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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Springfield, MO

July 12, 2002Miller County, Missouri

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2002-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 581 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
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

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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

SS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 4:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden6 hr
Jul 12, 4:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller4 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.