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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

September 25, 1993McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 1993, 12:48 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 1993, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 1993, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County McDonald County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1993-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 250548
FFWSGF
MOC109-119-057-153-077-251045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1248 AM CDT SAT SEP 25 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
      LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...DADE...OZARK...GREENE

AT 1245 AM CDT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WITH NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER AND CREEK AND RIVERS
FLOODING INTO LOW AREAS. HEAVY RAIN OF BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES AN
HOUR ARE BEING RECEIVED OVER SATURATED GROUND WITH RAPID RISES
EXPECTED ON ALL CREEKS AND RIVERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT
CAN BECOME DEADLY WHEN SWOLLEN BY HEAVY RAIN.  CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS WHEN HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

 BAREIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 12:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Greene, Lawrence5 hr
Sep 25, 12:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark5 hr
Sep 25, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone6 hr
Sep 25, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster6 hr
Sep 25, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTaney6 hr
Sep 25, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWright5 hr
Sep 25, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper5 hr
Sep 25, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark5 hr
Sep 25, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence, McDonald, Newton5 hr
Sep 25, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene5 hr
Sep 25, 5:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper5 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.