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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

September 25, 2019McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2019, 10:49 PM CDT for McDonald County, Newton 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
Sep 25, 2019, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2019, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2019-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted.

481 
WGUS53 KSGF 260349
FFWSGF
MOC119-145-260945-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0113.190926T0349Z-190926T0945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1049 PM CDT Wed Sep 25 2019

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Newton County in southwestern Missouri...
  Northern McDonald County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 445 AM CDT.

* At 1049 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch 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...
  Neosho...                         Seneca...
  Anderson...                       Goodman...
  Fairview...                       Stella...
  Tiff City...                      Rocky Comfort...
  Racine...                         

This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Highway 43 at Buffalo Creek west of Anderson...
Business Highway 60 just north of Neosho...
Route CC at Lost Creek just south of Racine...
and Route AA at Buffalo Creek just west of Highway 71.

Additional rainfall amounts in excess of 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 3666 9462 3696 9462 3683 9407 3665 9407

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Hatch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFNewton42 min
Sep 25, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton41 min
Sep 25, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald39 min
Sep 25, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry48 min
Sep 25, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry42 min
Sep 26, 12:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 hr
Sep 26, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney23 min

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.