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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

May 13, 2022Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2022, 6:28 PM CDT for Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
May 13, 2022, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2022, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2022-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 2022-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-495 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 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.

803 
WGUS53 KSGF 132328
FFWSGF
MOC215-140330-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0021.220513T2328Z-220514T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
628 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Texas County in south central Missouri...

* Until 1030 PM CDT.

* At 628 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch 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...
  Raymondville, Eunice, Hartshorn and Yukon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3728 9165 3723 9169 3723 9186 3729 9189
      3742 9170 3742 9165 3734 9165 3733 9165
      3732 9165 3730 9165

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Rothstein
2 follow-up statements
594 
WGUS73 KSGF 140022
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
722 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

MOC215-140330-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220514T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Texas MO-
722 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY...

At 722 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have 
fallen, with heavy rain still continuing over 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...
  Raymondville, Eunice, Hartshorn and Yukon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3728 9165 3723 9169 3723 9186 3729 9189
      3742 9170 3742 9165 3734 9165 3733 9165
      3732 9165 3730 9165

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Rothstein
041 
WGUS73 KSGF 140328
FFSSGF

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1028 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

MOC215-140338-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220514T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Texas MO-
1028 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
EAST CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3728 9165 3723 9169 3723 9186 3729 9189
      3742 9170 3742 9165 3734 9165 3733 9165
      3732 9165 3730 9165

$$

EW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Texas41 min
May 13, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas51 min
May 13, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski44 min
May 13, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas47 min
May 13, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas44 min
May 13, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell47 min
May 13, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas31 min
May 13, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster28 min
May 13, 6:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFPhelps, Pulaski, Texas4 hr
May 13, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Shannon, Texas45 min
May 13, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright15 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.