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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

April 28, 2021Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2021, 12:07 PM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2021, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2021-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

770 
WGUS53 KSGF 281707
FFWSGF
MOC149-203-282315-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0022.210428T1707Z-210428T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1207 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Oregon County in south central Missouri...
  Shannon County in south central Missouri...

* Until 615 PM CDT Wednesday.

* At 1207 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has 
  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 the Jacks Fork River, Howell Creek, Spring River, Big 
  Creek, Gladden Creek, and the Eleven Point 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...
  Thayer, Winona, Alton, Birch Tree, Eminence, Summersville, 
  Koshkonong and Montier.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3742 9165 3741 9118 3731 9118 3725 9116
      3725 9112 3720 9113 3720 9109 3716 9107
      3717 9103 3714 9104 3714 9102 3710 9102
      3709 9122 3683 9122 3682 9112 3650 9113
      3650 9167 3675 9168 3680 9166

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

DC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence27 min
Apr 28, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry44 min
Apr 28, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald6 hr
Apr 28, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry33 min
Apr 28, 8:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone6 hr
Apr 28, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone39 min
Apr 28, 9:03 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone27 min
Apr 28, 9:14 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFTaney31 min
Apr 28, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney42 min
Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Taney6 hr
Apr 28, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney68 min
Apr 28, 9:43 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Taney32 min
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFShannon44 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski11 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFStone10 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFMcDonald23 hr
Apr 28, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFShannon51 hr
Apr 28, 10:14 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster31 min
Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright6 hr
Apr 28, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Webster, Wright39 min
Apr 28, 10:24 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFOzark36 min
Apr 28, 10:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark6 hr
Apr 28, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark32 min
Apr 28, 11:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Texas6 hr
Apr 28, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright33 min
Apr 28, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell22 min
Apr 28, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon41 min
Apr 28, 12:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright6 hr
Apr 28, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon28 min
Apr 28, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Shannon30 min
Apr 28, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 hr
Apr 28, 2:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 hr
Apr 28, 2:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, McDonald, Ozark, Stone and 2 more29 hr
Apr 28, 2:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Webster, Wright24 hr
Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDent, Howell, Oregon, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon and 1 more24 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.