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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO

April 29, 2017Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2017, 3:56 PM CDT for Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 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: Apr 29, 2017, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
Apr 29, 4:49 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Plains, MO	REPORT OF WATER OVER WEST 160 IN SEVERAL PLACES. PATROL REPORTING WATER OVER 63 HIGHWAY NORTH OF WEST PLAINS.
Apr 29, 5:27 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Gainesville, MO	VEHICLE IN THE WATER IN LICK CREEK AT 160 AND 5 HIGHWAY IN GAINESVILLE.
Apr 29, 5:30 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.94	2 Nw West Plains, MO	3.94 INCHES IN THE PAST 60 MINS.
Apr 29, 7:06 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Bakersfield, MO	HWY 142 IN BAKERSFIELD FLOODED VEHICLE IN THE WATER. FD IS UNABLE TO LOCATE IT AT THIS TIME.
Apr 29, 7:21 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Plains, MO	SEVERE FLOODING IN WEST PLAINS. NO APPARENT WAY OUT OF TOWN FROM THE SOUTH. MULTIPLE MAIN ROADS HAVE WATER OVER THEM.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

As transmitted.

890 
WGUS53 KSGF 292056
FFWSGF
MOC091-153-300600-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0028.170429T2056Z-170430T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
356 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Eastern Ozark County in southwestern Missouri...
  Howell County in south central Missouri...

* Until 100 AM CDT Sunday

* At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has
  already fallen. Additional heavy rainfall can be expected through
  the evening. 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...                    Gainesville...
  Bakersfield...                    South Fork...
  Pontiac...                        Brandsville...
  Peace Valley...                   Lanton...
  Tecumseh...                       Pottersville...
  Caulfield...                      Udall...
  Hardenville...                    Siloam Springs...
  White Church...                   Moody...
  Sycamore...                       Dora...
  Zanoni...                         

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 JJ at The Spring River just south of Highway 160.

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 9263 3680 9228 3679 9210 3680 9209
      3689 9166 3679 9166 3679 9168 3650 9168

$$

Frye

1 follow-up statement

665 
WGUS73 KSGF 292330
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
630 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017

MOC091-153-300600-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-170430T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ozark MO-Howell MO-
630 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR EASTERN OZARK AND HOWELL COUNTIES...

At 629 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain has already
fallen. Flash flooding has been reported across the warning area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

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 9263 3680 9228 3679 9210 3680 9209
      3689 9166 3679 9166 3679 9168 3650 9168

$$

Frye

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 9:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	41 min
Apr 28, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian, Webster	38 min
Apr 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	48 min
Apr 28, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	62 min
Apr 28, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	47 min
Apr 28, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	41 min
Apr 28, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	50 min
Apr 28, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	23 min
Apr 28, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	53 min
Apr 28, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	66 min
Apr 28, 11:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	24 hr
Apr 28, 11:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Stone	24 hr
Apr 28, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	44 min
Apr 28, 11:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	12 hr
Apr 29, 12:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent	24 hr
Apr 29, 12:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Lawrence, Newton	24 hr
Apr 29, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas	67 min
Apr 29, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	23 hr
Apr 29, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	52 min
Apr 29, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	53 min
Apr 29, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	47 min
Apr 29, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Webster, Wright	46 min
Apr 29, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	21 min
Apr 29, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Laclede, Texas, Webster, Wright	27 min
Apr 29, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	52 min
Apr 29, 4:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski	20 hr
Apr 29, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Shannon, Texas	8 hr
Apr 29, 5:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper	7 hr
Apr 29, 8:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
Apr 29, 8:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 29, 9:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Newton	6 hr
Apr 29, 11:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Hickory and 4 more	12 hr
Apr 29, 11:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	12 hr
Apr 29, 11:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper	12 hr
Apr 29, 12:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Shannon, Texas	12 hr
Apr 29, 12:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Barry	6 hr
Apr 29, 12:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Greene	6 hr
Apr 29, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	46 min
Apr 29, 3:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Taney	6 hr
Apr 29, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 4 more	7 hr
Apr 29, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	43 min
Apr 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	45 min
Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	24 min
Apr 29, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	SGF	Howell, Ozark	5 hr
Apr 29, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	45 min
Apr 29, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	62 min
Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	6 hr

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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.