Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2002, 5:48 AM CDT for Miller 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
- Jul 12, 2002, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Miller County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 121048 FFWSGF MOC131-121700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 548 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 544 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ST. ELIZABETH...IBERIA AND ELDON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 OR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3833 9224 3806 9220 3808 9257 3840 9262 SS
1 follow-up statement
877
RWUS32 KSGF 121212
FFSSGF
MOC029-131-121300-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
712 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR CAMDEN COUNTY
AND NOON FOR MILLER COUNTY...
CAMDEN SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY Z IS STILL FLOODED IN
NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY. THE RAIN HAS DECREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY AT THE MOMENT IN THE WARNED AREA...BUT MORE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
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 3832 9222 3807 9223 3791 9244 3792 9303
3817 9302 3821 9268 3835 9266 3841 9255
SSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Miller | 4 hr |
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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.