Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2002, 2:20 AM CDT for Benton County, Morgan 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
- Aug 20, 2002, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2002, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 3042 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KSGF 200720
FFWSGF
MOC015-141-201330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
219 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER
THE WARNED AREA...ON TOP OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM PREVIOUS STORMS.
* 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...WARSAW...VERSAILLES...STOVER...LINCOLN AND COLE CAMP.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 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 3870 9307 3870 9284 3861 9286 3843 9263
3835 9264 3835 9269 3823 9270 3823 9294
3826 9304 3827 9310 3807 9307 3808 9351
3851 9352 3851 9329 3854 9308
LINDENBERG2 follow-up statements
109
RWUS32 KSGF 201022
FFSSGF
MOC015-141-201330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
522 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR BENTON AND
MORGAN COUNTIES...
AT 520 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVY RAIN
WHICH ORIGINALLY PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS PUSHED OFF TO
THE SOUTHEAST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES
OVERNIGHT. WHILE NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...THERE
ARE LIKELY SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE UNDER WATER...LEAVING
THEM UNABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH.
THE WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH
NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THAT TIME.
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 3854 9327 3854 9307 3868 9306 3868 9285
3860 9286 3844 9264 3836 9265 3836 9270
3822 9271 3821 9282 3821 9291 3825 9294
3826 9301 3830 9309 3821 9310 3817 9309
3807 9307 3808 9350 3814 9350 3819 9350
3822 9352 3842 9351 3851 9351 3850 9328
LINDENBERG354 RWUS32 KSGF 201216 FFSSGF MOC015-141-201230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 716 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Polk | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dent | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 6 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.