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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Newton 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
- May 16, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 161200 FFWSGF MOC009-119-145-161800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 700 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 100 PM CDT. * AT 654 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN MCDONALD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS ALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3650 9461 3651 9362 3690 9365 3706 9461 $$ IZZI
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 161246 FFSSGF MOC009-119-145-161800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 745 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR MCDONALD... BARRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES... AT 739 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NEOSHO...MONETT...WHEATON...WASHBURN...SELIGMAN...SAGINAW...PURDY... PINEVILLE...NOEL...LANAGAN...GRANBY AND GOODMAN. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THERE IS STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAY 43 IN SOUHTWEST CITY. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3704 9459 3650 9460 3650 9364 3690 9365 $$ IZZI
000 WGUS73 KSGF 161428 FFSSGF MOC009-119-145-161730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 928 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR MCDONALD... BARRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES... LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 43 AND 90...JUST NORTH OF SOUTHWEST CITY...IN MCDONALD COUNTY. ROADS IN NEOSHO WERE ALSO FLOODED..BUT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE. RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IF RAINFALL DOES NOT REDEVELOP OVER THE WARNING AREA BY LATE MORNING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED BEFORE 100 PM. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. LAT...LON 3684 9365 3653 9362 3655 9458 3705 9462 $$ TERRY
000 WGUS73 KSGF 161551 FFSSGF MOC009-119-145-161800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1050 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCDONALD...BARRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE POSTED IF HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTS THE AREA. LAT...LON 3684 9397 3653 9354 3647 9466 3701 9454 $$ TERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 46 min |
| May 16, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 77 min |
| May 16, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 58 min |
| May 16, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 64 min |
| May 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 62 min |
| May 16, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 53 min |
| May 16, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 42 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.