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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT for Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 3, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Laclede County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nne Phillipsburg, MO | FLASH FLOODING ALONG NORMANDY AND DUNKLIN ROAD |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ene Phillipsburg, MO | PART OF NICKEL DRIVE WASHOUT OUT AS WELL AS A LOW WATER CROSSING |
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
943
WGUS53 KSGF 040010
FFWSGF
MOC105-040415-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0062.160804T0010Z-160804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 709 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY. ANOTHER TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS
OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LEBANON... MORGAN...
PHILLIPSBURG... TWIN BRIDGES...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE J AT PARKS CREEK 2 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...
AND NEXUS DRIVE EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG.
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 3767 9269 3753 9254 3748 9249 3748 9269
3756 9285 3767 9285
$$
DSA2 follow-up statements
249
WGUS73 KSGF 040239
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
939 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
MOC105-040415-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LACLEDE MO-
939 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LACLEDE COUNTY...
AT 931 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LACLEDE COUNTY ALONG NORMANDY AND DUNKLIN ROADS.
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED BUT RESIDUAL FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN
LOCALIZED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3767 9269 3753 9254 3748 9249 3748 9269
3756 9285 3767 9285
$$
DSA498
WGUS73 KSGF 040411
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1111 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
MOC105-040420-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LACLEDE MO-
1111 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LACLEDE COUNTY 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 3767 9269 3753 9254 3748 9249 3748 9269
3756 9285 3767 9285
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 18 min |
| Aug 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark, Taney | 45 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.