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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2016, 8:08 AM CDT for Christian County, Douglas County, Webster 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 25, 2016, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Webster County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:36 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Seymour, MO | EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED SEVERAL CITY STREETS IN THE CITY OF SEYMOUR TO FLOOD. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
604
WGUS53 KSGF 251308
FFWSGF
MOC043-067-225-251915-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0044.160725T1308Z-160725T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
808 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT MONDAY
* AT 808 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...
MARSHFIELD... SEYMOUR...
FORDLAND... NIANGUA...
DUNCAN... DIGGINS...
ELKHEAD... KELTNER...
BRUNER... DOGWOOD...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE A JUST SOUTH OF MARSHFIELD...
ROUTE Z AT FINLEY CREEK 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORDLAND...
ROUTE A AT THE JAMES RIVER 4 MILES NORTH OF DIGGINS...
AND NORTH IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD AT PANTHER CREEK NEAR FORDLAND.
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 3689 9297 3693 9302 3701 9304 3712 9303
3724 9299 3732 9294 3737 9290 3739 9283
3737 9275 3733 9269 3705 9269 3692 9282
3688 9290
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
303
WGUS73 KSGF 251536
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1036 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
MOC043-067-225-251915-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160725T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-WEBSTER MO-DOUGLAS MO-
1036 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHERN WEBSTER AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES...
AT 1036 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE A JUST SOUTH OF MARSHFIELD...
ROUTE Z AT FINLEY CREEK 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORDLAND...
ROUTE A AT THE JAMES RIVER 4 MILES NORTH OF DIGGINS...
AND NORTH IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD AT PANTHER CREEK NEAR FORDLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3689 9297 3693 9302 3701 9304 3712 9303
3724 9299 3732 9294 3737 9290 3739 9283
3737 9275 3733 9269 3705 9269 3692 9282
3688 9290
$$
CRAMER821
WGUS73 KSGF 251905
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
205 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
MOC043-067-225-251915-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160725T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-WEBSTER MO-DOUGLAS MO-
205 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHERN
WEBSTER AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM
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 3689 9297 3693 9302 3701 9304 3712 9303
3724 9299 3732 9294 3737 9290 3739 9283
3737 9275 3733 9269 3705 9269 3692 9282
3688 9290
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Morgan | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 3:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 7:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Polk and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 5 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.