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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Springfield, MO

July 9, 1997Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 1997, 2:50 AM CDT for Taney 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
Jul 9, 1997, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1997, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1254 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 090750
FFWSGF
MOC145-213-091200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
ISSUED BY PADUCAH KY
250 AM CDT WED JUL 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...NEWTON COUNTY...TANEY COUNTY
 
AT 250 AM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
EXPECT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
CNJ/DH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton64 min
Jul 8, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence65 min
Jul 8, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney65 min
Jul 8, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper6 hr
Jul 8, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Jul 8, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper62 min
Jul 9, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon65 min
Jul 9, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar, Vernon6 hr
Jul 9, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade6 hr
Jul 9, 1:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene5 hr
Jul 9, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone47 min
Jul 9, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney36 min
Jul 9, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton4 hr
Jul 9, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton6 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.