Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2002, 12:39 PM 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
- Aug 13, 2002, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
080
WGUS53 KSGF 131739
FFWSGF
MOC067-091-149-153-203-132330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1238 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 1229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE
PAST THREE HOURS. THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SAME AREA THAT
RECEIVED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT.
* 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...AVA...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...
SUMMERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...GAINESVILLE...EMINENCE...BIRCH TREE
AND ALTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 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 3737 9125 3723 9116 3653 9117 3651 9275
3705 9281 3703 9171 3739 9160
SS
$$1 follow-up statement
577
RWUS32 KSGF 131918
FFSSGF
MOC067-091-149-153-203-132200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
217 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR OZARK...
OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS AND SHANNON COUNTIES...
AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SINCE 12 PM...WITH
A TOTAL OF 5 TO 6 INCHES IN NORTHWEST OREGON COUNTY.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. 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...WEST PLAINS...AVA...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...
MOUNTAIN VIEW...GAINESVILLE...EMINENCE...BIRCH TREE...BAKERSFIELD...
ALTON AND ZANONI.
MANY ROADS IN OZARK COUNTY ARE REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
COUNTY ROADS 883 AND 873 WERE CLOSED NEAR THORNFIELD. HIGHWAY 351
IN CALDFIELD WAS ALSO CLOSED. WATER WAS OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 95
JUST SOUTH OF WASOLA.
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 3740 9121 3739 9162 3701 9166 3704 9287
3678 9274 3651 9275 3650 9114
GJThe 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 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark | 5 hr |
| 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 |
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.