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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

February 24, 2001Barry County, Lawrence County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2001, 1:31 PM CST for Barry County, Lawrence County, Stone 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
Feb 24, 2001, 1:31 PM CST (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Barry County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 2001-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 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 241933
FFWSGF
MOC009-109-209-242230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
131 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 126 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  6 MILES WEST OF MILLER TO VERONA TO WASHBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST 
  AT 60 MPH.  INTENSE RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR 
  WILL COMBINE WITH YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAINFALL..TO PRODUCE FLASH 
  FLOODING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.

* SLOW MOVING 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...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...AURORA...CASSVILLE...
  CRANE...EXETER...GALENA...INDIAN POINT...KIMBERLING CITY...
  MARIONVILLE...MILLER AND PIERCE CITY.

MCDOWEL BRIDGE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF BARRY COUNTY WAS REPORTED 
FLOODED.

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 3729 9408 3687 9406 3649 9409 3651 9330
          3697 9337 3698 9361 3728 9361

HUDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more3 hr
Feb 24, 12:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon35 min
Feb 24, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton3 hr
Feb 24, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald34 min
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper3 hr
Feb 24, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton49 min
Feb 24, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone47 min
Feb 24, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene47 min
Feb 24, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Taney3 hr
Feb 24, 2:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney29 min
Feb 24, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas24 min
Feb 24, 3:22 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFWebster, Wright38 min
Feb 24, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFOzark34 min
Feb 24, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFDouglas43 min
Feb 24, 4:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more4 hr
Feb 24, 4:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Howell, Ozark, Texas4 hr
Feb 24, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell35 min
Feb 24, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon38 min

Nearby

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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.