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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 12, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 11:45 PM 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), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 S Vienna, MO | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 63 |
| Aug 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 E Vienna, MO | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 42 |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
468
WGUS53 KSGF 122249
FFWSGF
MOC125-161-130445-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0068.160812T2249Z-160813T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
549 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EASTERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 548 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 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...
ROLLA... ST. JAMES...
BELLE... DOOLITTLE...
VIENNA... NEWBURG...
ROSATI... NORTHWYE...
JEROME... VICHY...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE Y NORTHWEST OF ROLLA...
AND ROUTE E NEAR STICKNEY.
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 3827 9164 3816 9164 3815 9153 3802 9153
3774 9202 3801 9202 3814 9194 3829 9196
3829 9165
$$
BOXELL1 follow-up statement
696
WGUS73 KSGF 130252
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
952 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
MOC125-161-130301-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160813T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHELPS MO-MARIES MO-
952 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PHELPS AND EASTERN MARIES
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THE THREAT FOR RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS
HAS DIMINISHED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT
TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3827 9164 3816 9164 3815 9153 3802 9153
3774 9202 3801 9202 3814 9194 3829 9196
3829 9165
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 7 more | 4 days |
| Aug 12, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 24 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.