Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 1:51 AM CDT for Vernon 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 9, 2016, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
017
WGUS53 KSGF 090651
FFWSGF
MOC217-091245-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0076.160909T0651Z-160909T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
151 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 151 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
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.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 54...3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
AND ROUTE V AT THE OSAGE RIVER JUST NORTH OF STOTESBURY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 9458 3805 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421
3804 9419 3805 9412 3804 9411 3805 9410
3803 9408 3804 9407 3779 9407 3783 9461
$$
LINDENBERG1 follow-up statement
450
WGUS73 KSGF 090913
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
413 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
MOC217-091245-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160909T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON MO-
413 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN VERNON COUNTY...
AT 412 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 54...3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
AND ROUTE V AT THE OSAGE RIVER JUST NORTH OF STOTESBURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 9458 3805 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421
3804 9419 3805 9412 3804 9411 3805 9410
3803 9408 3804 9407 3779 9407 3783 9461
$$
LINDENBERGThe 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 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 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.