Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT for 5 counties in 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 16, 2016, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
444
WGUS53 KSGF 162117
FFWSGF
MOC009-043-109-119-209-170315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0088.160916T2117Z-160917T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
417 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 417 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA. 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...
NIXA... OZARK...
BIG SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK... ROARING RIVER STATE PARK...
MONETT... AURORA...
MOUNT VERNON... CASSVILLE...
SILVER DOLLAR CITY... KIMBERLING CITY...
MARIONVILLE... CLEVER...
ANDERSON... NOEL...
SPARTA... DODGE...
CRANE... SHELL KNOB...
PIERCE CITY... GOODMAN...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
HIGHWAY 13 AT RAILEY CREEK NEAR REEDS SPRING...
HIGHWAY 13 AT PINE RUN NORTHWEST OF GALENA...
ROUTE U AT PEDELO CREEK NORTHEAST OF SPARTA...
AND ROUTE Y AT FLAT CREEK JUST NORTHEAST OF CASSVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3693 9407
3710 9394 3708 9290 3681 9291 3682 9331
3650 9332
$$
GRIFFIN1 follow-up statement
890
WGUS73 KSGF 170224
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
924 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
MOC009-043-109-119-209-170234-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-160917T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN MO-MCDONALD MO-BARRY MO-STONE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
924 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHRISTIAN...MCDONALD...BARRY...STONE
AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THE THREAT FOR RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVELS
HAS DIMINISHED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT
TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3650 9462 3676 9462 3675 9407 3693 9407
3710 9394 3708 9290 3681 9291 3682 9331
3650 9332
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 1:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Greene | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 41 min |
| Sep 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 15 min |
| Sep 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Laclede, Pulaski, Webster, Wright | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 46 min |
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.