Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2018, 7:43 PM CDT for Taney 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 20, 2018, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2018, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
539
WGUS53 KSGF 210043
FFWSGF
MOC213-210645-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0009.180521T0043Z-180521T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Taney County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 145 AM CDT Monday
* At 742 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two to three inches of
rain has already fallen across portions of the warned area this
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...
Protem... Rueter...
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Highway 125 at Shoal Creek south of Protem.
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 3666 9306 3669 9277 3663 9276 3662 9277
3650 9277 3650 9308
$$
Wise1 follow-up statement
670
WGUS73 KSGF 210244
FFSSGF
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
944 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018
MOC213-210645-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180521T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Taney MO-
944 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY...
At 942 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that rain had ended across
the warned area. Up to three inches of rain has fallen. Runoff from
this excessive rainfall will likely lead to flash flooding.
This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Highway 125 at Shoal Creek south of Protem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3666 9306 3669 9277 3663 9276 3662 9277
3650 9277 3650 9308
$$
FosterThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 39 min |
| May 20, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Miller, Pulaski | 53 min |
| May 20, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 66 min |
| May 20, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 65 min |
| May 20, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 51 min |
| May 20, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Texas | 57 min |
| May 20, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 56 min |
| May 20, 9:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Laclede and 7 more | 12 hr |
| May 20, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 10 hr |
| May 20, 9:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 6 hr |
| May 20, 11:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 11 hr |
| May 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Taney | 6 hr |
| May 21, 3:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas, Wright | 6 hr |
| May 21, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Dent, Douglas, Howell, Maries, Phelps, Shannon and 2 more | 12 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.