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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

June 16, 2000Barry County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2000, 10:47 PM CDT for Barry County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2000, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2000, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2000-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2000-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 170349
FFWSGF
MOC009-209-170700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1047 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING ACROSS BARRY AND 
CENTRAL STONE COUNTIES FROM WASHBURN TO GALENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 
PAST HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE   
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH   
FLOODING INCLUDE...THE CASSVILLE...ROARING RIVER STATE PARK...GALENA 
AND CAPE FAIR AREAS.

CAMPERS CAMPING ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS INCLUDING IN THE ROARING 
RIVER STATE PARK AREA...SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS 
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR 
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. 

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT.

LAT...LON 3651 9405 3660 9336 3694 9340 3676 9405

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone, Taney6 hr
Jun 17, 7:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Stone6 hr
Jun 17, 10:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTaney4 hr
Jun 17, 11:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon3 hr
Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.