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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Springfield, MO

July 5, 2001St. Clair County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2001, 3:53 AM CDT for St. Clair 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
Jul 5, 2001, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2001, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County St. Clair County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2001-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3466 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
3466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 050858
FFWSGF
MOC185-051200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
353 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 347 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COVERING MUCH OF THE
  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN IN A BAND FROM NEAR APPLETON CITY TO NEAR ROSCOE. AN
  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 AM.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE       
  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3819 9407 3791 9406 3791 9355 3820 9353

$$
BROWNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk50 min
Jul 5, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas38 min
Jul 5, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair32 min
Jul 5, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair45 min
Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory, Polk40 min
Jul 5, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair40 min
Jul 5, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon49 min
Jul 5, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Webster48 min
Jul 5, 5:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk3 hr
Jul 5, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark, Taney39 min
Jul 5, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon49 min
Jul 5, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney51 min
Jul 5, 7:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar, Polk, St. Clair6 hr
Jul 5, 8:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian3 hr
Jul 5, 8:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark, Taney3 hr

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.