Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 4:05 AM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 060908 FFWSGF MOC119-145-061200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...MCDONALD COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY AT 400 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES. MANY STREETS AND ROADS IN NEOSHO WERE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. SOME FLOODING OF HOMES AND BASEMENTS WAS ALSO REPORTED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR INR 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 UP TO HIGHER GROUND. JOHNSON &
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, Jul 5, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-060600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1110 PM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO JUST WEST OF SPRINGFIELD TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THE CITIES OF LEBANON...SPRINGFIELD AND AURORA ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MIS3SOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
M0Z015-016-019-020-021-060900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 210 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 210 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN NEWTON...MCDONALD AND INTO BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CREEK AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. PEO PLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER LOW WATER BRIDGES. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
M0Z015-016-019-020-021-061000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 300 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 300 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING SOUTH OF THE JOPLIN AREA IN NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES INTO BARRY AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES BY 430 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CREEK AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER FLOWING OVER LOW WATER BRIDGES. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 95 min |
| Jul 6, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 63 min |
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.