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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Springfield, MO

August 5, 2016Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT for Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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 5, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2016, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 5, 11:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODHollister, MOMODOT RELAYED INFO TO COUNTY SHERIFF. THREE ROADS FLOODED IN HOLLISTER, BRANSON, AND ON HWY J IN RURAL AREA OF COUNTY. UNKNOWN IF THEY ARE STILL CLOSED. PRECISE LOCATIONS OF FLOODING UNKNOWN.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1836 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

789 
WGUS53 KSGF 060313
FFWSGF
MOC153-213-060715-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0064.160806T0313Z-160806T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1013 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
    
* AT 1011 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...
  BRANSON...                        TABLE ROCK STATE PARK...
  HOLLISTER...                      TABLE ROCK...
  THEODOSIA...                      KIRBYVILLE...
  SUNDOWN...                        PROTEM...
  RUETER...                         EDGEWATER BEACH...
  POWERSITE...                      OZARK BEACH...
  RIDGEDALE...                      

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 125 AT SHOAL CREEK SOUTH OF PROTEM.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE. 

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 3661 9331 3666 9326 3668 9290 3664 9268
      3662 9263 3650 9263 3650 9331

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLawrence52 min
Aug 5, 7:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFTexas4 hr
Aug 5, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney40 min
Aug 5, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney22 min
Aug 5, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Ozark4 hr
Aug 6, 12:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps8 hr
Aug 6, 2:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFHowell, Ozark, Taney8 hr
Aug 6, 2:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark4 hr

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.