Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 1995, 5:24 AM CDT for Dade County, Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1995, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSGF 101028 FFWSGF MOC011-057-077-097-109-119-145-167-101430- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 524 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI ...BARTON COUNTY...DADE COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...JASPER COUNTY ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MCDONALD COUNTY...NEWTON COUNTY...POLK COUNTY AT 515AM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...SOME CITES IN THIS AREA ARE...NEOSHO...JOPLIN...AND SPRINGFIELD. RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THIS AREA HAS BEEN AROUND 4 TO 5 INCHES SINCE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN IS FALLING AT A RATE OF ABOUT 1.0 INCH PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHTOUT THE MORNING. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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 A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT@. SHUMWAY
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, Jun 10, 2:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
MOZ082-092-096>098-105>108-101135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 234 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL...HEADED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 4 AM... AT 230 AM...SPRINGFIELD RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HARTVILLE SOUTH TO AVA THEN TO NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST PLAINS AND EMINENCE BETWEEN 3 AND 330 AM...AND REACH VAN BUREN... ALTON...AND DONIPHAN BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. WHILE THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED A BIT IN INTENSITY...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THEY PASS THROUGH. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER. PERSONS CAMPING NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ082-097-098-105>108-101115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST PLAINS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM... AT 309 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUMMERSVILLE IN EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY THROUGH TO JUST WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...THEN TO WEST PLAINS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH WEST PLAINS...EMINENCE...AND MOUNTAIN VIEW THROUGH 340 AM. THESE STORMS WILL REACH ALTON...DONIPHAN...AND VAN BUREN BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA OVERNIGHT. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONTOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE ALERT AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
MOZ082-097-098-105>108-101115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 311 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST PLAINS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM... AT 309 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUMMERSVILLE IN EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY THROUGH TO JUST WEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW...THEN TO WEST PLAINS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH WEST PLAINS...EMINENCE...AND MOUNTAIN VIEW THROUGH 340 AM. THESE STORMS WILL REACH ALTON...DONIPHAN...AND VAN BUREN BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFE|CT FOR THE AREA OVERNIGHT. PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONTOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE ALERT AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-101305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 400 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL TRACK THROUGH VAN BUREN...ALTON...AND DONIPHAN THROUGH 5 PM. NEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BRING RE-NEWED HEAVY RAINS TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING. ALL OF THE $RAIN WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS IF POSSIBLE. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-101305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME...3RD PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 400 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL TRACK THROUGH VAN BUREN...ALTON...AND DONIPHAN THROUGH 5 AM. NEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BRING RE-NEWED HEAVY RAINS TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS IF POSSIBLE. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-101305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME...3RD PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 400 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 400 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL TRACK THROUGH VAN BUREN...ALTON...AND DONIPHAN THROUGH 5 AM. NEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BRING RE-NEWED HEAVY RAINS TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THE REST ,OF THE EARLY MORNING. ALL OF THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS IF POSSIBLE. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence, Newton | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene, Lawrence, Polk | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Webster | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 1:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.