Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 3:47 AM CDT for McDonald 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, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2002, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 170847 FFWSGF MOC119-171430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 347 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 342 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...PARTICULARLY OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY. * 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...POWELL...PINEVILLE...AND NOEL. 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 3674 9411 3653 9413 3655 9459 3674 9459 FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 6 hr |
| 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.