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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Springfield, MO

June 6, 201924 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Jun 6, 2019, 3:21 AM CDT for 24 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 6, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2019, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2019, 1:57 AM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None
All 27 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2019-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 904 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 6, 3:18 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:18 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 6 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
839 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-070145-
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Benton-Morgan-Miller-Maries-Vernon-
St. Clair-Hickory-Camden-Pulaski-Phelps-Barton-Cedar-Polk-Dallas-
Laclede-Texas-Dent-Jasper-Dade-Greene-Webster-Wright-Newton-
Lawrence-Christian-Douglas-Howell-Shannon-McDonald-Barry-Stone-
Taney-Ozark-Oregon-
839 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated hail risk.
  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move southward into
central and southern Missouri this evening into the overnight
hours. There will be the potential for strong to severe storms.
Damaging wind gusts to 60 mph and hail of dime to quarter size
will be the main risks. The best severe potential will be across
central Missouri. Cloud to ground lightning and brief heavy
downpours will also occur with the storms. Localized flooding will
be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

An upper level low will track towards and then through the area
late this week into the weekend. Periodic scattered thunderstorms
are expected to occur across the outlook area at times from
Thursday into the weekend. Some chances for strong to severe
thunderstorms will be possible. Locally heavy rainfall the
potential for flooding will continue.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 Spotter activation may be needed for areas east of Highway 63
and north of Interstate 44 through 10 pm.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at:
http://www.weather.gov/sgf/sitrep

This product in graphical format...along with other weather...
hydrological and climate information...at
http://www.weather.gov/sgf

Gaede

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2019Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2019Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.