Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Sep 23, 1996, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)

Expired

Sep 23, 1996, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 231741 COR
FFWSGF
MOC015-029-125-131-141-232100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED      ...CORRECTION...
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1236 PM CDT MON SEP 23 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...BENTON...MILLER...MORGAN...MARIES...AND CAMDEN COUNTIES

AT 1229 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING BACK INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING AND
THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

THE STORMS THIS MORNING PRODUCED A LARGE AREA OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH
SOME ISOLATED 3 TO 4 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS.

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER ALONG
CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR
FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED 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.

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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 23, 10:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1005 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996

KSGF 88D INDICATING STG-SVR TSTMS CURRENTLY MOVG ACRS THE NRN CWA.  THIS IS
IN ASSSOCIATION WITH A WRM FNT XTNDG ROUGHLY ALG THE MO RVR ATTM.  AT H8...
LLVL JET AND WAA XTNDS FROM SWRN OK THRU CNTRL MO.  AT THE UPR LVLS...CWA
LIES WITHIN AN AREA OF UPR LVL DIFF WITH THE H3 SRN JET OVR SRN OK AND
THE NRN JET OF ARND 90KTS OVR SD.

WITH RELATIVELY CLR SKIES OVR SERN KS-SWRN MO...WOULD XPCT STG HTG TO OCCUR
BY AFTN.  WITH LOTS OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...A GOOD LLVL JET...AN APRCHG FNT...
...AND OUTFLW BNDRYS FROM THIS MRNGS CNVCTN...WOULD XPCT SVR TSTMS TO FIRE THIS
AFTN PER SPC DISCUSSION.

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY CHGS ATTM...BUT WOULD KEEP MY EYE ON MAX TEMPS IN
THE SGF/JLN GRP AS WE ARE ALREADY APRCHG THE LWR END OF THE MAX TEMP RANGE.
IF UPDTS MADE...WOULD UP POPS IN SCND PD AS TSTMS MAY LAST INTO THE EVENING.

GAEDE

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
1126 AM CDT MON SEP 23 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0840 AM    TUSCUMBIA                 MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   MILLER

0850 AM    ST ELIZABETH              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   MILLER                         DIME HAIL ALSO REPORTED AT
                                          MARYS HOME

0920 AM    BRUMLEY                   MO   .75 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   MILLER

0925 AM    BRINKTOWN                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   MARIES
0935 AM    BRINKTOWN                 MO   .75 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   MARIES

1025 AM    ST JAMES                  MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   PHELPS

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Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.