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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO

June 11, 2003Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2003, 3:06 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. 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
Jun 11, 2003, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3276 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 110811
FFWSGF
MOC169-111100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
306 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 301 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL NORTH OF 
  RICHLAND TO DEVILS ELBOW...WITH THE HEAVIEST NEAR 
  SWEDEBORG...CROCKER AND DIXON SINCE 1 AM. 

* 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...RICHLAND...DIXON AND CROCKER. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE 
  RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED ALONG THE RIDGE EXTENDING FROM RICHLAND TO 
  DIXON...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY FLOW NORTHWARD INTO MARIES AND MILLER
  COUNTIES...THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FLOODING FROM EARLIER 
  REPORTS TUESDAY EVENING. ALSO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER 
  WEBSTER COUNTY WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE WARNED AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 
  AM...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. 

LAT...LON 3802 9203 3788 9204 3783 9241 3802 9240

$$

JLT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 111058
FFSSGF
MOC169-111400-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PULASKI
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THE THREAT 
OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...SOME 
MINOR CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY REMAIN NEAR BANK FULL THIS MORNING...SO 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND 
TAKE AN ALTERNATE RULE.  

LAT...LON 3802 9202 3787 9202 3784 9241 3802 9240

$$

JLT
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 111107 CCA
FFSSGF
MOC169-111400-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PULASKI
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THE THREAT 
OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...SOME 
MINOR CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY REMAIN NEAR BANK FULL THIS MORNING...SO 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE HAZARDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND 
TAKE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  

LAT...LON 3802 9202 3787 9202 3784 9241 3802 9240

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton56 min
Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence65 min
Jun 10, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence44 min
Jun 10, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry29 min
Jun 10, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene56 min
Jun 10, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller66 min
Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan5 hr
Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster58 min
Jun 10, 8:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller5 hr
Jun 10, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian53 min
Jun 10, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright55 min
Jun 10, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFWright53 min
Jun 10, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas61 min
Jun 10, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries5 hr
Jun 10, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent59 min
Jun 10, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton6 hr

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.