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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO

August 21, 2021Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2021, 3:38 AM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon 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
Aug 21, 2021, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2021-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2926 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 2021-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
2926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

892 
WGUS53 KSGF 210838
FFWSGF
MOC039-185-217-211445-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0083.210821T0838Z-210821T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
338 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Cedar County in southwestern Missouri...
  St. Clair County in west central Missouri...
  Vernon County in west central Missouri...

* Until 945 AM CDT Saturday.

* At 337 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other 
           drainage and low lying areas.

This warning will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Cedar, 
St. Clair and Vernon Counties.

Additional rainfall amounts of one to two inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3806 9461 3805 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421
      3805 9415 3803 9406 3821 9405 3820 9356
      3822 9356 3820 9350 3792 9351 3791 9357
      3783 9357 3781 9363 3772 9362 3776 9462

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Hatch
1 follow-up statement
847 
WGUS73 KSGF 211437
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
937 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

MOC039-185-217-211447-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0083.000000T0000Z-210821T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cedar MO-St. Clair MO-Vernon MO-
937 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CEDAR...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM CDT SATURDAY...

The heavy rain has ended. The threat for rapid rises in water levels
has diminished. Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3806 9461 3805 9424 3803 9423 3805 9421
      3805 9415 3803 9406 3821 9405 3820 9356
      3822 9356 3820 9350 3792 9351 3791 9357
      3783 9357 3781 9363 3772 9362 3776 9462

$$

Rothstein

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton, Morgan27 min

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.