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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO

June 3, 2001McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2001, 12:03 PM CDT for McDonald 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
Jun 3, 2001, 12:03 PM CDT (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 031707
FFWSGF
MOC119-032100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1203 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER MCDONALD COUNTY...HOWEVER LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN FLOODED. IN ADDITION...THE INDIAN CREEK...BIG 
SUGAR CREEK...AND THE ELK RIVER ARE RISING QUICKLY. THEREFORE...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM.

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.

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 3676 9463 3649 9462 3650 9407 3676 9407

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, 11:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade6 hr
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, 12:28 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.