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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

July 22, 2000Cherokee County, Kansas; Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2000, 12:50 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas; Jasper 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 22, 2000, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2000-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 410 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 2000-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 221752
FFWSGF
KSC021-MOC097-222100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1250 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 1250 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
  RAINFALL OVER CHEROKEE AND NORTHWEST JASPER COUNTY. RAINFALL 
  ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS
  OF THE WARNED AREA.

* AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. 
  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GALENA...WEIR...JOPLIN...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DUQUESNE...
  IRON GATES...JASPER...ORONOGO AND PURCELL.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN sA SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3730 9504 3702 9497 3708 9431 3735 9422

TERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 10:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford3 hr
Jul 22, 11:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar, Dade3 hr
Jul 22, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence3 hr
Jul 22, 2:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 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.