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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Springfield, MO

September 15, 2016Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2016, 1:02 PM CDT for Texas 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 15, 2016, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 12:00Z on 2016-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1259 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 12:00Z on 2016-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
1259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

212 
WGUS53 KSGF 151802
FFWSGF
MOC215-160000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0081.160915T1802Z-160916T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
102 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 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...
  SUMMERSVILLE...                   RAYMONDVILLE...
  YUKON...                          HARTSHORN...
  SOLO...                           EUNICE...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3736 9165 3715 9166 3713 9182 3716 9198
      3724 9200 3733 9192 3735 9181

$$

BURCHFIELD
2 follow-up statements
041 
WGUS73 KSGF 152027
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

MOC215-160000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160916T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TEXAS MO-
327 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY...

AT 323 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO
THE WARNING AREA AND 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...
SUMMERSVILLE...                   RAYMONDVILLE...
YUKON...                          HARTSHORN...
SOLO...                           EUNICE...


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.

&&

LAT...LON 3736 9165 3715 9166 3713 9182 3716 9198
      3724 9200 3733 9192 3735 9181

$$

BURCHFIELD
956 
WGUS73 KSGF 152356
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
656 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

MOC215-160005-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160916T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TEXAS MO-
656 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 700 PM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THE THREAT FOR RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS
HAS DIMINISHED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT
TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3736 9165 3715 9166 3713 9182 3716 9198
      3724 9200 3733 9192 3735 9181

$$

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas6 hr
Sep 15, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas41 min
Sep 15, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas48 min
Sep 15, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFLaclede44 min
Sep 15, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry49 min
Sep 15, 2:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Shannon6 hr
Sep 15, 5:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Ozark6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.