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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

May 20, 2001Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 20, 2001, 9:17 PM CDT for 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2001, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2001, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Newton County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2001-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1724 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2001-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
1724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 210217
FFWSGF
MOC145-210615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
917 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING ALONG A LINE
  FROM GALENA...TO RACINE...AND TO SENECA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAIN WAS FALLING
  AT THE RATE OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR...OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY.     
  ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...RANGED     
  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. THIS IS RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN OVER
  SHOAL CREEK.

* 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...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...
  LEAWOOD...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE AND SILVER CREEK.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL 
AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT.

LAT...LON 3706 9461 3677 9461 3676 9410 3704 9408

D.STEINMETZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton51 min
May 20, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory41 min
May 20, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton51 min
May 20, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFNewton48 min
May 20, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell50 min
May 20, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper47 min
May 20, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory44 min
May 20, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFStone40 min
May 20, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFHowell30 min
May 20, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden37 min
May 20, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Taney50 min
May 20, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon51 min
May 20, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence50 min
May 20, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Miller45 min
May 20, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan40 min
May 20, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFShannon51 min
May 20, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade48 min
May 20, 9:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon4 hr
May 20, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry42 min
May 20, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Texas54 min
May 20, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk45 min
May 20, 9:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas4 hr
May 20, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair, Vernon38 min
May 20, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Lawrence, Stone44 min
May 20, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMiller43 min
May 20, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene34 min
May 20, 10:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton4 hr
May 20, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene4 hr
May 20, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent4 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.