Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Apr 11, 1994, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)

Expired

Apr 11, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1216 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARRY COUNTY...BARTON COUNTY...CEDAR COUNTY
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...DALLAS COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY
   ...JASPER COUNTY...LACLEDE COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MCDONALD COUNTY
   ...NEWTON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY...STONE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...VERNON COUNTY
 
A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING TORRENTIAL RAIN
WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
 
AS A RESULT OF EARLIER HEAVY RAIN...MOST COUNTIES IN THE WARNED AREA
ARE HAVING FLOOD PROBLEMS.  MANY ROADS...LOW WATER BRIDGES AND LOW LYING
FIELDS ARE WATER COVERED.  RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING AT OR OVER
BANKFULL WITH MANY SMALL CREEKS CAUSING MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING.
 
RENEWED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND SERIOUS FLOODING.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION SO PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.  BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERV
. 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
DAVIS

In the hours before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-111545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
943 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS BEGINNIG TO MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 940 AM INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTH OF JOPLIN NEAR SOUTH WEST CITY MOVING
NORTHEAST 30 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITIES OF PINEVILLE AND POWELL
BY 1000 AM. PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG
GUSTY WIND AS THIS STORM MOVES NORTHEAST.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING MCDONALD COUNTY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LEE

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-111730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1127 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY AND
THE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI AREA...

AT 1125 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRINGFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.  THE
THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND INTO WEBSTER
COUNTY NORTH OF ROGERSVILLE BY 1200 NOON.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF FLOODING AS THIS STORM MOVES
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING GREENE COUNTY.

TORRENTIAL R<AIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WIND MAY BE EXPECTED IN THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD UNTIL 1200 NOON.

LEE

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.