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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 20036 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2003, 7:18 PM CDT for 6 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
May 6, 2003, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Camden County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2206 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
14.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 070019
FFWSGF
MOC029-059-105-125-161-169-070630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
718 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  DALLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  PULASKI COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  MARIES COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.    
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA

* 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...ROLLA...LEBANON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...  
  VIENNA...URBANA...ST. ROBERT...ST. JAMES...RICHLAND...NEWBURG...  
  DOOLITTLE AND DIXON.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS 
MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3790 9321 3759 9318 3764 9182 3795 9158
          3824 9168 3828 9220 3801 9216 3803 9256

$$

FOSTER
4 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 070355
FFSSGF
MOC059-070430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1053 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT FELL IN NORTHERN 
DALLAS COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS ENDED...NO REPORTS OF 
FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN 
THIS AREA AND RUNOFF SHOULD BE COMPLETE. 

LAT...LON 3789 9288 3751 9286 3741 9318 3790 9319

$$

JLT
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 070401
FFSSGF
MOC125-070430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MARIES COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT FELL IN MARIES 
COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS ENDED...NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE 
BEEN RECEIVED. SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY STILL BE BANK 
FULL...HOWEVER RUNOFF IS COMPLETE AND NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS 
EXPECTED. 

LAT...LON 3828 9168 3805 9167 3802 9219 3829 9219

$$

JLT
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 070416
FFSSGF
MOC029-105-161-169-070700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1115 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LACLEDE...PULASKI...PHELPS AND SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...

AT 1100 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE 
MAJORITY OF THE FLOODING HAS ENDED...HOWEVER SEVERAL STREAMS AND 
CREEKS ARE CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS NEAR STOUTLAND IN SOUTHERN 
CAMDEN AND NORTHERN LACLEDE COUNTIES. EARLIER REPORTS OF FLOODING 
NEAR ROLLA AT THE BEAVER MANOR COMMUNITY HAS ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF 
IS NOT COMPLETE IN THESE AREAS SO MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE  AS 
NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE BANK FULL. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNED AREA RANGES FROM NEAR FOUR INCHES 
AROUND THE TOWNS OF RICHLAND AND STOUTLAND...TO A BROAD AREA OF 
THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES FROM NORTHERN LACLEDE TO SOUTHWEST 
PHELPS COUNTY. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP STREAMS AND CREEKS RUNNING HIGH 
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE THE RUNOFF IS COMPLETE. 

REMEMBER 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.

LAT...LON 3801 9234 3806 9167 3815 9154 3780 9154
          3780 9181 3762 9183 3764 9283 3789 9286
          3807 9300

$$

JLT
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 070604
FFSSGF
MOC029-105-161-169-070630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LACLEDE...
PULASKI...PHELPS AND SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT...

RUNOFF IS NEARLY COMPLETE IN THE WARNED AREAS THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 
TWO...TO ISOLATED THREE TO FOUR INCHES TOTALS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
AND TUESDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE BANK 
FULL...MOST OF THE LARGE TRIBUTARIES OF THE GASCONADE...ROUBIDOUX 
AND BIG PINEY RIVERS HAVE CRESTED OR ABOUT TO CREST...SO THE 
FLOODING POTENTIAL IS DIMINISHING. 

SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR STOUTLAND...RICHLAND AND AREAS 
IN SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME WATER RUNNING 
OVER THE ROADWAY THROUGH THE NIGHT...HOWEVER LIFE THREATENING 
FLOODING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY 
AS ANOTHER POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN. BE AWARE THAT ADDITIONAL 
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY DURING THIS TIME 
FRAME. 

LAT...LON 3802 9206 3813 9153 3781 9151 3769 9201
          3767 9287 3801 9285

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDallas39 min
May 6, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene51 min
May 6, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLaclede60 min
May 6, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Lawrence6 hr
May 6, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski39 min
May 6, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster52 min
May 6, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski47 min
May 6, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent54 min
May 6, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent5 hr
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon48 min

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.