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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

April 25, 1999Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 1999, 9:57 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Missouri; Crawford County, Kansas. 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
Apr 25, 1999, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1999, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1999-04-25Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1999-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 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 251458
FFWSGF
KSC037-MOC011-097-251830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
957 AM CDT SUN APR 25 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS
  BARTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  JASPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI
    
  INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF JOPLIN...LAMAR...CARTHAGE...GIRARD AND      
  WEBB CITY  
 
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 957 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONE 
AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA. AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH EARLY 
AFTERNOON...AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. IN 
JASPER COUNTY...LOCAL OBSERVERS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 171 AND 
HAWTHORNE HAD FLOWING WATER ACROSS THE ROAD.

*  OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SARCOXIE...AVILLA...       
   JASPER...GOLDEN CITY...LIBERAL...WALNUT...AND FRANKLIN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMABLL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
SPRINGFIELD.

TERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 11:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade3 hr
Apr 25, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Lawrence4 hr
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton4 hr
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald4 hr
Apr 25, 3:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr
Apr 25, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee4 hr
Apr 25, 11:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBourbon3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1999Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.