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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Springfield, MO

June 4, 1998Maries County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1998, 10:03 PM CDT for Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 4, 1998, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Maries County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
438 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 050304
FFWSGF
MOC015-029-125-131-141-050900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1003 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 1000 PM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THESE COUNTIES. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY HAS BEEN
  ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM.

* HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLIER
  TODAY AND THIS EVENING CONTINUES TO RUN OFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS.
  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER...THE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS UNTIL 4 AM. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO
  REPORT FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE
  WARNING AREA. NO STATE HIGHWAYS ARE REPORTED UNDER WATER AT THIS TIME.


DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS.  ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY |FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney50 min
Jun 4, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas48 min
Jun 4, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon64 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark66 min
Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright47 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Shannon4 hr
Jun 4, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster37 min
Jun 4, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Miller, Morgan6 hr
Jun 4, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Texas32 min
Jun 4, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright33 min
Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark5 hr
Jun 5, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps36 min
Jun 5, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas34 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.