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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

April 29, 2021Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 2021, 1:58 AM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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 29, 2021, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2021, 3:58 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 2:11 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD2 Wsw Saint James, MOWATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 3270.

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 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2021-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 320 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

308 
WGUS53 KSGF 290658
FFWSGF
MOC161-291100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0026.210429T0658Z-210429T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
158 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Phelps County in east central Missouri...

* Until 600 AM CDT.

* At 158 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  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...
  Rolla, St. James and Rosati.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 44 between mile markers 188 and 200.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3807 9163 3815 9154 3815 9153 3788 9153
      3788 9156 3785 9170 3788 9187 3805 9166
      3805 9163

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

MMT
1 follow-up statement
438 
WGUS73 KSGF 290858
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
358 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

MOC161-290908-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210429T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Phelps MO-
358 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3807 9163 3815 9154 3815 9153 3788 9153
      3788 9156 3785 9170 3788 9187 3805 9166
      3805 9163

$$

MMT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFMcDonald23 hr
Apr 29, 12:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene, Webster, Wright3 hr
Apr 29, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon24 min
Apr 29, 5:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.