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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

March 19, 19985 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 19, 1998, 2:27 PM CST for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
Mar 19, 1998, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 1998, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 12:00Z on 1998-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1998-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 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 192027
FFWSGF
MOC009-043-059-067-077-091-097-105-109-119-145-153-167-169-209-
213-215-225-229-200000-

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

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  BARRY COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  DALLAS COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  DOUGLAS COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  GREENE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  HOWELL COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  JASPER COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  LACLEDE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  MCDONALD COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  NEWTON COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  OZARK COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  POLK COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  PULASKI COUNTY - CENTRAL MISSOURI
  STONE COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  TANEY COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  TEXAS COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  WEBSTER COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  WRIGHT COUNTY - SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 600 PM CST
 
* SOME AREAS OR STREAMS AFFECTED
  URBAN AREAS SUCH AS SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN AND WEST PLAINS
  ALL LOW WATER BRIDGE CROSSINGS ACROSS THE AREA

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  AT 215 PM...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED
  TO FALL.  IT WAS GRADUALLY ENDING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF WAS STILL
  OCCURRING.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A QUARTER TO A THREE QUARTERS
  OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM.  HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL
  OCCUR IN EASTERN AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Ozark6 hr
Mar 19, 8:32 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Stone6 hr
Mar 19, 8:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene6 hr
Mar 19, 10:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Texas, Wright4 hr
Mar 19, 10:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFLaclede, Pulaski4 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas3 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk3 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton3 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster3 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFTaney3 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald3 hr
Mar 19, 11:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper3 hr
Mar 19, 1:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Miller5 hr
Mar 19, 2:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Laclede, Pulaski, Texas, Wright4 hr
Mar 19, 2:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton4 hr
Mar 19, 2:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Webster4 hr
Mar 19, 2:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark, Taney4 hr
Mar 19, 2:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk4 hr
Mar 19, 3:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon, Shannon6 hr
Mar 19, 3:08 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps6 hr
Mar 19, 3:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene, Webster, Wright6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, McDonald, Newton6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk6 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 PM CSTFlash 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.