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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO

June 20, 2000Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; Barton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 20, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; Barton County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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 20, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2000, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 210231
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-MOC011-210715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
930 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   
  THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHERN 
  BARTON...EAST CENTRAL CRAWFORD...AND NORTHERN CHEROKEE             
  COUNTIES...OVER THE PAST HOUR.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE 
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
  FLASH FLOODING AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARMA...CHEROKEE...       
  FRONTENAC... PITTSBURG ...WEIR...SCAMMON...WEST MINERAL...         
  MULBERRY...LIBERAL AND MINDENMINES.

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 WATE4R BEGINS RISING.


LAT...LON 3726 9509 3707 9498 3764 9408 3763 9470

TERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon41 min
Jun 20, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair, Vernon6 hr
Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Miller4 hr
Jun 20, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton6 hr
Jun 21, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Stone3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2000Flash 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.