Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jun 17, 2000, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2000, 7:45 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
205 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 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
  WESTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED           
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OCCURING FROM JUST EAST  
  OF ROARING RIVER STATE PARK TO NEAR BULL SHOALS LAKE EAST OF       
  BRANSON. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.       
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR IN THE WARNING AREA INDICATE THAT    
  2.5 TO AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY      
  EVENING. THE HEAVIEST 7 INCH AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED IN CENTRAL AND  
  EAST CENTRAL BARRY COUNTY

* SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT        
  HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.

PARK OFFICALS AT ROARING RIVER STATE PARK HAVE BEGUN AN EVACUATION 
OF CAMPERS. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT SOME TRAILER PARKS IN 
THE CASSVILLE AREA ARE ALSO BEING EVACUATED.

THIS EXTENDS THE WARNING FOR BARRY AND CENTRAL STONE COUNTIES. HEAVY 
RAIN HAS EXTENDED IN WESTERN TANEY COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3686 9404 3654 9406 3652 9317 3679 9317

DSA

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1015 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2000

HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES
OF THE FORECAST AREA.

SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CLOUD TOPS CONTINUE TO COOL AND REGENERATE
OVER THE SAME AREAS FROM NERN OK INTO THE OZARKS. PROFILERS INDICATE
GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...AND 850 TO 700 MB CONVERGENCE OVER THE
AREA...AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE RICH AIR BEING ADVECTED NORTHWARD OVER
THE SHALLOW SURFACE BOUNDARY.

MODELS DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF CURRENT ACTIVITY BUT
CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS WOULD SUGGEST CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA WILL SEE HIGHEST FLOOD
POTENTIAL SINCE HEAVIER RAIN FELL THERE EARLIER TODAY...BUT
LOCALIZED FLOODING CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
WHERE SOME TRAINING IS OCCURRING.

.SGF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
GIRARD KANSAS...TO GREENFIELD...TO HARTVILLE...TO EMINENCE.

FOSTER

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

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.