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Areal Flood Advisory 71, NWS Springfield, MO

December 17, 2021Barry County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood advisory at Dec 17, 2021, 4:06 PM CST for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2021, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2021, 3:47 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-12-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 638 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
638 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
713 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Dec 17, 3:19 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 3:19 PM CST, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
110 PM CST Fri Dec 17 2021

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-181915-
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-
110 PM CST Fri Dec 17 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Elevated flooding risk.
  Limited lightning risk.

DISCUSSION...

Heavy rain associated with showers and thunderstorms over southern
Missouri will lead to the potential for localized flooding.

Over an inch of rain had fallen over parts of southern Missouri
this morning...with an additional one to one and a half inches
expected into the early evening from the Branson area eastward
into south central Missouri. Localized flooding will be possible
where storms track over the same area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight...though
flooding should be reported if observed.

&&

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

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

Runnels

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 2:32 PM CSTFlood WatchSGFDouglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Taney9 hr
Dec 17, 2:32 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFHowell, Oregon, Ozark4 hr
Dec 17, 4:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFStone, Taney6 hr
Dec 17, 5:05 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFChristian, Douglas10 hr
Dec 17, 5:39 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFMcDonald3 hr

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.