Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 5:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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, 5:11 AM CDT (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
873
WGUS53 KSGF 091011
FFWSGF
MOC011-039-185-217-091615-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0077.160909T1011Z-160909T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 509 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO AID IN
PRODUCING 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...
ROUTE M AT BEAR CREEK EAST OF STOCKTON...
ROUTE J AT BRUSH CREEK 6 MILES WEST OF COLLINS...
ROUTE BB...9 MILES EAST OF SCHELL CITY...
AND ROUTE K AT CEDAR CREEK SOUTHWEST OF CAPLINGER MILLS.
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.
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.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3779 9429 3779 9406 3809 9404 3809 9368
3757 9368 3758 9406 3764 9447
$$
LINDENBERG1 follow-up statement
992
WGUS73 KSGF 091605
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1105 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
MOC011-039-185-217-091615-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0077.000000T0000Z-160909T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-BARTON MO-ST. CLAIR MO-
1105 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CEDAR...SOUTHEASTERN VERNON...
NORTHEASTERN BARTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 1115 AM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3779 9429 3779 9406 3809 9404 3809 9368
3757 9368 3758 9406 3764 9447
$$
BOXELLThe 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, 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, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.