Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 1993, 3:00 AM CST for Shannon County, Texas County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 1993, 3:00 AM CST (09:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 1993, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 140900 FFWSGF MOC091-203-215-067-153-229-141400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 300 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...HOWELL COUNTY...SHANNON COUNTY...TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...DOUGLAS COUNTY...OZARK COUNTY...WRIGHT COUNTY AT 300 AM...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST TEXAS COUNTY IN THE PLATO AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER OZARK...DOUGLAS AND HOWELL COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND WERE MOVING OVER GROUND THAT HAS RECEIVED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE SATURDAY EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. 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, Nov 13, 9:08 PM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
M0Z066-077>082-088>098-101>108-130455- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 905 CST SAT NOV 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. THERE WERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AT 900 PM THERE WERE TWO AREAS WITH VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS A GROUP OF STORMS PRODUCING LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER NORTHEAST STONE COUNTY. THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREAS AROUND OZARK AND ROGERSVILLE BETWEEN 915 AND 10 PM. THE OTHER BATCH OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN WESTERN HOWELL COUNTY. THEY SHOULD MOVE TO THE AREA AROUND WILLOW SPRINGS AND MOUNTAIN VIEW BY 10 PM. NINE
Special weather statement, Nov 13, 9:13 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-130455- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 905 CST SAT NOV 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. THERE WERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AT 900 PM THERE WERE TWO AREAS WITH VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS A GROUP OF STORMS PRODUCING LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER NORTHEAST STONE COUNTY. THEY SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREAS AROUND OZARK AND ROGERSVILLE BETWEEN 915 AND 10 PM. THE OTHER BATCH OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN WESTERN HOWELL COUNTY. THEY SHOULD MOVE TO THE AREA AROUND WILLOW SPRINGS AND MOUNTAIN VIEW BY 10 PM. NINE
Special weather statement, Nov 13, 10:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-140610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1020 PM CST SAT NOV 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM FOR SOUTHERN STONE AND ALL OF TANEY COUNTY... AT 1020 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN STRETCHED FROM EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY NEAR POWELL TO STONE COUNTY NEAR REEDS SPRING TO NEAR AVA IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND ONE FOLLOWING OTHER SO THAT A GREAT DEAL OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS WHERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. NINE
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 12:39 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-140745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1240 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 6AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM FOR SOUTHERN STONE AND ALL OF TANEY COUNTY... AT 1240 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS OCCURRING ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...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 ROADWAYS OR LOW WATER BRIDGES. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Nov 14, 1:44 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-1400900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 145 AM CST SUN NOV 14 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 6AM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STONE AND TANEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 145 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OCCURRING GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD TO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...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 ROADWAYS OR LOW WATER BRIDGES. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 5 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Wright | 5 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.