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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 1994Webster County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 1994, 6:52 PM CDT for Webster County, Wright County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1994, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 062353
FFWSGF
MOC225-229-070400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
652 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...WEBSTER COUNTY...WRIGHT COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INVADE WEBSTER AND
WRIGHT COUNTIES AND THERE ARE SEVERAL SPOTS WITH HIGH WATER THAT
CONTINUED TO RISE AND MORE RAINFALL PROMISED. TROUBLE SPOTS WERE NEAR
FORDLAND...SEYMOUR AND BETWEEN CEDAR GAP AND MANSFIELD. SATELLITE
ESTIMATES ARE THAT 2.1 TO 2.7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING A 4 HOUR PERIOD
ENDING AT 6 PM FROM SPRINGFIELD EAST TO MOUNTAIN GROVE. THE SAME AREA
HAD AROUND 1 INCH BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM CDT
.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CBREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
 
NINE
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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 WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Greene5 hr
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

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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.