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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT for Douglas County, Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports 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 18, 2016, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 18, 4:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Siloam Springs, MO | WATER OVER THE ROADWAY MAKING IT BRIEFLY IMPASSABLE ON STATE HIGHWAY 14 6 MILES WEST OF 63 HIGHWAY. |
| Sep 18, 4:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ne South Fork, MO | 2 WATER RESCUES OCCURRED ALONG US HIGHWAY 160 1-2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH FORK DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. THE HIGHWAY WAS IMPASSABLE. |
| Sep 18, 4:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S West Plains, MO | SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 17 SOUTH OF WEST PLAINS BRIEFLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
| Sep 18, 5:05 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.94 | 3 Nw West Plains, MO | 2.94 INCHES RAINFALL MEASURED BETWEEN 1:30PM-2:30PM. |
| Sep 18, 6:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Caulfield, MO | STATE HIGHWAY MM CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG SPRING CREEK. |
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, 9.0 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
- 806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
819
WGUS53 KSGF 182058
FFWSGF
MOC067-091-153-190300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0092.160918T2058Z-160919T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
358 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
EASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 357 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL
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... MOUNTAIN VIEW...
WILLOW SPRINGS... POMONA...
BAKERSFIELD... SOUTH FORK...
BRANDSVILLE... MOODY...
SILOAM SPRINGS... DORA...
UDALL... TECUMSEH...
PEACE VALLEY... LANTON...
POTTERSVILLE... SYCAMORE...
VANZANT... 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 Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.
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.
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 3706 9231 3705 9167 3679 9167 3679 9168
3650 9168 3650 9234
$$
GRIFFIN2 follow-up statements
429
WGUS73 KSGF 190123
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2016
MOC067-091-153-190300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160919T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
823 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
HOWELL...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND EASTERN OZARK COUNTIES...
AT 820 PM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON STATE
HIGHWAY MM AT SPRING CREEK.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEST PLAINS... MOUNTAIN VIEW...
WILLOW SPRINGS... POMONA...
BAKERSFIELD... SOUTH FORK...
BRANDSVILLE... MOODY...
SILOAM SPRINGS... DORA...
UDALL... TECUMSEH...
PEACE VALLEY... LANTON...
POTTERSVILLE... SYCAMORE...
VANZANT... CAULFIELD...
WHITE CHURCH...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE SPRING RIVER WEST OF LANTON...
HIGHWAY 142 AT THE BENNETTS RIVER WEST OF MOODY...
ROUTE K...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POTTERSVILLE...
HIGHWAY 142 AT MYATT CREEK 4 MILES EAST OF LANTON...
AND ROUTE Y...4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 9231 3705 9167 3679 9167 3679 9168
3650 9168 3650 9234
$$
BURCHFIELD310
WGUS73 KSGF 190255
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2016
MOC067-091-153-190305-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160919T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOWELL MO-DOUGLAS MO-OZARK MO-
955 PM CDT SUN SEP 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWELL...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND EASTERN
OZARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3706 9231 3705 9167 3679 9167 3679 9168
3650 9168 3650 9234
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Texas, Webster, Wright | 4 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 41 min |
| Sep 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 28 min |
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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.