Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT for Laclede County, Texas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 3, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Laclede County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wnw Lynchburg, MO | PUBLIC REPORT OF NORRIS CREEK OUT OF BANKS AFTER RISING SEVERAL FEET RAPIDLY FLOODING PROPERTY. MEARSURED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT LOCATION |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
580
WGUS53 KSGF 032214
FFWSGF
MOC105-215-229-040415-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0059.160803T2214Z-160804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
514 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 513 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS. 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...
CABOOL... DAWSON...
HUGGINS... PLATO...
MANES... BENDAVIS...
GRAFF... LYNCHBURG...
SIMMONS... ELK CREEK...
COMPETITION...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE U AT THE JACKS FORK 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEAR SPRINGS...
ROUTE O AT COBB CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COMPETITION...
AND ROUTE Z AT ELK CREEK SOUTH OF COMPETITION.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 9214 3753 9254 3761 9228 3733 9201
3705 9186
$$
HATCH2 follow-up statements
336
WGUS73 KSGF 040249
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
949 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
MOC105-215-229-040415-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LACLEDE MO-WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-
949 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE...NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
COUNTIES...
AT 943 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING. AN
UNOFFICIAL MEASUREMENT OF OVER FIVE INCHES WAS REPORTED THREE MILES
NORTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG IN SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY. FLOODING WAS
ALSO REPORTED AT THAT LOCATION ON NORRIS CREEK.
RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA BUT RESIDUAL FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY
OCCURING THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 9214 3753 9254 3761 9228 3733 9201
3705 9186
$$
DSA694
WGUS73 KSGF 040410
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1110 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
MOC105-215-229-040415-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LACLEDE MO-WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-
1110 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE...NORTHEASTERN
WRIGHT AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
CALLS TO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE NO ONGOING SERIOUS IMPACTS
DUE TO FLOODING. SOME CONTINUED LOCALIZED RESIDUAL ROAD FLOODING MAY
BE POSSIBLE...BUT FURTHER WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS UNLIKELY.
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3706 9214 3753 9254 3761 9228 3733 9201
3705 9186
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Morgan | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Morgan | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Camden | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:26 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 4 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.