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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2016Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon 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
May 24, 2016, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
May 24, 3:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Ne Myrtle, MOMODOT REPORTS HIGHWAY 142 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OVER ELEVEN POINTS RIVER.
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.213 Sw Winona, MO3.21 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED BY CO-OP 3 MILES SW OF WINONA.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1257 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 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 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
1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted.

304 
WGUS53 KSGF 242005
FFWSGF
MOC149-203-250200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0007.160524T2005Z-160525T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
305 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 302 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...
  GRAND GULF STATE PARK...          THAYER...
  WINONA...                         ALTON...
  BIRCH TREE...                     KOSHKONONG...
  MONTIER...                        THOMASVILLE...
  COUCH...                          MYRTLE...
  GREER...                          TERESITA...
  WILDERNESS...                     ROVER...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE H AT ROCKY CREEK 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE H AT THOMAS HOLLOW 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINONA...
ROUTE A JUST WEST OF COUCH...
AND HIGHWAY 142 AT THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER.

FLOODING ALONG FREDRICK CREEK WAS ALREADY REPORTED FROM STORMS
EARLIER TODAY. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

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 3707 9165 3714 9142 3710 9106 3708 9109
      3708 9122 3683 9123 3682 9111 3650 9113
      3650 9167

$$

HATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 9:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon33 min
May 24, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton, Jasper38 min
May 24, 11:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFGreene34 min
May 24, 12:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBarton, Jasper6 hr
May 24, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFStone47 min
May 24, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney45 min
May 24, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFNewton41 min
May 24, 2:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFOregon6 hr
May 24, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon41 min
May 24, 3:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSGFHowell, Oregon23 min
May 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon31 min
May 24, 6:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon10 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.