Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 6:16 AM CDT for Dade County, Jasper County, Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1994, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1994, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 111119 FFWSGF MOC011-039-057-097-109-217-111715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 616 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARTON COUNTY...CEDAR COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY ...LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...VERNON COUNTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH LATE MORNING. MANY SECTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY HAD SERIOUS FLOODING SINCE SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ON VERNON AND BARTON COUNTIES. THIS LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO SWELL RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS IN VERNON AND BARTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE MARMATON RIVER...SPRING RIVER...OSAGE AND LITTLE OSAGE ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND CONTINUE TO RISE. AS A RESULT...SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED AND HOMES THREATENED BY THE FLOOD WATERS. THIS IS A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION SO PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS..H.RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. DAVIS &
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
Local storm report, Apr 11, 2:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
POST STORM SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY APR 10 AND MON APR 11 1994
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
550 PM CDT 3/4" TO 11/2" HAIL AT SENECA MO. NEWTON COUNTY REPORTED
BY NEOSHO POLICE
620 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL SE EDGE OF JOPLIN JLN POLICE
628 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 1-2 INCHES DEEP AT READINGS MILL
NEWTON COUNTY
633 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FROM DUENWEG TO CARTERVILLE JASPER COUNTY
700 PM CDT SPRING RIVER FLOODING AT WACO JASPER COUNTY
723 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL 3 WEST OF LOCKWOOD DADE COUNTY
725 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL HIWAY 71 EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MCDONALD
COUNTY CD
736 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF GALENA STONE COUNTY
738 PM CDT 3/4TO 1 INCH HAIL AT EAGLE ROCK BARRY COUNTY HAM OPERATOR
749 PM CDT 1.6 INCHES RAIN AT WACO IN 1/2 HOUR. SPRING RIVER JASPER CTY
752 PM CDT 1-11/2 INCH HAIL AT ASH GROVE GREENE COUNTY CD DIR.
800 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL 5 SW BOLIVAR IN POLK COUNTY
828 PM CDT ROADS TO CASSVILLE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER HAM OP.
830 PM CDT NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN BOLIVAR POLK COUNTY
832 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL FROM BUFFALO TO CHARITY DALLAS COUNTY
916 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL PONCE DE LEON STONE COUNTY
920 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL HIGHLANDVILLE WEST CHRISTIAN COUNTY
930 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL AT OZARK CHRISTIAN COUNTY
938 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL AT NEVADA VERNON COUNTY
938 PM CDT 11/2 INCH HAIL AT SPARTA CHRISTIAN COUNTY
950 PM CDT UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD BRUNER-ELKHEAD CHRISTIAN COUNTY
951 PM CDT 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE WEBSTER COUNTY
1050 PM CDT POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE AROUND 1030 PM
SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY
1052 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL SW OF HARTVILLE AROUND 1030 PM CDT
WRIGHT COUNTY
1052 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT SEYMOUR AROUND 1020 PM CDT
WEBSTER COUNTY
1103 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT HUGGINS...3/4 INCH HAIL AT ROBY
TEXAS COUNTY
110 AM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL AT NEVADA VERNON COUNTY
145 AM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS REPORTED 2E OF NEVADA
AT 140 AM VERNON COUNTY.
MURPHYSpecial weather statement, Apr 11, 4:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-101130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 440 AM CST SUN APR 10 1994 AT 430 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO THE EAST OF A LEBANON-MARSHFIELD-TABLE ROCK LAKE LINE. THERE WAS ONE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LEFT AND IT WAS ON THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN TANEY AND OZARK COUNTIES. IT IS GOING TO PASS TO THE AREAS AROUND THEODOSIA...GAINESVILLE AND TECUMSEH AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY @WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL OUGHT TO BE EXPECTED FOR THE HOUR BETWEEN 445 AND 545 AM CDT. NINE
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-111200- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 445 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 615 AM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN TANEY AND OZARK COUNTIES DURING THE PAST HOUR. THE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE AT THIS TIME BUT THEY ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL. THOSE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND REACH THE COMMUNITIES OF ISABELLA...GAINESVILLE AND WASOLA BY 5 AM CDT. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONGER STORMS WERE OVER VERNON AND BARTON COUNTIES. THOSE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR ON THE COMMUNITIES OF NEVADA...MOUNDVILLE...SHELDON AND LIBERAL. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THOSE COUNTIES AND FLOODING WILL CONTIRNUE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THOSE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. DAVIS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Polk, Vernon | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Stone | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede, Webster and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 68 min |
| Apr 11, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Webster | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 47 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.