Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Watches in 2019
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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
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</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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 51 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.