Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 7, 2018, 1:40 PM CDT for Miller County, Morgan 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
- Oct 7, 2018, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
480
WGUS53 KSGF 071840
FFWSGF
MOC131-141-080045-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0049.181007T1840Z-181008T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
140 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Miller County in central Missouri...
Southeastern Morgan County in central Missouri...
* Until 745 PM CDT Sunday.
* At 139 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
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...
Eldon... Lake Ozark...
Laurie... Sunrise Beach...
Barnett... Olean...
Bagnell... Rocky Mount...
Lakeview... Aurora Springs...
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Route O near Laurie...
and Route Z at Blue Spring Creek southeast of Rocky Mount.
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 3848 9270 3843 9262 3843 9256 3842 9250
3817 9261 3817 9264 3821 9265 3823 9271
3822 9276 3819 9277 3819 9285
$$
Raberding1 follow-up statement
581
WGUS73 KSGF 080045
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
745 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
MOC131-141-080053-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-181008T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Miller MO-Morgan MO-
745 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MILLER AND SOUTHEASTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
The Flash Flood Warning has been replaced with a Flood Advisory
which is in effect until midnight.
LAT...LON 3848 9270 3843 9262 3843 9256 3842 9250
3817 9261 3817 9264 3821 9265 3823 9271
3822 9276 3819 9277 3819 9285
$$
SchaumannThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 66 min |
| Oct 6, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas, Polk, Webster | 40 min |
| Oct 6, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 9 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | Dent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 4 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller | 26 min |
| Oct 7, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 31 min |
| Oct 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Miller, Morgan | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.