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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT for Douglas County, Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 12, 2002, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MO, Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 732 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450
WGUS53 KSGF 130430
FFWSGF
MOC067-153-130930-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1127 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI
SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
* AT 1121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY SINCE 9 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...GAINESVILLE AND BAKERSFIELD.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...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 3697 9211 3650 9214 3651 9277 3675 9278
3692 9292
GAEDE
$$1 follow-up statement
262 RWUS32 KSGF 130754 FFSSGF MOC153-130930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 253 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR OZARK COUNTY... AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OZARK COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN NEAR GAINESVILLE AND OVER OTHER AREAS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GAINESVILLE...UDALL...TECUMSEH...AND SYCAMORE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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. 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 3679 9212 3650 9215 3651 9277 3679 9276 CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Webster | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 10:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 12:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon | 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.