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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2003Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 6:21 PM CDT for Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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: Jun 10, 2003, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 13.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 102323
FFWSGF
MOC145-110330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
621 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 619 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TRAIN 
  ACROSS CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEOSHO.  RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA WITHIN  
  THE NEXT HOUR. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   
  OCCUR IN THE CITY OF NEOSHO. SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT MAY         
  EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...GRANBY AND DIAMOND.

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 3701 9416 3676 9415 3677 9460 3699 9460

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110015
FFSSGF
MOC145-110200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
713 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL NEWTON
COUNTY...

AT 710 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLOODING IN NEOSHO...AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOOD RESCUE TEAMS WERE ACTIVATED.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  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 3703 9415 3687 9413 3680 9447 3698 9447

$$

CRAMER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110211
FFSSGF
MOC145-110330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
911 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NEWTON
COUNTY...

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT THE WATERS HAVE BEGUN TO 
RECEDE SOME IN THE CITY OF NEOSHO. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLOODING SITUATION IS STILL OCCURRING IN THE CITY PROPER.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST 
OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO NEWTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 
4 INCHES BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION...STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES REGARDING THE FLOODING SITUATION.

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 3680 9462 3678 9410 3701 9412 3703 9457

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	50 min
Jun 10, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	44 min
Jun 10, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	50 min
Jun 10, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	49 min
Jun 10, 7:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	50 min
Jun 10, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	48 min
Jun 10, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	54 min
Jun 10, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	61 min
Jun 10, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	45 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	66 min
Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	50 min
Jun 10, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	48 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Morgan	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	65 min
Jun 10, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	62 min
Jun 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	60 min
Jun 10, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	42 min
Jun 10, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	38 min
Jun 10, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	60 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	52 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every 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.