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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 2001Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2001, 11:06 AM CDT for Dade 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
Jun 3, 2001, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dade County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 031610
FFWSGF
MOC057-032200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1106 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 1105 AM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDED 
FROM CARTHAGE TO DADEVILLE.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE 
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER DADE COUNTY SINCE 8 AM.  PERIODS OF 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1 PM...CONTINUING THE 
FLOOD THREAT THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* 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...EVERTON...GREENFIELD AND LOCKWOOD.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEM2PT 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 3758 9408 3729 9408 3728 9362 3758 9362

CISSELL/SUTTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone47 min
Jun 3, 3:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton66 min
Jun 3, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald62 min
Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark59 min
Jun 3, 5:16 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald44 min
Jun 3, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone65 min
Jun 3, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas59 min
Jun 3, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney58 min
Jun 3, 5:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon41 min
Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper38 min
Jun 3, 5:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald3 hr
Jun 3, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald52 min
Jun 3, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton58 min
Jun 3, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper56 min
Jun 3, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone53 min
Jun 3, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney63 min
Jun 3, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald27 min
Jun 3, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton47 min
Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper33 min
Jun 3, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper34 min
Jun 3, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon4 hr
Jun 3, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence46 min
Jun 3, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon51 min
Jun 3, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair43 min
Jun 3, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade43 min
Jun 3, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Polk40 min
Jun 3, 10:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton6 hr
Jun 3, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas47 min
Jun 3, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Webster44 min
Jun 3, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden35 min
Jun 3, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski38 min
Jun 3, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton40 min
Jun 3, 12:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald4 hr
Jun 3, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade32 min
Jun 3, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Lawrence47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.