Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 1993, 2:56 AM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1993, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1993, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barry County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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 41 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, 56 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, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.