Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Watches in 2019

Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO

April 29, 201934 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Apr 29, 2019, 3:02 AM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2019, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
66 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None
All 37 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2019-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Apr 28, 11:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 11:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 8:01 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
801 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-300115-
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-
801 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

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

DISCUSSION...

  Thunderstorms developing this evening in western Kansas will
  eventually push east into southeast Kansas and central Missouri
  overnight into Monday morning. Hail up to the size of quarters
  and thunderstorm wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
  some of the stronger storms.

  Gusty southeast winds will occur outside of thunderstorms
  tonight, especially in the Springfield area. Wind gusts of 30 to
  35 mph will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

  Some additional storms will be possible Monday and Monday night
  with a limited risk for strong to severe thunderstorms as a
  front moves into the area.

  Coverage of thunderstorms will then become more widespread
  Tuesday and Tuesday night. Severe storms will be possible with
  damaging winds, large hail, and possibly tornadoes. Additional
  thunderstorm activity is expected Wednesday and Thursday before
  the front finally exits.

  Heavy rain and eventually flooding is also expected to develop
  this week with the heaviest rain expected on Tuesday and Tuesday
  night with some additional rainfall Wednesday and Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

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

Lindenberg

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon43 min
Apr 29, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas26 min
Apr 29, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon51 min

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.