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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Springfield, MO

June 14, 2001Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2001, 2:35 PM CDT for Benton County, Hickory 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 14, 2001, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Benton County, MO, Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1604 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 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
1604 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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 141938
FFWSGF
MOC015-085-150130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
235 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 
  OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILE EAST  
  OF WARSAW TO NEAR STOCKTON. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 30 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OVER THE LAST HOUR OVER        
  SOUTHERN BENTON AND NORTHERN HICKORY COUNTIES HAS BEEN 1.5 TO 2.0  
  INCHES. 

* ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WARNING AREA OVER   
  THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. AN ADDTIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE  
  POSSIBLE...LEADING TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

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 3805 9352 3790 9349 3793 9312 3852 9311
          3849 9348

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon3 hr
Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk50 min
Jun 14, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair4 hr
Jun 14, 5:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon3 hr
Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar3 hr
Jun 14, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk38 min
Jun 14, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry26 min
Jun 14, 6:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk3 hr
Jun 14, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan30 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.