Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 30, 1997, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)

Expired

Jun 30, 1997, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

County Barry County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSGF 300519
FFWSGF
MOC009-300730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1218 AM CDT MON JUN 30 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  BARRY COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS OR STREAMS AFFECTED
  ROARING RIVER STATE PARK
  FLAT CREEK IN CASSVILLE
  HIGHWAY Y 3 MILES NORTH OF CASSVILLE
  HIGHWAY 76 EAST OF ROUTE 112

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  AT 1210 AM...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER
  BARRY COUNTY.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR THROUGH 230 AM.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING 1 TO 1 AND
  HALF INCHES HAD FALLEN FROM PURDY TO PIONEER.  ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES
  CAN BE EXPECTED...THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  THE COUNTY
 
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.

DURING THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT...FLOODED SECTIONS OF ROAD MAY NOT BE
VISIBLE TO MOTORISTS. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BE CLOSED.

GORDON

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 29, 2:38 PM CDT, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
237 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997

POPS AND TEMPS ARE CONCERNS TODAY

WEATHER BECOMING MORE SUMMERLIKE BY THE MINUTE ACROSS THE OZARKS:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN
THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA...IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND CLOSER TO THE
MIDDLE LEVEL ENERGY. KANSAS/NEBRASKA THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TRIED TO
FIZZLE OUT THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD LIMP INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
THE FORECAST AREA. CORRESPONDING WAVE SHOWS UP WELL AT H5 AND H7 ON THE
PROFILER NETWORK. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 1.5" AND WEAK MID
LEVEL WINDS...HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREAT AGAIN TODAY.

MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE: MCS EXPECTED
OVER KANSAS/NEBRASKA AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVING INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS/WESTERN MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT. IF COMPLEX WEAKENS
MONDAY MORNING...CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE ALONG REMNANTS MONDAY AFTERNOON.
H5 RIDGE THEN BUILDS IN MONDAY NIGHT...LOWERING POPS TO NEAR ZERO AND
WARMING TEMPERATURES UP TO AT OR ABOVE SEASONABLE LEVELS.

TOUGH EXTENDED FORECAST: H5 RIDGE WILL FLATTEN AND A COLD FRONT WILL
TRY TO PUSH INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS WEDNESDAY. PROBLEM IS DETERMINING
WHERE THE FRONT WILL HANG UP: COULD SEE RANGE FROM MID 80S TO MID 90S
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY.

FAN GUIDANCE LOOKS TOO COOL...SO WILL LEAN IN THE DIRECTION OF FWC. FAN
ALSO LOOKS LIKE IT HOLDS ON TO POPS TOO LONG.

FIRST PERIOD THOUGHTS AND IDEAS:
SGF/AIZ: WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...GOOD
CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW UPPER 60S.
JLN: WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...LIKELY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOW NEAR 70.
UNO: WIDELY SCrATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 65 TO 70.

SGF EB 069/087 070/090 072 08552
JLN EB 071/090 073/093 073 08752

MS

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

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.