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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

May 26, 2016Miller County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
May 26, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Miller County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2671 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WGUS53 KSGF 270117
FFWSGF
MOC131-270615-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0009.160527T0117Z-160527T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
817 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
    
* AT 816 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...
  LAKE OF THE OZARKS STATE PARK...  ELDON...
  OSAGE BEACH...                    LAKE OZARK...
  IBERIA...                         SAINT ELIZABETH...
  ST. ELIZABETH...                  TUSCUMBIA...
  EUGENE...                         OLEAN...
  BAGNELL...                        BRUMLEY...
  LAKEVIEW...                       AURORA SPRINGS...
  ETTERVILLE...                     MARYS HOME...
  KAISER...                         ULMAN...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE HH IN TUSCUMBIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT COON CREEK 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUSCUMBIA...
HIGHWAY 52 AT TAVERN CREEK NORTHEAST OF SAINT ELIZABETH...
AND WARREN SCHOOL ROAD SOUTH OF BRUMLEY.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3843 9241 3834 9240 3834 9229 3832 9225
      3834 9221 3833 9219 3802 9225 3802 9251
      3805 9256 3809 9257 3810 9259 3817 9261
      3818 9264 3843 9263

$$

FRYE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair28 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMiller26 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMiller4 hr
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton27 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFSt. Clair51 min
May 26, 8:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton5 hr
May 26, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller, Morgan5 hr
May 26, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent, Phelps41 min
May 27, 1:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFBenton, Miller, Morgan9 hr
May 27, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchSGFVernon4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.