Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2016, 3:38 AM CDT for Barton County, Cedar County, Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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 11, 2016, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 11, 6:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.8 | 7 N Lamar, MO | 24HR TOTAL. THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN MOVED IN OVERNIGHT. |
| May 11, 7:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ese Arcadia, MO | STATE HIGHWAY K CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING. |
| May 11, 8:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.11 | Fort Scott, KS | RECEIVED PERIODIC PEA SIZE HAIL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FROM 1 TO 430 AM. 24HR PRECIP TOTAL. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WGUS53 KSGF 110838
FFWSGF
KSC011-MOC011-039-217-111430-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0006.160511T0838Z-160511T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
338 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...
WESTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 337 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES
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...
NEVADA... FORT SCOTT...
EL DORADO SPRINGS... SHELDON...
MONTEVALLO... BRONAUGH...
JERICO SPRINGS... FULTON...
MOUNDVILLE... RICHARDS...
MILO... MAPLETON...
DEERFIELD... IRWIN...
MILFORD... FILLEY...
CEDAR SPRINGS... DEVON...
VERDELLA... XENIA...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD...
HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON...
HIGHWAY 54...3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
AND ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE.
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 3804 9464 3793 9455 3784 9431 3790 9406
3789 9381 3761 9382 3758 9394 3758 9407
3754 9408 3758 9452 3803 9503
$$
BOXELL2 follow-up statements
065
WGUS73 KSGF 111111
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
611 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
KSC011-MOC011-039-217-111430-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160511T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KS-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-BARTON MO-
611 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN BOURBON...WESTERN CEDAR...SOUTHERN VERNON AND NORTHERN BARTON
COUNTIES...
AT 610 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THIS HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NEVADA... FORT SCOTT...
EL DORADO SPRINGS... SHELDON...
MONTEVALLO... BRONAUGH...
JERICO SPRINGS... FULTON...
MOUNDVILLE... RICHARDS...
MILO... MAPLETON...
DEERFIELD... IRWIN...
MILFORD... FILLEY...
CEDAR SPRINGS... DEVON...
VERDELLA... XENIA...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE K AT DRY WOOD CREEK EAST OF ARCADIA...
ROUTE C AT HORSE CREEK EAST OF MILFORD...
HIGHWAY 31 AT LITTLE OSAGE RIVER 5 MILES WEST OF FULTON...
HIGHWAY 54...3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
AND ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 9464 3793 9455 3784 9431 3790 9406
3789 9381 3761 9382 3758 9394 3758 9407
3754 9408 3758 9452 3803 9503
$$
BOXELL475
WGUS73 KSGF 111421
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
921 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
KSC011-MOC011-039-217-111431-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160511T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOURBON KS-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-BARTON MO-
921 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN BOURBON...WESTERN CEDAR...
SOUTHERN VERNON AND NORTHERN BARTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 AM
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 3804 9464 3793 9455 3784 9431 3790 9406
3789 9381 3761 9382 3758 9394 3758 9407
3754 9408 3758 9452 3803 9503
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 44 min |
| May 11, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 38 min |
| May 11, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 61 min |
| May 11, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 72 hr |
| May 11, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 61 hr |
| May 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 22 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.