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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT for Howell County, Ozark 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, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
165
WGUS53 KSGF 152214
FFWSGF
MOC091-153-160415-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0083.160915T2214Z-160916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
514 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 513 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 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...
WEST PLAINS... POMONA...
BAKERSFIELD... SOUTH FORK...
BRANDSVILLE... MOODY...
SILOAM SPRINGS... DORA...
UDALL... TECUMSEH...
PEACE VALLEY... LANTON...
POTTERSVILLE... SYCAMORE...
CAULFIELD... WHITE CHURCH...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY...
ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE...
HIGHWAY 142 AT MYATT CREEK 4 MILES EAST OF LANTON...
AND ROUTE JJ AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 9229 3680 9222 3680 9210 3693 9209
3695 9190 3691 9178 3691 9166 3679 9166
3679 9168 3654 9167 3650 9168 3650 9232
$$
SCHAUMANN3 follow-up statements
315
WGUS73 KSGF 152344
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
644 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
MOC091-153-160415-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-OZARK MO-
644 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
HOWELL AND EASTERN OZARK COUNTIES...
AT 640 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DIMINISHING OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES THAT 2
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH NEARLY
5 INCHES FALLING JUST NORTHEAST OF BAKERSFIELD. FLASH FLOODING IS
THEREFORE LIKELY THIS EVENING.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEST PLAINS... POMONA...
BAKERSFIELD... SOUTH FORK...
BRANDSVILLE... MOODY...
SILOAM SPRINGS... DORA...
UDALL... TECUMSEH...
PEACE VALLEY... LANTON...
POTTERSVILLE... SYCAMORE...
CAULFIELD... WHITE CHURCH...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY...
ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE...
HIGHWAY 142 AT MYATT CREEK 4 MILES EAST OF LANTON...
AND ROUTE JJ AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 9229 3680 9222 3680 9210 3693 9209
3695 9190 3691 9178 3691 9166 3679 9166
3679 9168 3654 9167 3650 9168 3650 9232
$$
SCHAUMANN756
WGUS73 KSGF 160206
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
906 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
MOC091-153-160415-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-OZARK MO-
906 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTIES...
AT 902 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENDED
OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS
THE AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING. THIS IS LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH
FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY...
ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE...
HIGHWAY 142 AT MYATT CREEK 4 MILES EAST OF LANTON...
AND ROUTE JJ AT THE SPRING RIVER JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 9220 3668 9207 3669 9192 3671 9168
3654 9167 3650 9168 3650 9227
$$
SCHAUMANN839
WGUS73 KSGF 160407
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1107 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
MOC091-153-160417-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-160916T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-OZARK MO-
1107 PM CDT THU SEP 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN OZARK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THE THREAT FOR RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS
HAS DIMINISHED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT
TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3666 9220 3668 9207 3669 9192 3671 9168
3654 9167 3650 9168 3650 9227
$$
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, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.