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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2003Camden County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 6:28 PM CDT for Camden 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: Jun 10, 2003, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Camden County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 102328
FFWSGF
MOC029-110530-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER 
  NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.

* SLOW MOVING 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...OSAGE BEACH AND VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS.

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 3818 9305 3801 9301 3809 9256 3824 9265

$$

IZZI

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110233
FFSSGF
MOC029-141-110630-

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

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN 
CAMDEN COUNTY AND UNTIL 130 AM FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT MANY LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES 
OF RAIN TODAY.

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... VILLAGE OF 
FOUR SEASONS...LAURIE...SUNRISE BEACH...ROCKY 
MOUNT...PURVIS...HURRICANE DECK...GREEN BAY TERRACE...GRAVOIS MILLS 
AND BARNUMTON.

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 3839 9272 3815 9266 3806 9254 3808 9305
          3839 9304

$$

IZZI

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110346
FFSSGF
MOC029-125-131-110930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1046 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM FOR NORTHERN CAMDEN 
COUNTY...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM FOR MILLER COUNTY AND 
UNTIL 300 AM FOR MARIES COUNTY...

AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS 
CONTINUE TO REPORT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO 
INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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...
OSAGE BEACH...VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...VIENNA...ST. ELIZABETH...
LAKELAND...LAKE OZARK...IBERIA...ELDON...VICHY...ULMAN...TUSCUMBIA
AND SUNRISE BEACH.

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 3828 9166 3807 9166 3802 9199 3805 9309
          3819 9303 3824 9272 3843 9264 3831 9217

$$

IZZI

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110524
FFSSGF
MOC029-125-131-110800-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1212 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY WILL BE REPLACED 
WITH A FLOOD WARNING OVERNIGHT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM FOR MILLER COUNTY AND 
UNTIL 300 AM FOR MARIES COUNTY...

AT 1215 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED IN THE CLIMAX SPRINGS AREA OF NORTHWEST 
CAMDEN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT 
RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS WARNED AREA WITH LOCALLY 
HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING 
TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS. 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. ANY 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY RESULT IN FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3793 9304 3788 9249 3802 9237 3808 9161
          3836 9184 3849 9255 3823 9273 3820 9307

$$

FOSTER

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, 6:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	4 hr
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	52 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.