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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

May 9, 2000Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2000, 7:20 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; Jasper County, Newton 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2000, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:19 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 83 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 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 351 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
83 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
116 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 091223
FFWSGF
KSC021-037-MOC097-145-091515-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
  TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARNED AREA. 
  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD ENDED...RUNOFF WAS INCOMPLETE
  AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
  THROUGH 830 AM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE
  ...ARMA...CHEROKEE...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...PITTSBURG AND WEIR.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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.

SUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford38 min
May 9, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee50 min
May 9, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford3 hr
May 9, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford3 hr
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, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr
May 9, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone31 min

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.