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Flash Flood Warning 310, NWS Springfield, MO

October 6, 19985 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 1998, 2:03 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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
Oct 6, 1998, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 1998, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 1998-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSGF 060705
FFWSGF
KSC011-021-037-MOC009-011-015-029-039-043-057-059-065-067-077-
085-091-097-105-109-119-125-131-141-145-149-153-167-169-185-203-
209-213-215-217-225-229-061300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
203 AM CDT TUE OCT 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  OREGON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 8 AM CDT

* AT 125 AM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND A
  PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  A LARGE AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS
  LOCATED FROM SALEM TO CABOOL TO GAINESVILLE. INDIVIDUAL
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHILE THE AREA IS MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* PHONE CALLS MADE TO AREA SHERIFFS FROM OZARK COUNTY TO DENT
  COUNTY INDICATE THAT MANY ROADS HAVE STANDING WATER ON THE ROADS
  ...AND THAT MANY MOTORISTS ARE BEGINNING TO HYDROPLANE. DOPPLER
  WEATHER RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 2 AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  SINCE 10 PM MONDAY NIGHT FROM GAINESVILLE TO MONTAUK STATE PARK.

WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH 8 AM...
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING SUPERCEDES A
PORTION OF THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS
ISSUED MONDAY NIGHT.   THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS FOR AREAS
EAST OF A LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO BUFFALO TO TUSCUMBIA.

LOCALIZED FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF CONTINUES IN EARNEST ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS DUE TO THE COPIOUS RAINFALL
THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 30 HOURS.  WITH MANY SECONDARY ROADS
STILL FLOODED...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS WEST OF A
GAINESVILLE TO BUFFALO TO TUSCUMBIA LINE.  THIS FLOOD WARNING
SUPERCEDES THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
THE AREA LAST NIGHT.  LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THIS AREA...
WITH UP TO ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY...EVEN TRUCKS.  AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ABOUT TRAVELLING AT NIGHT.  DON'T RISK YOUR
LIFE...TURN AROUND AND SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

GORDON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Polk6 hr
Oct 5, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair6 hr
Oct 5, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller6 hr
Oct 5, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon6 hr
Oct 5, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr
Oct 5, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Laclede, Webster, Wright6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Miller, Morgan6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Ozark, Stone, Taney6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Pulaski6 hr
Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald6 hr
Oct 6, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Oct 6, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar6 hr
Oct 6, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark6 hr
Oct 6, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon6 hr

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.