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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

May 9, 2000Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2000, 3:45 AM CDT for Jasper County, Newton 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2000, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 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 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 090849
FFWSGF
MOC097-145-091245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A LARGE PART OF 
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN JASPER AND 
NORTHWEST NEWTON COUNTIES. 

* ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST 
OKLAHOMA WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL 
OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 7 AM. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVE0D ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair29 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton56 min
May 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Morgan64 min
May 8, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper39 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence61 min
May 8, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar26 min
May 8, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Hickory, Polk43 min
May 9, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede39 min
May 9, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone31 min
May 9, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton3 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.