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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2002, 9:25 PM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, 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 16, 2002, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KSGF 170225
FFWSGF
MOC125-161-170830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
923 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE QUICKLY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL THROUGH 11 PM.
* 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 FLOODING
INCLUDE...ROLLA...VIENNA...ST. JAMES...NEWBURG AND DOOLITTLE.
FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS URBAN STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND
ROLLA WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY ONGOING. HOWEVER...THIS
SITUATION WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE AS ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
MOVES OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THOSE ALONG RIVERS...
CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.
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 3830 9166 3816 9165 3816 9155 3782 9153
3783 9204 3801 9204 3803 9218 3828 9219
BOOKBINDERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Pulaski, Texas | 6 hr |
| May 16, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Webster | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Shannon | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Wright | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| May 17, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 6 hr |
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.