Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 1989, 3:28 AM CDT for Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1989, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1989, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 220828
FFWSGF
MOC039-057-167-077-221130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
328 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
CEDAR...DADE...POLK...GREENE
AT 325AM CDT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTIUNED OVER THE AREA WHERE
PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED UP TO AN ESTIMATED 5 INCHES OF
RAIN DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
HIGH WATER IN THE WARNED AREAS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar, Dade, Polk, Vernon | 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, 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 |
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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.