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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Springfield, MO

October 12, 2016Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 12, 2016, 3:20 PM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
Oct 12, 2016, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Greene County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 514 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

812 
WGUS53 KSGF 122020
FFWSGF
MOC077-122315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0095.161012T2020Z-161012T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
320 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH 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...
  SPRINGFIELD...                    BATTLEFIELD... 
  TURNERS...                        GALLOWAY...                     
  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3710 9336 3714 9339 3719 9340 3725 9339
      3728 9332 3728 9321 3724 9314 3714 9314
      3709 9317

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
707 
WGUS73 KSGF 122118
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016

MOC077-122128-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-161012T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
418 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3710 9336 3714 9339 3719 9340 3725 9339
      3728 9332 3728 9321 3724 9314 3714 9314
      3709 9317

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald45 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.