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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

May 19, 2017Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2017, 10:59 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
May 19, 2017, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2017, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 00:00Z on 2017-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2017-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -186 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1427 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WGUS53 KSGF 200359
FFWSGF
MOC209-201000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.170520T0359Z-170520T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1059 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Stone County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 500 AM CDT Saturday

* At 1058 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches 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...
  Branson...                        Table Rock State Park...
  Silver Dollar City...             Kimberling City...
  Crane...                          Shell Knob...
  Reeds Spring...                   Indian Point...
  Branson West...                   Galena...
  Mccord Bend...                    Hurley...
  Blue Eye...                       Coney Island...
  Cape Fair...                      Ponce de Leon...
  Lampe...                          Elsey...

This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Highway 13 at Railey Creek near Reeds Spring...
Highway 13 at Pine Run northwest of Galena...
Highway 13 at Railey Creek just south of Galena...
Route BB at Crane Creek 2 miles north of Elsey...
and Route CC at Spring Creek south of Hurley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9358 3681 9358 3683 9361 3699 9361
      3699 9334 3682 9334 3682 9331 3650 9331

$$

Cramer
1 follow-up statement
795 
WGUS73 KSGF 200953
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
453 AM CDT SAT MAY 20 2017

MOC209-201001-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170520T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Stone MO-
453 AM CDT SAT MAY 20 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STONE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 AM
CDT...

This warning has been replaced by an areal flood warning that is in 
effect until 145 pm. 

LAT...LON 3650 9358 3681 9358 3683 9361 3699 9361
      3699 9334 3682 9334 3682 9331 3650 9331

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon59 min
May 19, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas39 min
May 19, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney57 min
May 19, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark, Taney6 hr
May 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton54 min
May 19, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney53 min
May 19, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas6 hr
May 19, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede, Webster, Wright61 min
May 19, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton42 min
May 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney51 min
May 19, 10:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence6 hr
May 19, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas31 min
May 19, 11:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster6 hr
May 20, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark63 min
May 20, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney, Texas, Wright6 hr
May 20, 1:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Taney20 hr
May 20, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent, Phelps42 min
May 20, 2:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton19 hr
May 20, 3:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone18 hr
May 20, 5:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Texas, Webster and 1 more8 hr
May 20, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFMcDonald53 hr
May 20, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper67 hr
May 20, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright17 hr

Nearby

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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.