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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 2002Douglas County, Wright County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 3:09 AM CDT for Douglas County, Wright 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 17, 2002, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 170809
FFWSGF
MOC067-229-171400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
307 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 302 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
  FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER 
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...AND PRODUCE RAINFALL 
  AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH. 

* 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...MANSFIELD AND DOGWOOD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 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 3713 9229 3707 9226 3703 9210 3689 9212
          3692 9290 3706 9288 3707 9268 3715 9264

FOSTER

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, 11:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Pulaski, Texas6 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, 3:47 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.