Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Mar 19, 1998, 8:32 AM CST (14:32 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 1998, 2:30 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSGF 191434
FFWSGF
MOC009-091-109-153-209-192030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
832 AM CST THU MAR 19 1998

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  BARRY COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  HOWELL COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  OZARK COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  STONE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 PM CST
 
* SOME AREAS OR STREAMS AFFECTED
  HIGHWAY C EAST OF ROUTE VV IN BARRY COUNTY
  HIGHWAY AA 3 MILES NORTH OF ROUTE 13 IN STONE COUNTY
  HIGHWAY JJ BETWEEN ROUTE 160 AND ROUTE 142 IN HOWELL COUNTY
  HIGHWAY 95 1 MILE SOUTH OF DOUGLAS COUNTY IN OZARK COUNTY
  HIGHWAY P NORTH OF VERONA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THIS MORNING OVER A SATURATED GROUND HAS CAUSED
  ADDITIONAL RUNOFF OF RAIN. THIS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  WITH THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  ...MORE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF
HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

GORDON/SCHMIDT

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.