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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Springfield, MO

May 7, 20024 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2002, 5:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2002, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2002-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2395 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
2395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 071031
FFWSGF
MOC125-131-161-169-071630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
530 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL 
  CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.  
  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...ROLLA...WAYNESVILLE...VIENNA...ST. ROBERT...ST. JAMES...
  ST. ELIZABETH...NEWBURG...IBERIA...DOOLITTLE...DIXON AND CROCKER.


ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 3817 9156 3780 9154 3778 9183 3775 9203
          3773 9239 3829 9243 3829 9180 3829 9167

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon50 min
May 7, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair53 min
May 7, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton56 min
May 7, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan59 min
May 7, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair62 min
May 7, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk53 min
May 7, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller47 min
May 7, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede52 min
May 7, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries65 min
May 7, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski61 min
May 7, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPhelps49 min
May 7, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Laclede44 min
May 7, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon60 min
May 7, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller55 min
May 7, 9:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, St. Clair6 hr
May 7, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair60 min
May 7, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade49 min
May 7, 10:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon6 hr
May 7, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade30 min
May 7, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Polk, Webster23 min
May 7, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright44 min
May 7, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Greene, Webster43 min
May 7, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon, Shannon42 min
May 7, 1:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas, Wright6 hr
May 7, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Vernon59 min
May 7, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, St. Clair53 min
May 7, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar46 min
May 7, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory66 min
May 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton62 min
May 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas57 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.