Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 8:18 PM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2003, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morgan County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 3276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 110118 FFWSGF MOC141-110630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 818 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. * 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...VERSAILLES AND STOVER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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 3848 9272 3824 9272 3823 9306 3848 9305 $$ IZZI
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KSGF 110233
FFSSGF
MOC029-141-110630-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
932 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CAMDEN COUNTY AND UNTIL 130 AM FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED THAT MANY LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES
OF RAIN TODAY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VILLAGE OF
FOUR SEASONS...LAURIE...SUNRISE BEACH...ROCKY
MOUNT...PURVIS...HURRICANE DECK...GREEN BAY TERRACE...GRAVOIS MILLS
AND BARNUMTON.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 3839 9272 3815 9266 3806 9254 3808 9305
3839 9304
$$
IZZI000
WGUS73 KSGF 110340
FFSSGF
MOC141-110400-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1040 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MORGAN
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE
COUNTY.
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 HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3843 9266 3823 9269 3821 9293 3828 9304
3845 9306
$$
IZZIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Miller | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Wright | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 3 hr |
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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.