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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2000, 5:22 AM CDT for Christian County, Greene County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2000, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 121024 FFWSGF MOC043-077-121615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 522 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 516 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING SPRINGFIELD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD SINCE 1 AM...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 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...BATTLEFIELD...REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD... STRAFFORD...BROOKLINE...FAIR GROVE AND WILLARD. WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3704 9359 3682 9306 3743 9308 3745 9363 SUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 38 min |
| Jul 12, 1:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 4 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.