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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Springfield, MO

August 3, 2016Texas County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT for Texas County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
Aug 3, 2016, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2016-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 366 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

071 
WGUS53 KSGF 032359
FFWSGF
MOC215-229-040400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0061.160803T2359Z-160804T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
659 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
    
* AT 658 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...
  MOUNTAIN GROVE...                 DAWSON...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3706 9214 3706 9237 3721 9245 3727 9231

$$

DSA
1 follow-up statement
527 
WGUS73 KSGF 040352
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1052 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

MOC215-229-040401-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160804T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-
1052 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHWESTERN
TEXAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...

NO FURTHER FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN THE WARNING AREA. FLOOD
WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. 

LAT...LON 3706 9214 3706 9237 3721 9245 3727 9231

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPolk40 min
Aug 2, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDallas46 min
Aug 2, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMorgan42 min
Aug 2, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede38 min
Aug 2, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller, Morgan43 min
Aug 2, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCamden47 min
Aug 2, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMiller41 min
Aug 2, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries39 min
Aug 3, 4:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Pulaski6 hr
Aug 3, 4:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries6 hr
Aug 3, 5:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries5 hr
Aug 3, 2:26 PM CDTHeat AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more30 hr
Aug 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas47 min
Aug 3, 5:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLaclede, Texas, Wright6 hr
Aug 3, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede28 min
Aug 3, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon, Texas5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.