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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ne Myrtle, MO | MODOT REPORTS HIGHWAY 142 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OVER ELEVEN POINTS RIVER. |
| May 24, 5:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.21 | 3 Sw Winona, MO | 3.21 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.
- 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
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
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 38 min |
| May 24, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 34 min |
| May 24, 12:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 47 min |
| May 24, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 45 min |
| May 24, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 41 min |
| May 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Oregon | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 23 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 31 min |
| May 24, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon | 10 hr |
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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.