Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 1989, 1:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1989, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1989, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Polk County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 220625
FFWSGF
MOC225-039-217-057-167-077-220800-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
125 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
WEBSTER...CEDAR...DADE...POLK...GREENE...
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
VERNON...
REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE PASSED
THUR THE AREA WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF LOCAL FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS` IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT
CAN BECOME DEADLY WHEN SWOLLEN BY HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS WHEN HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.
NINEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Vernon | 61 min |
| May 21, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 59 min |
| May 21, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Webster | 57 min |
| May 22, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene | 60 min |
| May 22, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 60 min |
| May 22, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene | 25 min |
| May 22, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 95 min |
| May 22, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk | 3 hr |
| May 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 3 hr |
| May 22, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 57 min |
| May 22, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 68 min |
| May 22, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 68 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.