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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

July 1, 2000Dade County, Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2000, 9:33 AM CDT for Dade County, Lawrence 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
Jul 1, 2000, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2000, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dade County, MO, Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2000-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 866 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 011436
FFWSGF
MOC057-109-011800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
933 AM CDT SAT JUL 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR MILLER...OR 9 MILES
  NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR
  ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES SINCE 830 AM OVER PORTIONS
  OF NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

* SLOW MOVING 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...MILLER...AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...
  AND SOUTHWESTERN DADE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND COUNTRY ROADS.

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 3741 9409 3721 9406 3715 9363 3726 9364

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton31 min
Jun 30, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton44 min
Jun 30, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.