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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT for Benton County, Camden County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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 15, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Hickory County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 941 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted.
480
WGUS53 KSGF 160145
FFWSGF
MOC015-029-085-160545-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0041.160716T0145Z-160716T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
845 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 844 PM 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. AREAS
AROUND DEER AND TURKEY CREEK HAVE SEE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLS.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CROSS TIMBERS... CLIMAX SPRINGS...
FRISTOE... KNOBBY...
EDWARDS...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
RAINY CREEK 2 MILES NORTH OF CLIMAX SPRINGS.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3817 9306 3806 9299 3797 9307 3801 9333
3806 9342 3817 9344 3819 9321
$$
HATCH2 follow-up statements
023
WGUS73 KSGF 160317
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1017 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
MOC015-029-085-160545-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160716T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HICKORY MO-CAMDEN MO-BENTON MO-
1017 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HICKORY...WEST CENTRAL CAMDEN AND SOUTHERN BENTON
COUNTIES...
AT 1016 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
RAINY CREEK 2 MILES NORTH OF CLIMAX SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3817 9306 3806 9299 3797 9307 3801 9333
3806 9342 3817 9344 3819 9321
$$
HATCH242
WGUS73 KSGF 160425
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1125 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
MOC015-029-085-160435-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160716T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HICKORY MO-CAMDEN MO-BENTON MO-
1125 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HICKORY...WEST CENTRAL
CAMDEN AND SOUTHERN BENTON 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 3817 9306 3806 9299 3797 9307 3801 9333
3806 9342 3817 9344 3819 9321
$$
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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.