Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2016, 8:56 AM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:09 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.3 | 3 W Republic, MO | 2.30 INCHES OF RAIN. |
| Jul 25, 10:33 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Marionville, MO | EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAUSED HONEY CREEK TO FLOOD A SECTION OF FARM ROAD 2170 NORTHWEST OF MARIONVILLE. |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.
669
WGUS53 KSGF 251356
FFWSGF
MOC043-077-109-252000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0045.160725T1356Z-160725T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
856 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY
* AT 855 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...
NIXA... REPUBLIC...
AURORA... BATTLEFIELD...
MARIONVILLE... CLEVER...
BILLINGS... VERONA...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE P AT SPRING CREEK NORTH OF VERONA.
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 3693 9383 3696 9384 3707 9371 3713 9353
3712 9347 3716 9338 3713 9331 3709 9328
3704 9332 3704 9342 3700 9361 3696 9361
3692 9367
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
810
WGUS73 KSGF 251539
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1039 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
MOC043-077-109-252000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160725T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
1039 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES...
AT 1037 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG
THE GOOSE CREEK AND HONEY CREEK HEADWATER BASINS IN SOUTHEAST
LAWRENCE COUNTY. HONEY CREEK WAS FLOODING A SECTION OF FARM ROAD
2170. OTHER FARM ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD LATE THIS MORNING AND
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE P AT SPRING CREEK NORTH OF VERONA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3693 9383 3696 9384 3707 9371 3713 9353
3712 9347 3716 9338 3713 9331 3709 9328
3704 9332 3704 9342 3700 9361 3696 9361
3692 9367
$$
CRAMER076
WGUS73 KSGF 251952
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
252 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
MOC043-077-109-252002-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160725T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
252 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTH CENTRAL
GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 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 3693 9383 3696 9384 3707 9371 3713 9353
3712 9347 3716 9338 3713 9331 3709 9328
3704 9332 3704 9342 3700 9361 3696 9361
3692 9367
$$
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, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 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.