Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 1993, 2:44 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1993, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1993, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County McDonald County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSGF 140744
FFWSGF
MOC119-141145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
244 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
MCDONALD
AT 235 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS
EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO CAUSE RAPID
RUNOFF AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING. SOME RAODWAYS ALONG THE BIG SUGAR
CREEK AREA HAVE AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF WATER ON THEM IN LOW LYING
AREAS.
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...ONx 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, Sep 14, 12:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-140700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1205 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 200 AM CDT... ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS BORDERS FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRANSON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. THE TOWNS OF PINEVILLE...CASSVILLE...SHELL KNOB AND KIMBERLING CITY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE HEAVY STORMS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:00 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-140900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 200 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI GENERALLY WEST AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD NEAR LEBANON TO 10 MILES NORTH OF BRANSON. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER MCDONALD COUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN AND ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER STORMS. THE TOWNS OF PINEVILLE AND CASSVILLE AND THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. LOW LEVEL FLOODING AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF REQUIRED. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 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.