Flash Flood Warning 147, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 20, 1998, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1998, 4:05 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

County Miller County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSGF 201800
FFWSGF
MOC131-202105-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1258 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 405 PM CDT

* AT 1256 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING
  THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELDON IN NORTHWEST MILLER COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN
  IN NORTHWESTERN MILLER COUNTY SINCE 11 AM. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
  CAUSE LOW WATER CROSSINGS TO FLOOD. CAMPERS SHOULD ALSO MOVE TO
  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  IF CAMPING...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  MOTORISTS SHOULD
AVOID ALREADY FLOODED ROADS...INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

SUTTON

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 20, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1101 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

WILL ADD POPS TO ALL BUT WRN CWA AS VSB STLT SHOWING SCTD SHRA HV
DVLPD FROM SZL TO SGF IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO.  WILL ALSO KEEP RAIN IN
FOR ERN CWA AS SHWRS CONTINUE TO PERSIST IN THAT AREA.

CIRRUS BLOWOFF WILL ALSO AFFECT AFTN HIGH TEMPS OVR ALL BUT FAR WRN
ZNS. HV LOWERED HIGHS IN THE EAST BY ONE TO TWO CATEGORIES AS CLOUDS
WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN.

GAEDE

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

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.