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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Springfield, MO

June 30, 2003Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2003, 4:52 PM CDT for Barry 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 30, 2003, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barry County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 743 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
743 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1076 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 302154
FFWSGF
MOC009-010100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
452 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR STRONG 
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY PRODUCING     
  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.  THIS ACTIVITY IS NEARLY STATIONARY...AND WILL
  CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN THE SAME AREAS FOR 
  THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.  PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF
  CASSVILLE SHOULD PREPARE FOR FLASH FLOODING.

* 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...PURDY...EXETER AND CASSVILLE.

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 3688 9367 3667 9370 3662 9400 3689 9397

$$

CRAMER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 302242
FFSSGF
MOC009-010100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
541 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR BARRY COUNTY...

AT 535 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 
AND NEAR THE TOWN OF CASSVILLE.  RAINFALL RATES WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL 
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  

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 3690 9365 3654 9362 3652 9409 3690 9404

$$

SAW
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 010055
FFSSGF
MOC009-010100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
800 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

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

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 3693 9359 3650 9359 3650 9407 3692 9407

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr
Jun 30, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas65 min
Jun 30, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene3 hr
Jun 30, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene59 min
Jun 30, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene31 min
Jun 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian58 min
Jun 30, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry64 min
Jun 30, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian3 hr
Jun 30, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFStone3 hr
Jun 30, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller54 min
Jun 30, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar23 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.