Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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
$$
FOSTER4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 070355 FFSSGF MOC059-070430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1053 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DALLAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THAT FELL IN NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS ENDED...NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THIS AREA AND RUNOFF SHOULD BE COMPLETE. LAT...LON 3789 9288 3751 9286 3741 9318 3790 9319 $$ 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 $$ JLT
000
WGUS73 KSGF 070416
FFSSGF
MOC029-105-161-169-070700-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1115 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LACLEDE...PULASKI...PHELPS AND SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...
AT 1100 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE
MAJORITY OF THE FLOODING HAS ENDED...HOWEVER SEVERAL STREAMS AND
CREEKS ARE CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS NEAR STOUTLAND IN SOUTHERN
CAMDEN AND NORTHERN LACLEDE COUNTIES. EARLIER REPORTS OF FLOODING
NEAR ROLLA AT THE BEAVER MANOR COMMUNITY HAS ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF
IS NOT COMPLETE IN THESE AREAS SO MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS
NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE BANK FULL.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WARNED AREA RANGES FROM NEAR FOUR INCHES
AROUND THE TOWNS OF RICHLAND AND STOUTLAND...TO A BROAD AREA OF
THREE TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES FROM NORTHERN LACLEDE TO SOUTHWEST
PHELPS COUNTY. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP STREAMS AND CREEKS RUNNING HIGH
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE THE RUNOFF IS COMPLETE.
REMEMBER BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3801 9234 3806 9167 3815 9154 3780 9154
3780 9181 3762 9183 3764 9283 3789 9286
3807 9300
$$
JLT000
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
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas | 39 min |
| May 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 51 min |
| May 6, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 60 min |
| May 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| May 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 39 min |
| May 6, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 52 min |
| May 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Phelps, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 6, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 54 min |
| May 6, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent | 5 hr |
| May 6, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 48 min |
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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.