Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Apr 11, 1994, 8:53 AM CDT (13:53 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 1994, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO

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MOC043-059-077-105-167-209-111700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
853 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...DALLAS COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY
   ...LACLEDE COUNTY...POLK COUNTY...STONE COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OVER THE SAME AREA. THIS HAS PRODUCED LARGE AMOUNTS
OF RAIN OVERNIGHT CAUSING CREEKS...SMALL RIVERS...SINKHOLES...AND
DRAINAGE DITCHES TO FLOOD NEARBY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA MAY PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HAIL.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 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.`
 
LEE
 
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In the hours before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-101130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
440 AM CST SUN APR 10 1994

AT 430 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO THE EAST OF A
LEBANON-MARSHFIELD-TABLE ROCK LAKE LINE.  THERE WAS ONE INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM LEFT AND IT WAS ON THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN TANEY AND OZARK
COUNTIES.  IT IS GOING TO PASS TO THE AREAS AROUND
THEODOSIA...GAINESVILLE AND TECUMSEH AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY @WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL OUGHT TO BE EXPECTED FOR THE
HOUR BETWEEN 445 AND 545 AM CDT.

NINE

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-111200-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
445 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST
   MISSOURI UNTIL 615 AM CDT...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT...AND A
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN TANEY AND OZARK COUNTIES
DURING THE PAST HOUR.  THE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME BUT THEY
ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL.  THOSE STORMS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AND REACH THE COMMUNITIES OF ISABELLA...GAINESVILLE AND
WASOLA BY 5 AM CDT.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER VERNON AND BARTON COUNTIES.
THOSE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR
ON THE COMMUNITIES OF NEVADA...MOUNDVILLE...SHELDON AND LIBERAL.
DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THOSE COUNTIES AND
FLOODING WILL CONTIRNUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THOSE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

DAVIS

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.