Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Mar 19, 1998, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 1998, 2:30 PM CST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSGF 191629
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MOC067-105-169-215-229-192030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1026 AM CST THU MAR 19 1998

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  DOUGLAS COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  LACLEDE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  PULASKI COUNTY - CENTRAL MISSOURI
  TEXAS COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WRIGHT COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 230 PM CST
 
* SOME AREAS OR STREAMS AFFECTED
  WRIGHT COUNTY E 1 MILE EAST OF RTE 38
  WRIGHT COUNTY Z 3 MILES SOUTH OF LACLEDE COUNTY
  LACLEDE COUNTY J WEST OF RTE 5
  DOUGLAS COUNTY FF EAST OF RTE 14
  HIGHWAY 133 2 MILES NORTH OF I-44 IN PULASKI COUNTY
  HIGHWAY M 4 MILES WEST OF RTE 32 AND 17 IN TEXAS COUNTY

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  AT 10 AM...MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ON TOP
  OF A NEARLY SATURATED GROUND.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER HALF TO THREE
  QUARTERS OF AN INCH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.  LOW
  LYING SPOTS...ESPECIALLY LOW WATER BRIDGE CROSSINGS
  WILL FLOOD.  MORE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...SO
  ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
 
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 ITF
HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

GORDON

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Mar 19, 2:15 AM CST, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 AM CST THU MAR 19 1998

06Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW IN NE TX WITH STATIONARY BNDRY EXTENDING
NE INTO THE BOOT HEEL OF MO AND W KY.  MAIN JUICY AIR REMAINS S OF
THE FRONT WITH DWPNTS IN THE 50S WHILE DWPNTS WERE IN THE UPR 30S TO
LOW 40S ACROSS THE CWA.  WV IMAGERY SHOWS UPR LVL LOW SPINNING ACROSS
THE PANHANDLE OF OK/TX.  THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS THIS FCST
PD.

KSGF BASE REFLECTIVITY SHOWS SHRA CREEPING INTO EXTREME SW MO AS WAS
PROGGED LAST NIGHT.  MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND PAINT A RATHER
SOGGY PICTURE FOR THE OZARKS REGION TDA.  LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK
ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS N AR WITH GOOD OVERRUNNING RAINFALL
EXPECTED ACROSS CWA.  COLDEST AIR WILL FILTER S ACROSS CNTRL KS WITH
SNOW THERE AND PUSH E INTO SE KS AND EXTREME SW MO AREA BY THIS
EVENING CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN JLN THIS EVE.

MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE WITH RAINFALL ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND
FROM RAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK.  MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL BANK
FULL AND THE GROUND REMAINS SOGGY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.  WONT TAKE
MUCH ADDITIONAL RAIN FOR RUNOFF TO OCCUR AND THE WAY THE QPF
LOOKS...A FFA FOR THE ENTIRE CWA IS WARRANTED.  DESPITE THE
RELATIVELY HIGH LI VALUES (10+)...THE K INDICES ARE BETWEEN 30 AND 32
DURING THE DAY AND WITH GOOD UPR LVL DIVERGENCE EXPECTED AS THE UPR
LVL LOW SLIDES E ACROSS AR...SHOULD SEE SOME TSRA DEVELOP DURING THE
MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

EXTREME W WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE AT ANY MEASURABLE SNOW AND WILL
BE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT ACROSS JLN/SE KS.  MAY SEE A COUPLE OF INCHES
THERE BY MORNING.  CHANGEOVER IN SGF WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
POINTS EAST OF SPRINGFIELD NOT UNTIL MORNING.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TDA...
...FFA FOR ENTIRE CWA TODAY AND E CWA FOR TONIGHT...

SGF/JLN...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN.  HIGH 40 TO 45.  NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
UNO...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON.  HIGH 45 TO 50.  NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
AIZ/VIH...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAIN.  HIGH 40 TO 45.  NORTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

CCF
SGF TJ 043/032 037/025 045 05+94
JLN TJ 043/030 036/026 047 05+93

LINDENBERG

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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.