Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri. 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
- Aug 5, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wnw Vichy, MO | SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER ESTIMATED FLOWING OVER US HIGHWAY 63 NORTH OF VICHY |
| Aug 5, 9:14 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Se Vienna, MO | FLASH FLOODING ONGOING ALONG US HIGHWAY 63 WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY IN SEVERAL PLACES BETWEEN VICHY AND VIENNA |
| Aug 5, 9:14 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Vienna, MO | FLASH FLOODING ONGOING IN MARIES COUNTY WITH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON STATE HIGHWAY 42 EAST AND WEST OF VIENNA. ALSO MULTIPLE COUNTY ROADS IN MARIES COUNTY ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 944 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
764
WGUS53 KSGF 052347
FFWSGF
MOC125-161-060545-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0063.160805T2347Z-160806T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 646 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES 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...
ST. JAMES... BELLE...
VIENNA... VICHY...
ROSATI...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE E NEAR STICKNEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF IN EXCESS OF AN INCH 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 3827 9164 3816 9164 3815 9153 3799 9153
3804 9196 3829 9208 3829 9165
$$
HATCH2 follow-up statements
785
WGUS73 KSGF 060032
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
732 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016
MOC125-161-060545-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160806T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-
732 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES...
AT 731 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ST. JAMES... BELLE...
VIENNA... VICHY...
ROSATI...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE E NEAR STICKNEY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3827 9164 3816 9164 3815 9153 3799 9153
3804 9196 3829 9208 3829 9165
$$
HATCH766
WGUS73 KSGF 060354
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1054 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016
MOC125-161-060545-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160806T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-
1054 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES...
AT 1051 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
THE WARNED AREA. MULTIPLE ROADS IN MARIES COUNTY WERE REPORTED TO BE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING FROM HEAVIER RAINFALL EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE E NEAR STICKNEY.
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
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 3827 9164 3816 9164 3815 9153 3799 9153
3804 9196 3829 9208 3829 9165
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:22 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Taney | 16 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 6 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.