Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

June 28, 1997Howell County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 1997, 2:14 PM CDT for Howell County, Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1997, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1997-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2010 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1997-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
2010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 281915
FFWSGF
MOC091-203-282315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
214 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  HOWELL COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SHANNON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS OR STREAMS AFFECTED
  ALLEY SPRINGS AND EMINENCE IN SHANNON COUNTY
  WEST PLAINS...MOUNTAIN VIEW AND LANTON IN HOWELL COUNTY
  OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  SPRINGFIELD DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES
  OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED OVER SHANNON AND HOWELL COUNTIES SINCE
  NOON. THE RAIN TODAY FELL IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED ONE TO TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN FRIDAY.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SHANNON AND
  HOWELL COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL
  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
 
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD
WATERS.  DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS
RISING.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence36 min
Jun 27, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian52 min
Jun 28, 7:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton3 hr
Jun 28, 7:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden3 hr
Jun 28, 4:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller, Morgan5 hr
Jun 28, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Miller49 min
Jun 28, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.