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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

June 17, 2000Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2000, 10:10 AM CDT for Taney County, Missouri. 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2000, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2000, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2000-06-17Temperature 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 2000-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 
WGUS53 KSGF 171511
FFWSGF
MOC213-171845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1010 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1010 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN 
SPRINGFIELD ESTIMATES THAT UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN OVER TANEY COUNTY OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS...AND THREE TO FIVE 
INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT. 

* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA 
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY 
EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...HOLLISTER... 
MERRIAM WOODS...ROCKAWAY BEACH AND TANEYVILLE.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT TWO LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS ON HIGHWAY 65 AND BEAR CREEK WERE UNDERWATER...AND J 
HIGHWAY AT TRIGGER COVE WAS UNDER 2 FEET OF WATER.    

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.
IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY 
VEHICLES AWAY.

LAT...LON 3678 9329 3653 9328 3653 9283 3680 9280

TERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone3 hr
Jun 17, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone, Taney6 hr
Jun 17, 7:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Stone6 hr
Jun 17, 11:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon3 hr
Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.