Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 1990, 7:51 PM CST for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 1990, 7:51 PM CST (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 1990, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 102 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 150151
FFWSGF
MOC009-105-109-225-119-229-043-057-059-167-067-077-209-213-150600-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
751 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
BARRY...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...WEBSTER...MCDONALD...
WRIGHT...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...POLK...DOUGLAS...GREENE...
STONE...TANEY
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS PRODUCED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI DURING THE DAYTIME AND EVENING HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD LOW LEVEL FLODING.
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.
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 14, 5:58 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MOZ016-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 550 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 550 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BUFFALO TO NEAR BRANSON OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER( BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:21 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MOZ016-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 615 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 615 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR BENNETT SPRINGS TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR WHILE THE LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWES?T FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ016-150130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 645 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 645 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LEBANON OR 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR AVA ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR WHILE THE LINE CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. PLEASE REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:29 PM CST, 22 minutes before
MOZ016-019-020-150200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 720 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 720 PM CST RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSHOWERS AND RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES. THIS WILL BE THE LAST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BECOMES MORE ACTIVE. LOW LEVEL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGH OUT A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. MURPHY PLEASE REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Taney and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade, Dallas, Polk | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Wright | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.