Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 1:08 PM CDT for Howell County, Shannon County, Texas 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 26, 2016, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Howell County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:23 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mountain View, MO | EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING STREETS IN THE COMMUNITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TO FLOOD. |
| Jul 26, 1:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mountain View, MO | MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE AND POLICE ARE NOW INDICATING THAT NEARLY ALL CITY STREETS IN THE CITY ARE FLOODING. THERE IS ALSO A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 17 THAT IS NOW FLOODING. |
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
755
WGUS53 KSGF 261808
FFWSGF
MOC091-203-215-270000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0047.160726T1808Z-160727T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
108 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 106 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 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...
MOUNTAIN VIEW... SUMMERSVILLE...
MONTIER... ARROLL...
TERESITA... PINE CREST...
ALLEY SPRING... EUNICE...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.
THE JACKS FORK RIVER WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE RISES FROM THIS
RAINFALL.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 9148 3716 9141 3713 9138 3709 9140
3705 9147 3701 9151 3697 9159 3693 9162
3690 9166 3690 9174 3694 9181 3702 9182
3710 9179 3714 9176 3719 9176 3722 9184
3727 9185 3730 9180 3727 9168 3723 9164
3722 9158 3721 9154
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
513
WGUS73 KSGF 261939
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
239 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
MOC091-203-215-270000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160727T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-TEXAS MO-
239 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL SHANNON...NORTHEASTERN HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
COUNTIES...
AT 238 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WAS
COMING TO AN END OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...UP TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3716 9148 3716 9141 3713 9138 3709 9140
3705 9147 3701 9151 3697 9159 3693 9162
3690 9166 3690 9174 3694 9181 3702 9182
3710 9179 3714 9176 3719 9176 3722 9184
3727 9185 3730 9180 3727 9168 3723 9164
3722 9158 3721 9154
$$
CRAMER187
WGUS73 KSGF 270000
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
MOC091-203-215-270010-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160727T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-TEXAS MO-
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SHANNON...NORTHEASTERN
HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
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 3716 9148 3716 9141 3713 9138 3709 9140
3705 9147 3701 9151 3697 9159 3693 9162
3690 9166 3690 9174 3694 9181 3702 9182
3710 9179 3714 9176 3719 9176 3722 9184
3727 9185 3730 9180 3727 9168 3723 9164
3722 9158 3721 9154
$$
FRYEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Stone | 6 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.