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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO

May 17, 20025 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT for 5 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 17, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 170915
FFWSGF
MOC091-149-153-209-213-171500-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 
  INCHES POSSIBLE BY 700 AM.

* 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...WEST PLAINS...BRANSON...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...
  TANEYVILLE...ROCKAWAY BEACH...REEDS SPRING...MOUNTAIN VIEW...
  MERRIAM WOODS...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT AND HOLLISTER.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3686 9114 3651 9115 3651 9362 3700 9362
          3700 9336 3682 9335 3682 9290 3679 9209
          3705 9209 3705 9169 3688 9166

BROWNING

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, 3:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Wright6 hr
May 17, 3:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald6 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.