Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 1:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 3:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 1998 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 070612 FFWSGF MOC009-097-109-119-145-071015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 110 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARRY COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY ...MCDONALD COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF JOPLIN TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOPLIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AN AREA THAT IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS ALREADY SWOLLEN. STREET AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING WILL OCCUR QUITE RAPIDLY. 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. MURPHY
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 6, 7:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 730 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... A SMALL CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM NEAR BUFFALO OR 30 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO LEBANON OR 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 900 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA ONCE AGAIN. SOME AREAS RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND RIVERS. STREET AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING WILL OCCUR QUITE RAPIDLY. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RISING WATER AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER... PARTICULARILY IN LOW WATER BRIDGE AREAS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-070600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1030 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AT THE PRESENT TIME...HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ARE LIKELY TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GROUND ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI IS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS OF LAST NIGHT AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CREATE RAPID RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND RIVERS. LOW LEVEL FLOODING W\ILL OCCUR QUITE RAPIDLY. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:19 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
MOZ015-016-019-020-021-070800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1215 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTH- WEST MISSOURI FROM 20 MILES NORTH TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT ARE SWOLLEN. STREET FLOODING AND LOW LEVEL FLOODING WILL OCCUR QUITE RAPIDLY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI IF HEAVY RAINS BEGIN. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 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.