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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 13, 20035 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2003, 12:56 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 13, 2003, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 131756
FFWSGF
KSC021-MOC009-097-109-119-145-132100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1256 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.

* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE 
  LAST ONE AND A HALF HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES 
  OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH 3 PM. 

* 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...NEOSHO...MONETT...JOPLIN...WHEATON...WASHBURN            
  ...VERONA...  SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SENECA...SELIGMAN 
  ...SARCOXIE AND SAGINAW.

STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MONETT.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3707 9365 3651 9364 3650 9462 3698 9464
          3699 9506 3715 9510

$$

TERRY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 131945
FFSSGF
KSC021-MOC009-097-109-119-145-132100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
244 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MCDONALD...BARRY...NEWTON...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN JASPER AND
SOUTHERN CHEROKEE 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 WAS OBSERVED EARLIER 
THIS AFTERNOON...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.


LAT...LON 3701 9365 3655 9366 3653 9462 3670 9412
          3684 9418 3683 9465 3702 9464 3703 9506
          3721 9510 3713 9419 3701 9403

$$

TERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper, Newton58 min
May 13, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald44 min
May 13, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald45 min
May 13, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.