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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Springfield, MO

May 16, 2002Dent County, Pulaski County, Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2002, 11:16 PM CDT for Dent County, Pulaski County, Texas 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, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dent County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2002-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1170 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 2002-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 170416
FFWSGF
MOC065-169-215-171000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1112 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING LOCALLY HEAVY 
  RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. 

* 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...HOUSTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ST. ROBERT...
  SALEM...RICHLAND...RAYMONDVILLE...LICKING...DIXON AND CROCKER.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE 
WARNED AREA AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALL THE 
WAY BACK INTO OKLAHOMA. VERY WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL SUPPORT 
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS URBAN STREET FLOODING WITH THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL ALREADY ONGOING. HOWEVER...THIS SITUATION WILL QUICKLY 
DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT 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 3779 9133 3771 9132 3770 9117 3742 9125
          3743 9164 3724 9163 3725 9227 3760 9227
          3773 9243 3802 9241 3803 9205 3761 9202
          3761 9183 3778 9182

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries, Phelps6 hr
May 16, 11:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper6 hr
May 17, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWebster6 hr
May 17, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence, Newton6 hr
May 17, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFShannon6 hr
May 17, 2:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian6 hr
May 17, 3:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Wright6 hr
May 17, 3:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 hr
May 17, 4:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Ozark, Stone, Taney6 hr

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.