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Areal Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood warning at Mar 13, 2021, 3:04 AM CST for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2021, 3:04 AM CST (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2021, 11:33 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 warning went out at Mar 13, 2:20 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:20 AM CST, 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 8:34 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 834 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-140245- 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- 834 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021 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 flooding risk. Limited lightning risk. Limited fog risk. DISCUSSION... Showers and thunderstorms will continue through tonight. Flooding and flash flooding is expected as rainfall rates begin to increase. Localized significant flash flooding can not be ruled out in localized areas where training thunderstorms occur. Some of the more robust thunderstorms this evening and tonight could produce small hail and wind gusts in excess of 50 mph. Widespread or significant severe weather is not expected. Areas of fog will be likely across far southern Missouri. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Showers and thunderstorms will be ongoing Saturday morning. This activity is expected to exit the Ozarks region by Saturday afternoon. Another round of showers and thunderstorms will occur Sunday. This activity will be widespread in nature, and carry a risk for additional flooding. No severe weather is expected on Sunday. Additional rain is that forecast for the middle of next week. .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 Raberding
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 6:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 8:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 3 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Lawrence, St. Clair and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 8 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas, Wright | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Webster | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 8 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Jasper | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:29 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller, Morgan and 1 more | 118 min |
| Mar 13, 11:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Greene, Hickory, Lawrence and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:46 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Greene, Stone, Taney | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:15 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 18 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:26 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:53 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 36 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.