Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 13, 2016, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Oregon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Alton, MO | DELAYED STORM REPORT...SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS HAD WATER OVER THEM IN THE COUNTY DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
421
WGUS53 KSGF 131928
FFWSGF
MOC149-140130-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0069.160813T1928Z-160814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
228 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 226 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN...AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
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...
GRAND GULF STATE PARK... THAYER...
ALTON... MYRTLE...
GREER... WILDERNESS...
COUCH...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE A JUST WEST OF COUCH...
AND HIGHWAY 142 AT THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER.
IN ADDITION...RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3650 9167 3689 9145 3688 9122 3683 9122
3682 9111 3650 9113
$$
BOXELL2 follow-up statements
141
WGUS73 KSGF 132205
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
505 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
MOC149-140130-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OREGON MO-
505 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
OREGON COUNTY...
AT 502 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO INDICATES THAT CREEKS AND
STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA ARE RUNNING HIGH. WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL
EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING, FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
LIKELY.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GRAND GULF STATE PARK... THAYER...
ALTON... MYRTLE...
GREER... WILDERNESS...
COUCH...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE A JUST WEST OF COUCH...
AND HIGHWAY 142 AT THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER.
IN ADDITION...RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9167 3689 9145 3688 9122 3683 9122
3682 9111 3650 9113
$$
SCHAUMANN955
WGUS73 KSGF 140123
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
MOC149-140131-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160814T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OREGON MO-
823 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OREGON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM
CDT...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY. HOWEVER...MINOR FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
PLEASE HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3650 9167 3689 9145 3688 9122 3683 9122
3682 9111 3650 9113
$$
SCHAUMANNNearby
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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.