Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

May 4, 1999, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 1999, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dade County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KSGF 041752
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MOC039-057-109-185-042230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1251 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED

* FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 1250..PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM
  FROM STOCKTON...TO CARTHAGE TO BAXTER SPRINGS.  THESE STORM WERE
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PRODUCED UP TO ONE AND ONE
  HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
  OSCEOLA...STOCKTON...GREENFIELD...AND MOUNT VERNON AREAS THIS
  AFTERNOON.  RAPID FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS
  AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

  BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON...UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS
  WESTERN JASPER...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD AND BARTON COUNTIES CAUSING
  SOME MINOR FLOODING OF COUNTY AND STATE ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.
  FARMERS SHOULD MOVE CATTLE TO HIGHER GROUND.

  SINCE LAST NIGHT...UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON SOUTHERN
  CHEROKEE COUNTY.


EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS
AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

GAEDE/DAVIS

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 4, 2:55 AM CDT, 9 hours 56 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
255 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999

MAIN FCST PROBLEM: THUNDERSTORMS

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA
TO THIS TIME. STORMS ARE CREEPING UP AND ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT
IS RUNNING BETWEEN JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD AND NORTHWARD INTO BARTON
AND ST.CLAIR COUNTIES. STORMS ARE LOSING SOME INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE
INTO LOWER DEWPOINT AIR OVER THE CWA...BUT WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY
OVER THE AREA AND PREVIOUS SPINNERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST MOVING
IN...TORN WATCH FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA STILL LOOKS OKAY.

THE NGM AND AVN ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL
FEATURES THIS RUN...WHILE THE ETA DEVELOPS A SURFACE LOW WELL SOUTH
OF THE OTHER TWO MODELS THROUGH 24 HOURS IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING
UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND CENTRAL PLAINS. CURRENT SFC
PRESSURE PATTERNS INDICATE THE ETA MAY BE OVERDOING THIS FEATURE A
BIT SO WILL LEAN TOWARD THE NGM/AVN FOR FORECAST TRENDS.

UPPER TROUGH WILL DEEPEN SLIGHTLY THROUGH 24 HOURS BEFORE LIFTING
AND FILLING BY 48 HOURS. WITH DECENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
REMAINING OVER THE AREA...SHOULD SEE STORMS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT...AND GRADUALLY DECREASE POPS AS COLD FRONT MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA.

COULDNT SEE TOO MUCH REASON TO DEVIATE FROM MOS TEMPS FIRST THREE
PERIODS...BUT WILL STAY A CATEG OR TWO WARMER ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

CCF
SGF TE 078/057 070/048 17753
JLN TE 078/060 069/049 17753
UNO TE 075/058 071/049 17753
VIH TE 075/057 068/049 17753

TERRY

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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.