Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2016, 8:32 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2016, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
058
WGUS53 KSGF 090132
FFWSGF
MOC119-090730-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0073.160909T0132Z-160909T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
832 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MCDONALD COUNTY. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR TIFF CITY AND
SURROUNDING AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY...PARTICULARLY ALONG BUFFALO CREEK AND IT'S TRIBUTARIES IN
NORTHWEST MCDONALD COUNTY. FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED SHORTLY IN
THE COMMUNITY OF TIFF CITY.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANDERSON... DODGE...
GOODMAN... LANAGAN...
CAYUGA... TIFF CITY...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3676 9462 3676 9431 3669 9432 3666 9434
3663 9438 3660 9445 3655 9462
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
049
WGUS73 KSGF 090409
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1109 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
MOC119-090730-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160909T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCDONALD MO-
1109 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCDONALD COUNTY...
AT 1104 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
OCCURRED IN THE WARNING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
OVER FOUR INCHES HAVE OCCURRED THIS PAST EVENING.
IN THE NEAR TERM...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED BUT RESIDUAL
FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN NORTHWEST
MCDONALD COUNTY IS LIKELY ONGOING WITH EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
AND HIGHWAY 76...3 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3676 9462 3676 9431 3669 9432 3666 9434
3663 9438 3660 9445 3655 9462
$$
DSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 51 min |
| Sep 9, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Sep 9, 5:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Vernon | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 42 min |
| Sep 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.