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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT for Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- May 9, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:25 PM CDT | FLOOD | 4 Sse Gainesville, MO | HIGHWAY T NORTHWEST OF MAMMOTH CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| May 9, 11:17 PM CDT | FLOOD | E Bakersfield, MO | MO-142 E BAKERSFIELD CLOSED DUE TO 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted.
573 WGUS53 KSGF 100118 FFWSGF MOC091-153-100415- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0005.160510T0118Z-160510T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 818 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. * CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WEST PLAINS... MOUNTAIN VIEW... POMONA... BAKERSFIELD... SOUTH FORK... BRANDSVILLE... MOODY... SILOAM SPRINGS... UDALL... TECUMSEH... PEACE VALLEY... LANTON... POTTERSVILLE... CAULFIELD... HARDENVILLE... WHITE CHURCH... THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON... HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY... ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE... HIGHWAY 142 AT MYATT CREEK 4 MILES EAST OF LANTON... AND ROUTE JJ AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. 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 3650 9249 3679 9211 3705 9166 3650 9168 $$ GRIFFIN
2 follow-up statements
502 WGUS73 KSGF 100247 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 947 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 MOC091-153-100415- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160510T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOWELL MO-OZARK MO- 947 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTIES... AT 947 PM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER CROSSINGS... HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON... HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY... ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE... HIGHWAY 142 AT MYATT CREEK 4 MILES EAST OF LANTON... AND ROUTE JJ AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3650 9249 3679 9211 3705 9166 3650 9168 $$ GRIFFIN
205 WGUS73 KSGF 100407 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1107 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 MOC091-153-100416- /O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160510T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HOWELL MO-OZARK MO- 1107 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 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. A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. LAT...LON 3650 9249 3679 9211 3705 9166 3650 9168 $$ GRIFFIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 26 min |
| May 9, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 38 min |
| May 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 39 min |
| May 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 6 hr |
| May 9, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Oregon | 6 hr |
| May 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 35 min |
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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.