Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 6:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
- Sep 7, 2018, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2018, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Nne Dixon, MO | REPORT OF FLOODING OVER THE ROADWAY AT COUNTY ROAD 624 AND THE MARIES RIVER, NORTH OF DIXON, MO. |
| Sep 7, 9:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Nnw St. James, MO | THE BOURBEUSE RIVER IS FLOODING A SECTION OF HIGHWAY B IN EXTREME NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY. |
| Sep 7, 10:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Nnw Rosati, MO | DELAYED REPORT OF THE FLOODING OF A SECTION OF HIGHWAY B IN EXTREME NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY AT THE BOURBEUSE RIVER CROSSING. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
764
WGUS53 KSGF 072308
FFWSGF
MOC125-131-161-169-080315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0041.180907T2308Z-180908T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
608 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Maries County in central Missouri...
Miller County in central Missouri...
Northeastern Pulaski County in central Missouri...
Northern Phelps County in east central Missouri...
* Until 1015 PM CDT.
* At 607 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Up to two inches of rain have 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...
Rolla... Lake of The Ozarks State Park...
Eldon... Osage Beach...
St. James... Lake Ozark...
Dixon... Belle...
Iberia... Doolittle...
Vienna... Newburg...
St. Elizabeth... Saint Elizabeth...
Tuscumbia... Eugene...
Olean... Bagnell...
Brumley... Etterville...
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Route N at The Maries River east of Brinktown...
Route O at Jones Creek just south of Dixon...
Route HH in Tuscumbia...
Route Y northwest of Rolla...
and Route K at Atwell Creek 5 miles southeast of Iberia.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the
warned area.
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.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 9241 3834 9240 3832 9224 3834 9220
3829 9219 3829 9165 3816 9164 3815 9153
3783 9153 3804 9253 3817 9263 3843 9260
$$
Terry1 follow-up statement
547
WGUS73 KSGF 080149
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
849 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
MOC125-131-161-169-080315-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-180908T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Maries MO-Miller MO-Pulaski MO-Phelps MO-
849 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
MARIES...MILLER...NORTHEASTERN PULASKI AND NORTHERN PHELPS
COUNTIES...
At 847 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen.
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Route N at The Maries River east of Brinktown...
Route O at Jones Creek just south of Dixon...
Route HH in Tuscumbia...
Route Y northwest of Rolla...
and Route K at Atwell Creek 5 miles southeast of Iberia.
Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches will be possible
through 10 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 9241 3834 9240 3832 9224 3834 9220
3829 9219 3829 9165 3816 9164 3815 9153
3783 9153 3804 9253 3817 9263 3843 9260
$$
TerryNearby
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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.