Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 19, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Oct 19, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Laclede County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Nw Marshfield, MO | GREER CREEK FLOODED OVER GREER CREEK ROAD LOW WATER CROSSING |
| Oct 19, 5:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 N Marshfield, MO | DELAYED REPORT...EAST FORK OF NIANGUA RIVER AT THE LOW WATER CROSSING ALONG BLACK HORSE ROAD FLOODED |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted.
298
WGUS53 KSGF 192214
FFWSGF
MOC105-169-215-225-229-200215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0096.161019T2214Z-161020T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
514 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 512 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
PRODUCED UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
GREENWOOD ROAD AT THE POMME DE TERRE HEADWATERS...
ROUTE J AT PARKS CREEK 2 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...
GREENWOOD ROAD 5 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD...
ROUTE M AT PARKS CREEK NEAR GROVESPRING...
AND ROUTE Y AT THE NIANGUA RIVER 6 MILES WEST OF CONWAY.
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.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3729 9307 3749 9306 3748 9285 3754 9285
3774 9203 3755 9205 3744 9232
$$
TERRY2 follow-up statements
983
WGUS73 KSGF 192358
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
658 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2016
MOC105-169-215-225-229-200215-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0096.000000T0000Z-161020T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBSTER MO-LACLEDE MO-WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-PULASKI MO-
658 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN LACLEDE...NORTHERN WRIGHT...NORTHWESTERN
TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI COUNTIES...
AT 657 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...
GREENWOOD ROAD AT THE POMME DE TERRE HEADWATERS...
ROUTE J AT PARKS CREEK 2 MILES EAST OF MORGAN...
GREENWOOD ROAD 5 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD...
ROUTE M AT PARKS CREEK NEAR GROVESPRING...
AND ROUTE Y AT THE NIANGUA RIVER 6 MILES WEST OF CONWAY.
SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE REPORTED FLOODED ACROSS NORTHERN
WEBSTER COUNTY BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3729 9307 3749 9306 3748 9285 3754 9285
3774 9203 3755 9205 3744 9232
$$
GRIFFIN506
WGUS73 KSGF 200214
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
914 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2016
MOC105-169-215-225-229-200223-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0096.000000T0000Z-161020T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WEBSTER MO-LACLEDE MO-WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-PULASKI MO-
914 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN WEBSTER...SOUTHERN LACLEDE...
NORTHERN WRIGHT...NORTHWESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD ADVISORY
UNTIL 315 AM. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3729 9307 3749 9306 3748 9285 3754 9285
3774 9203 3755 9205 3744 9232
$$
SCHAUMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 53 min |
| Oct 19, 12:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Jasper | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Oct 19, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 28 min |
| Oct 19, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Webster | 56 min |
| Oct 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Webster, Wright | 55 min |
| Oct 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 48 min |
| Oct 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 40 min |
| Oct 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 28 min |
| Oct 19, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 42 min |
| Oct 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 6 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barry | 38 min |
| Oct 19, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 51 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.