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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Springfield, MO

August 12, 2016Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri

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.

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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 12, 6:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 S Vienna, MOWATER OVER HIGHWAY 63
Aug 12, 6:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 E Vienna, MOWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1606 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
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

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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

$$

BOXELL
1 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

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchSGFChristian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 7 more4 days
Aug 12, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone33 min
Aug 12, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas24 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.