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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 3, 2019Barry County, Stone County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2019, 5:37 PM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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: May 3, 2019, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2019, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 6:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Ne Table Rock, MO	DELAYED REPORT CAMP DRIVE CLOSED DUE TO RAPID RISE OF NEARBY CREEK. WATER WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

368 
WGUS53 KSGF 032237
FFWSGF
MOC009-209-213-040230-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0013.190503T2237Z-190504T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
537 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2019

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Taney County in southwestern Missouri...
  Stone County in southwestern Missouri...
  Eastern Barry County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 536 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...
  Branson...                        Table Rock State Park...
  Hollister...                      Silver Dollar City...
  Kimberling City...                Forsyth...
  Merriam Woods...                  Crane...
  Shell Knob...                     Kissee Mills...
  Reeds Spring...                   Rockaway Beach...
  Bull Creek...                     Indian Point...
  Branson West...                   Galena...
  Taneyville...                     Mccord Bend...
  Table Rock...                     Kirbyville...

This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water
crossings...
Highway 13 at Railey Creek near Reeds Spring...
Highway 13 at Pine Run northwest of Galena...
Highway 176 near Rockaway Beach...
Highway 13 at Railey Creek just south of Galena...
and Route BB at Crane Creek 2 miles north of Elsey.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3692 9363 3692 9361 3699 9361 3699 9335
      3681 9334 3680 9277 3650 9279 3650 9362

$$

Terry

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 3:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell and 11 more	24 hr
May 3, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	45 min
May 3, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	46 min
May 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	17 min
May 3, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	20 min
May 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	25 min
May 3, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	44 min
May 3, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	26 min
May 3, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	5 hr
May 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	60 min
May 3, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	39 min
May 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Ozark and 4 more	4 hr
May 3, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.