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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

August 7, 1995Howell County, Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 1995, 11:32 AM CDT for Howell County, Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1995, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1995-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2558 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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 071635
FFWSGF
MOC091-149-203-071830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1132 AM CDT MON AUG 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTY...OREGON COUNTY...SHANNON COUNTY
 
AT 1130 AM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM SUMMERSVILLE TO BIRCH TREE TO ALTON. THE STORMS WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE AFFECTING BIRCH TREE...THOMASVILLE...AND
WILDERNESS.
 
SINCE 830 AM...OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE MOUNTAIN VIEW
AREA PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND RESIDENCES.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
GORDON/GAEDE
 
 
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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, Aug 7, 5:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
MOZ079>081-091-071150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 AM CDT MON AUG 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 546 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN POLK AND DALLAS
COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF URBANA...PUMPKIN
CENTER...LOUISBURG AND POLK THROUGH 630 AM AND THEY MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LINDENBERG
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ079>081-091-071150-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 AM CDT MON AUG 7 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES...

AT 546 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD WAS SHOWING AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN POLK AND DALLAS
COUNTIES.  THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS ALONG WITH
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THESE THUNDERSTdORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF URBANA...PUMPKIN
CENTER...LOUISBURG AND POLK THROUGH 630 AM AND THEY MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO/TV STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton52 min
Aug 7, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper43 min
Aug 7, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper45 min
Aug 7, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright43 min
Aug 7, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright49 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark31 min
Aug 7, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas32 min
Aug 7, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright38 min
Aug 7, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Wright47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.