Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 1990, 12:35 AM CST for Polk 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
County Polk 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 87 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
- 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
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.
MURPHYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:17 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ016-140215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 715 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 715 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR SELIGMAN ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:42 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
MOZ016-140240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 740 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND ARE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 740 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BUFFALO TO NEAR POWELL OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:04 PM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
MOZ016-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 800 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 800 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BUFFALO TO NEAR POWELL OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE HEAVIEST STORM IN THIS LINE WAS AROUND HALLTOWN ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:35 PM CST, 4 hours before
MOZ016-140330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 830 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 800 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ETO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:27 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
MOZ016-140415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 925 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 925 PM CST RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR PLEASANT HOPE TO JOPLIN TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR SELIGMAN TO SPRINGFIELD. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:17 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ016-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1015 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 1015 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER UNTIL THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE ACTIVE. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 12:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 57 min |
| Mar 14, 12:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 4 hr |
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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.