Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Springfield, MO
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
CRAMER1 follow-up statement
707
WGUS73 KSGF 122118
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016
MOC077-122128-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-161012T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE MO-
418 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3710 9336 3714 9339 3719 9340 3725 9339
3728 9332 3728 9321 3724 9314 3714 9314
3709 9317
$$
CRAMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.