Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

January 4, 19934 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 1993, 9:25 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 1993, 9:25 AM CST (15:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 1993, 12:30 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 12:00Z on 1993-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 12:00Z on 1993-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -118 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 041525
FFWSGF
MOC215-035-149-181-203-091-041830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
925 AM CST MON JAN 4 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
      TEXAS...CARTER...OREGON...RIPLEY...SHANNON...HOWELL

RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 2 TO 3.5 INCHES HAS BEEN REPORTED OVERNIGHT IN
THE WARNED AREA.  THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED MANY CREEKS AND
STREAMS TO REACH NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL.  FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN HOWELL COUNTY...WHERE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE
HIGH WATER.  HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS NOW OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE WARNED AREA DURING
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...CAUSING ADDITONAL 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.

 JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 9:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFCarter, Ripley3 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.