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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 19945 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 1994, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 646 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 112310
FFWSGF
MOC009-011-039-043-057-077-097-109-119-145-167-209-217-120515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
607 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARRY COUNTY...BARTON COUNTY...CEDAR COUNTY
   ...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MCDONALD COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY
   ...STONE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...VERNON COUNTY
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FOR A
GOOD PART OF THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
 
MOST OF THE COUNTIES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE HAD HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
PAST 24 HOURS AND NUMEROUS FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
 
MANY ROADS...LOW WATER BRIDGES AND LOW LYING AREAS ARE COVERED WITH
WATER AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND CREATE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION AND PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ANY HEAVY RAINS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IF NECESSARY.
 
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 CHROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
MURPHY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone	5 hr
Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Polk	5 hr
Apr 11, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Taney	32 min
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Carter, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Laclede, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	6 hr
Apr 11, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ripley	6 hr

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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.