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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Springfield, MO

September 9, 2016Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 12:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Se Florence, MODELAYED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2416 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

FRYE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas48 min
Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDent, Phelps, Texas6 hr
Sep 9, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton, Cedar, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon56 min
Sep 9, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more58 min
Sep 9, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry, Benton, Camden, Dade, Dallas, Greene and 7 more63 min
Sep 10, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Morgan6 hr
Sep 10, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries, Miller64 min
Sep 10, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede and 4 more61 min
Sep 10, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede and 4 more63 min
Sep 10, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Taney, Texas and 1 more57 min
Sep 10, 4:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBenton, Morgan6 hr
Sep 10, 8:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBates, Vernon5 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.