Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 4:42 PM CDT for McDonald 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, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 26, 5:22 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pineville, MO | MAIN STREET IN PINEVILLE IMPASSABLE AND CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. |
| Jul 26, 5:39 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ese Pineville, MO | 10 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER OLD 88 HIGHWAY. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
697
WGUS53 KSGF 262142
FFWSGF
MOC119-270345-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.160726T2142Z-160727T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
442 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 442 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.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK... ANDERSON...
NOEL... DODGE...
GOODMAN... SOUTH WEST CITY...
PINEVILLE... LANAGAN...
CAYUGA... POWELL...
TIFF CITY... ROCKY COMFORT...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL...
HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE.
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.
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 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407
$$
FRYE3 follow-up statements
215 WGUS73 KSGF 270059 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 759 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 MOC119-270345- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160727T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 759 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY... AT 750 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONALLY...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF JANE AND PINEVILLE EARLIER THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON... ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL... HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON... AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ FRYE
514 WGUS73 KSGF 270215 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 915 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 MOC119-270345- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160727T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 915 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY... AT 912 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MUCH OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS DISSIPATED OR MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THE THREAT OF RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. . THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON... ROUTE DD AT THE ELK RIVER JUST NORTH OF NOEL... HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON... AND HIGHWAY 90 AT LITTLE SUGAR CREEK NEAR JANE. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ FRYE
407 WGUS73 KSGF 270341 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1041 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 MOC119-270347- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160727T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MCDONALD MO- 1041 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCDONALD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER WATER LEVELS ON SOME STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGHER THAN NORMAL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3650 9407 $$ FOSTER
The 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, 1:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 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.