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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 1994Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 11:24 PM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 1994, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 1994, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Ripley County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 120427
FFWSGF
MOC035-091-149-181-203-215-059-067-105-153-225-229-121030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1124 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEA

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, Apr 11, 7:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-120130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
745 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT TUESDAY
MORNING.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 76 FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BUT THE
MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD DECREASED. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS FROM 79 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF
SPRINGFIELD.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

PEOPLE SHOULD BrE ALERT FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS CONCERNING THE STORMS.

BAREIS

Local storm report, Apr 11, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

POST STORM SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
830 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

627 PM CDT  POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH EDGE OF SELIGMAN...SOUTHWEST
             BARRY COUNTY. 2 HOUSE TRAILERS DESTROYED 1 SEVERELY
             DAMAGED. ONE PERSON SEVERELY INJURED...TAKEN TO ROGERS
             ARKANSAS HOSPITAL.

BAREIS

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-120320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
916 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 910 PM CDT INDICATED A SMALL LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS TO 40 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWNS OF TECUMSEH...
DORA...AND VANZANT BY 930 PM.

PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL
MEDIA  CONCERNING THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  TWO POSSIBLE SMALL
TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

IF SEVpERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LEE

Local storm report, Apr 11, 9:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

POST STORM SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
920 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

627 PM CDT  POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH EDGE OF SELIGMAN...SOUTHWEST
             BARRY COUNTY. 2 HOUSE TRAILERS DESTROYED 1 SEVERELY
             DAMAGED. ONE PERSON SEVERELY INJURED...TAKEN TO ROGERS
             ARKANSAS HOSPITAL WHERE THE PERSON EXPIRED. NO MORE
             INFORMATION AVAILABLE.  REPORT RECEIVED FROM TROOP D
             HIGHWAY PATROL.
BARxEIS

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

MOZ096-120330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
928 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS
EXPIRED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE TORNADO WARNING ISSUED AT 843 PM FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY EXPIRED AT
915 PM CDT.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSORI.

AT 925 PM THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS NEAR
BAKERSFIELD TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 40 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST PLAINS AND
WILLOW SPRINGS BY 945 PM.

PEOPLE SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND HEAVY RAIN AS THE STORMS
PASS.

LEE

Local storm report, Apr 11, 11:05 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

POST STORM SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1100 PM CDT MON APR 11 1994

...REPORTS FROM APRIL 11, 1994 IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

TIME(CDT)      COUNTY         REPORT

840  PM        TANEY          TREE DAMAGE 2 MILES NORTH OF BRANSON.
                              CIVIL DEFENSE SAID STRAIGHT LINE WIND.

1007 PM        BARTON         FLOODING AROUND LAMAR.  MAY HAVE TO
                              EVACUATE PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS.

LEE

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	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Vernon	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

Nearby

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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.