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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2021, 9:33 AM CDT for Christian County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2021, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, MO, Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:46 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Branson, MO | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN AND AROUND BRANSON INCLUDING ROARK VALLEY AND VETERANS BOULEVARD. ALSO A REPORT OF 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE DAM. |
| Apr 28, 10:29 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sse Ponce De Leon, MO | SEVERAL RESIDENCES FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAYS 176 AND 160. |
| Apr 28, 11:24 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Ponce De Leon, MO | ROUTE V CLOSED BOTH WAYS DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 28, 12:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sse Kirbyville, MO | ROUTE J CLOSED BOTH WAYS DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Apr 28, 1:26 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.64 | 2 Ne Sparta, MO | MESONET STATION FW8207 SPARTA. |
| Apr 28, 1:27 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | 2 Nne Sparta, MO | MESONET STATION FW8222 SPARTA. |
| Apr 28, 1:27 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.84 | 2 S Chestnutridge, MO | MESONET STATION FW3182 WALNUT SHADE. |
| Apr 28, 1:27 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.06 | 2 S Chestnutridge, MO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN REPORT FROM 2 S CHESTNUTRIDGE. MESONET STATION FW3182 WALNUT SHADE. |
| Apr 28, 2:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Rogersville, MO | ROUTE U CLOSED BOTH WAYS DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
001
WGUS53 KSGF 281433
FFWSGF
MOC043-213-282030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0017.210428T1433Z-210428T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
933 AM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Christian County in southwestern Missouri...
Taney County in southwestern Missouri...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 933 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly. Streams likely impacted by this excessive
rainfall includes Woods Fork, Bull Creek, Swan Creek, Roark Creek,
and the Finley River.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Ozark, Branson, Forsyth, Highlandville, Hollister, Merriam Woods,
Sparta and Rockaway Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3698 9334 3705 9324 3709 9322 3709 9290
3679 9291 3650 9296 3650 9332 3682 9331
3682 9334
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
DCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 9:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 9:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Taney | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 44 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 23 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 51 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 10:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 11:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Texas | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 12:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Douglas, McDonald, Ozark, Stone and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Webster, Wright | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Howell, Oregon, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon and 1 more | 24 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.