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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO

September 8, 2001Oregon County, Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT for Oregon County, Shannon 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
Sep 8, 2001, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Oregon County, MO, Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2001-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 471 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 2001-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 090236
FFWSGF
MOC149-203-090630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
931 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
  11 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMINENCE TO MAMMOTH SPRING...MOVING EAST 
  AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 
  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY...AND CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY. 

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 
  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH   
  FLOODING INCLUDE THE ROUND SPRING...ALTON...EMINENCE...THAYER AND 
  WINONA AREAS. 

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.

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 3739 9166 3650 9166 3644 9091 3745 9077

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLaclede, Webster, Wright3 hr
Sep 8, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Ozark67 min
Sep 8, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper65 min
Sep 8, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent61 min
Sep 8, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas66 min
Sep 8, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Howell, Phelps, Texas4 hr
Sep 9, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.