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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 11:02 PM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Sep 9, 2016, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 12:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Florence, MO | DELAYED REPORT...GABRIEL CREEK AT STATE HIGHWAY BB WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
276
WGUS53 KSGF 100402
FFWSGF
MOC015-141-101000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0078.160910T0402Z-160910T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1102 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CDT
* AT 1101 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 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.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LINCOLN... COLE CAMP...
STOVER... SYRACUSE...
IONIA... MORA...
FLORENCE... CROCKERVILLE...
PALO PINTO... BRANDON...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE BB AT GABRIEL CREEK NEAR FLORENCE...
ROUTE B AT WILLIAMS CREEK SOUTHEAST OF COLE CAMP...
AND ROUTE F AT COLE CAMP CREEK SOUTHWEST OF COLE CAMP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9284 3860 9284 3848 9270 3830 9352
3851 9351 3851 9330 3854 9329 3853 9307
3869 9306
$$
FRYEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon | 56 min |
| Sep 9, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Benton, Camden, Dade, Dallas, Greene and 7 more | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 12:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries, Miller | 64 min |
| Sep 10, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede and 4 more | 61 min |
| Sep 10, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede and 4 more | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Taney, Texas and 1 more | 57 min |
| Sep 10, 4:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 5 days |
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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.