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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO

September 16, 2016Howell County, Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2016, 8:57 PM CDT for Howell County, Oregon County, Shannon 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 16, 2016, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2016-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -109 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

251 
WGUS53 KSGF 170157
FFWSGF
MOC091-149-203-170800-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0091.160917T0157Z-160917T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
857 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 856 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  ALREADY FALLEN WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED.
  ADDITIONALLY...LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL
  OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 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...                    GRAND GULF STATE PARK...
  THAYER...                         WINONA...
  ALTON...                          BIRCH TREE...
  SOUTH FORK...                     KOSHKONONG...
  BRANDSVILLE...                    THOMASVILLE...
  MOODY...                          SILOAM SPRINGS...
  LANTON...                         POTTERSVILLE...
  GREER...                          CAULFIELD...
  ROVER...                          

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
ROUTE H...3 MILES EAST OF WINONA...
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...
AND ROUTE H AT ROCKY CREEK 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINONA.

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 3650 9212 3659 9212 3679 9210 3681 9209
      3682 9167 3691 9165 3711 9122 3703 9121
      3686 9122 3650 9148

$$

SCHAUMANN
1 follow-up statement
572 
WGUS73 KSGF 170637
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
137 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

MOC091-149-203-170645-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0091.000000T0000Z-160917T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-
137 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON...SOUTHERN HOWELL
AND OREGON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THIS AREA HAS BEEN REPLACE BY AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING VALID UNTIL
1030 AM. 

LAT...LON 3650 9212 3659 9212 3679 9210 3681 9209
      3682 9167 3691 9165 3711 9122 3703 9121
      3686 9122 3650 9148

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 7:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski15 hr
Sep 16, 7:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Phelps, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Sep 16, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon47 min
Sep 16, 9:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDallas, Greene, Laclede, Polk, Webster12 hr
Sep 16, 11:42 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 11 more9 hr
Sep 17, 1:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas9 hr

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.