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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO

July 26, 2016Dent County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT for Dent County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 26, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Dent County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2016-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1413 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

875 
WGUS53 KSGF 262022
FFWSGF
MOC065-270215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0048.160726T2022Z-160727T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
322 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 321 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE 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...
  SALEM...                          LENOX...
  BANGERT...                        ANUTT...
  SLIGO...                          LAKE SPRING...
  HOWES...                          

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE DD AT DRY FORK NORTHWEST OF SALEM...
AND ROUTE TT AT CROOKED CREEK JUST EAST OF SLIGO.

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 3769 9130 3762 9140 3757 9153 3753 9171
      3754 9176 3760 9176 3760 9181 3769 9181
      3776 9175 3779 9168 3779 9131

$$

CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
569 
WGUS73 KSGF 262200
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

MOC065-270215-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160727T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-
500 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN DENT COUNTY...

AT 456 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL
OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE
DECREASED...RESIDUAL FLOODING MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE. 

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE DD AT DRY FORK NORTHWEST OF SALEM...
AND ROUTE TT AT CROOKED CREEK JUST EAST OF SLIGO.

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.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3769 9130 3762 9140 3757 9153 3753 9171
      3754 9176 3760 9176 3760 9181 3769 9181
      3776 9175 3779 9168 3779 9131

$$

FRYE
762 
WGUS73 KSGF 270210
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
910 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

MOC065-270219-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160727T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DENT MO-
910 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN DENT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 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 3769 9130 3762 9140 3757 9153 3753 9171
      3754 9176 3760 9176 3760 9181 3769 9181
      3776 9175 3779 9168 3779 9131

$$

FRYE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 4:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon6 hr
Jul 26, 1:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Jul 26, 4:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 hr
Jul 26, 4:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFChristian, Stone6 hr

Nearby

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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.