
FFWSGF
MOC097-142200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0040.160714T1604Z-160714T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1104 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
    
* AT 1103 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN NEAR CARL JUNCTION. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  JOPLIN...                         WEBB CITY...
  CARL JUNCTION...                  ORONOGO...
  CARTERVILLE...                    DUQUESNE...
  DUENWEG...                        AIRPORT DRIVE...
  ASBURY...                         WACO...
  IRON GATES...                     OAKLAND PARK...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
ROUTE JJ AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF CARL JUNCTION...
SCHIFFERDECKER ROAD AT TURKEY CREEK IN JOPLIN...
AND ROUTE D AT CENTER CREEK SOUTHEAST OF ORONOGO.

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 3723 9461 3727 9462 3727 9457 3724 9450
      3718 9444 3710 9440 3706 9440 3705 9454
      3707 9458 3711 9462 3723 9462

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
959 
WGUS73 KSGF 141952
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
252 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

MOC097-142002-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160714T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER MO-
252 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY 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 3723 9461 3727 9462 3727 9457 3724 9450
      3718 9444 3710 9440 3706 9440 3705 9454
      3707 9458 3711 9462 3723 9462

$$

CRAMER

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, 1:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan6 hr
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, 11:25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.