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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 1994Barton County, Dade County, Greene County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 1994, 4:11 PM CDT for Barton County, Dade County, Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1994, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1994-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1994-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 062112
FFWSGF
MOC011-057-077-217-070215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
411 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARTON COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...VERNON COUNTY
 
RADAR AT 410 CONTINUES TO SHOW LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL...ON THE ORDER
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES DURNING THE LAST 3 HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL
SWELL CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA QUICKLY. LOW WATER CROSSINGS SHOULD
BE ESPECIALLY AVOIDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
 
 
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 Ad SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
NINE

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, May 6, 10:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-061745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1055 AM CDT FRI MAY 6 1994

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AT SHORTLY BEFORE 11 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE REGION.  THEY WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM
LEBANON TO GREENFIELD TO JOPLIN.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS STILL IN KANSAS TO THE WEST OF LAMAR...GENERALLY
IN THE AREA AROUND PITTSBURG...GIRARD AND PARSONS.  THE MOST LIKELY
AREA FOR FLASH FLOODING BEFORE 1 PM IS IN BARTON COUNTY AROUND
LIBERAL...LAMAR AND GOLDEN CITY.  PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR ANY RAPID RISE ALONG SMALL STREAMS.  ESPECIALLY AVOID DRIVING INTO
WATER ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE NOT ABSOLUTLY FAMILIAR.

NINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry65 min
May 6, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone65 min
May 6, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper65 min
May 6, 1:07 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone68 min
May 6, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Taney, Webster66 min
May 6, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone66 min
May 6, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark62 min
May 6, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade37 min
May 6, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Greene, Polk62 min
May 6, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon5 hr
May 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Webster68 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence, Stone68 min
May 6, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar39 min
May 6, 6:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster, Wright4 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.