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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Springfield, MO

July 17, 2021Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2021, 8:22 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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: Jul 17, 2021, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 17, 8:25 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Rocky Comfort, MO	FLOODING AT MAIN ST. AND MILL ST. IN ROCKY COMFORT. WATER IS ESTIMATED TO BE 3-4 INCHES DEEP.
Jul 17, 10:42 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 Nnw Anderson, MO	REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSED AT STELLERS AND COOK HILL ROAD AREA DUE TO FLASH 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 38 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

940 
WGUS53 KSGF 180122
FFWSGF
MOC009-119-180730-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0078.210718T0122Z-210718T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
822 PM CDT Sat Jul 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Barry County in southwestern Missouri...
  McDonald County in southwestern Missouri...

* Until 230 AM CDT Sunday.

* At 822 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have 
  fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible 
  in the warned 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...
  Pineville, Anderson, Noel, Goodman, South West City, Seligman, 
  Exeter and Wheaton.

This includes the following low water crossings...
  Butler Creek at Kings Highway, Buffalo Creek at Klondike Road, Big 
  Sugar Creek at Buzzard Glory Road, Little Sugar Creek at Skaggs 
  Hollow Road and Shoal Creek at Farm Road 2110.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3677 9462 3675 9407 3679 9407 3679 9400
      3677 9391 3671 9388 3666 9392 3665 9397
      3661 9398 3653 9393 3650 9394 3650 9462

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

DC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	45 min
Jul 17, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	52 min
Jul 17, 7:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	7 hr
Jul 17, 9:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	7 hr
Jul 18, 2:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	10 hr
Jul 18, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bates, Vernon	21 days

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.