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Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2016, 2:38 PM CDT for Howell County, Shannon 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 15, 2016, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Howell County, MO, Shannon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 15, 3:09 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mountain View, MO | FLASH FLOODING OCCURING IN MOUNTAIN VIEW. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER THEM IN TOWN. SOME ROADS HAVE 8-10 INCHES DEEP OF WATER. STATE HIGHWAY 17 ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF TOWN IS CLOSED. JAM UP CREEK WAS APPROACHING BANKFULL |
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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
867
WGUS53 KSGF 151938
FFWSGF
MOC091-203-160145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0082.160915T1938Z-160916T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
238 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 238 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE 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...
MOUNTAIN VIEW... MONTIER...
TERESITA...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...
AND ROUTE U...6 MILES EAST OF WILLOW SPRINGS.
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 3705 9154 3690 9157 3690 9179 3694 9189
3705 9187
$$
BURCHFIELD2 follow-up statements
642
WGUS73 KSGF 152031
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
331 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
MOC091-203-160145-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160916T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-
331 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON AND NORTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTIES...
AT 328 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS HAVE SEVERAL INCHES OF
WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW... MONTIER...
TERESITA...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...
AND ROUTE U...6 MILES EAST OF WILLOW SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 9154 3690 9157 3690 9179 3694 9189
3705 9187
$$
BURCHFIELD068
WGUS73 KSGF 160140
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
840 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
MOC091-203-160150-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160916T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-
840 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON AND NORTHEASTERN
HOWELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 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 3705 9154 3690 9157 3690 9179 3694 9189
3705 9187
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 41 min |
| Sep 15, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 1:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Laclede | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 6 hr |
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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.