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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Springfield, MO

June 13, 2002Howell County, Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2002, 6:11 PM CDT for Howell County, Ozark 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
Jun 13, 2002, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Howell County, MO, Ozark County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2002-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 132311
FFWSGF
MOC091-153-140500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
606 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
  FALLEN SINCE 430 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...BAKERSFIELD.

CAMPERS IN THE TECUMSEH PARK AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISES 
ALONG PINE CREEK AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE 
WHITE RIVER. 

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3664 9206 3650 9200 3651 9236 3667 9229

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper3 hr
Jun 12, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton56 min
Jun 12, 10:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr
Jun 12, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald63 min
Jun 12, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 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.