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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

March 14, 1990Christian County, Greene County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 1990, 12:35 AM CST for Christian County, Greene County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 1990, 12:35 AM CST (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1990, 4:30 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Stone 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1990-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1990-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 140635
FFWSGF
MOC009-109-119-145-043-057-167-077-209-097-141030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1235 AM CST WED MAR 14 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      BARRY...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...CHRISTIAN...DADE...
      POLK...GREENE...STONE...JASPER

SINCE 600 PM CST AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY
SATURATED RUNOFF HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LOW
LEVEL FLOODING 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 S~MALL ONE...ON FOOT.
TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

 MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton57 min
Mar 14, 12:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton4 hr
Mar 14, 12:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk4 hr
Mar 14, 12:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald4 hr

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.