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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 1994Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 12:11 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1994, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1994, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Vernon County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 437 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
147 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 110515
FFWSGF
MOC009-011-039-057-097-109-119-145-217-111115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1211 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...BARRY COUNTY...BARTON COUNTY...CEDAR COUNTY...DADE COUNTY
   ...JASPER COUNTY...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MCDONALD COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...VERNON COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MOST SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  MANY SECTIONS OF THE WARNED
AREA HAVE HAD FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS SINCE EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.
 
SEVERAL AREAS OF VERNON AND JASPER COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES
OF NEVADA AND CARTHAGE ARE NOW UNDER WATER.
 
STREAMS CURRENTLY RUNNING NEAR OR OVER BANKFULL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY WITH MORE RAINFALL.  STORM DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS MAY ALSO CLOG WITH DEBRIS AND PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON
UNDERPASSES AND STREETS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
DAVIS
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, McDonald, Newton56 min
Apr 10, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Polk, Vernon56 min
Apr 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone61 min
Apr 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene61 min
Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Webster and 1 more6 hr
Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk6 hr
Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFStone, Taney6 hr
Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark6 hr
Apr 10, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone60 min
Apr 10, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon64 min
Apr 10, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas, Webster, Wright63 min
Apr 10, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas59 min
Apr 11, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence6 hr
Apr 11, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton6 hr
Apr 11, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon65 min
Apr 11, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon68 min
Apr 11, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark33 min
Apr 11, 6:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Vernon6 hr
Apr 11, 6:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence6 hr
Apr 11, 7:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton5 hr
Apr 11, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede3 hr
Apr 11, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Stone3 hr
Apr 11, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk3 hr
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton6 hr
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Webster6 hr
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper6 hr
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede6 hr
Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk6 hr
Apr 11, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper47 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.