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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Springfield, MO

August 29, 2001Dade County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2001, 3:19 PM CDT for Dade 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
Aug 29, 2001, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dade County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2001-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1440 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 2001-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 292022
FFWSGF
MOC057-300015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
319 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR LOCKWOOD...OR 18 MILES
  NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR   
  ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN LOCKWOOD AND 
  PENNSBORO OVER LIMESTONE CREEK.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 
  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG LIMESTONE CREEK. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 
  WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...SOUTH GREENFIELD.

FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON LIMESTONE CREEK.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 3729 9408 3728 9370 3745 9371 3745 9408

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski37 min
Aug 29, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence29 min
Aug 29, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade30 min
Aug 29, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry38 min
Aug 29, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede50 min
Aug 29, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence39 min
Aug 29, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton42 min
Aug 29, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller39 min
Aug 29, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair47 min
Aug 29, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden44 min
Aug 29, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan40 min
Aug 29, 4:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper3 hr
Aug 29, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries41 min
Aug 29, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Morgan54 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.