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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Springfield, MO

July 12, 2000Dallas County, Hickory County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2000, 4:27 AM CDT for Dallas County, Hickory County, Polk 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 12, 2000, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2000, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dallas County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2000-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2639 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 2000-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 120928
FFWSGF
MOC059-085-167-121230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
427 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 422 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM HERMITAGE SOUTH THROUGH
  BUFFALO AND BOLIVAR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES
  OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS SINCE 3 AM.

* 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...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...PLEASANT HOPE AND URBANA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3745 9360 3740 9309 3788 9286 3806 9349

SUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 hr
Jul 11, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps38 min
Jul 12, 1:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent3 hr
Jul 12, 3:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr
Jul 12, 5:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene6 hr
Jul 12, 7:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk4 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.