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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone, Taney | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Taney | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Ozark | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.