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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Springfield, MO

June 9, 2021Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT for Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 3:23 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 954 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

710 
WGUS53 KSGF 091914
FFWSGF
MOC229-092215-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0044.210609T1914Z-210609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
214 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Wright County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 214 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible 
  in the warned area as storms redevelop over the same area. 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...
  Mountain Grove, Norwood and Hartville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3706 9243 3718 9259 3729 9255 3732 9246
      3731 9245 3730 9238 3710 9225 3706 9225

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

MMT
1 follow-up statement
429 
WGUS73 KSGF 092023
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
323 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

MOC229-092033-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210609T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Wright MO-
323 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY HAS BEEN 
REPLACED WITH A FLOOD ADVISORY...

Heavy rain is no longer redeveloping over southeast Wright County. 
However, minor flooding is expected to continue where heavy rainfall 
occurred.

LAT...LON 3706 9243 3718 9259 3729 9255 3732 9246
      3731 9245 3730 9238 3710 9225 3706 9225

$$

MMT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 1:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDouglas, Wright17 min
Jun 9, 2:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDouglas3 hr
Jun 9, 3:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFWright102 min
Jun 9, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell19 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

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.