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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT for Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 15, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 972 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
206
WGUS53 KSGF 160400
FFWSGF
MOC091-153-160900-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0071.170816T0400Z-170816T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1100 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Ozark County in southwestern Missouri...
Southern Howell County in south central Missouri...
* Until 400 AM CDT
* At 1058 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain has
already fallen. Another one to two inches is expected on a
localized basis, especially in southern Howell County. 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... Bakersfield...
South Fork... Moody...
Tecumseh... Pottersville...
Caulfield... Udall...
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...
and Route JJ at The Spring River just south of Highway 160.
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 3660 9235 3673 9211 3673 9176 3650 9182
3650 9238
$$
DSA1 follow-up statement
129
WGUS73 KSGF 160654
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
154 AM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
MOC091-153-160703-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170816T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ozark MO-Howell MO-
154 AM CDT WED AUG 16 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHERN HOWELL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat to life or property. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3660 9235 3673 9211 3673 9176 3650 9182
3650 9238
$$
GriffinThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 11 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.