Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO

June 27, 2001Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2001, 5:59 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2001, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2001-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 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 2001-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 272307 COR
FFWSGF
MOC009-119-280200-

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
605 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  WESTERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR MONETT
  SOUTH TO POWELL AND SELIGMAN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  MPH. RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR HAS FALLEN
  OVER NORTHEASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY SINCE 445 PM.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
  RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
  THE WARNING AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
  WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...EXETER...SELIGMAN...
  WASHBURN AND WHEATON.

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.

LAT...LON 3681 9407 3681 9425 3649 9422 3652 9381

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney38 min
Jun 27, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas52 min
Jun 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian48 min
Jun 27, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas48 min
Jun 27, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene, Webster39 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair43 min
Jun 27, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar42 min
Jun 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair15 min
Jun 27, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton43 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.