Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jul 12, 2003, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 120807
FFWSGF
MOC043-077-109-209-213-121100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
306 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN TANEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  STONE COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 257 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED
  ROADS IN NORTHERN STONE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5
  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN A NARROW SWATH FROM JUST WEST OF
  HALLTOWN...TO HURLEY...TO REEDS SPRING.

* 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...BRANSON...REPUBLIC...REEDS SPRING...MILLER...
  MARIONVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT...HOLLISTER...
  GALENA...CRANE...CLEVER AND BILLINGS.

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 3682 9328 3651 9317 3651 9346 3729 9390
          3728 9360 3715 9343 3698 9335 3689 9331

$$

BROWNING

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 120838
FFSSGF
MOC011-043-057-077-109-209-213-217-120930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
337 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR WESTERN 
TANEY...STONE...WESTERN CHRISTIAN...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...AND 
WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...UNTIL 530 AM FOR DADE AND NORTHEASTERN 
BARTON COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 430 AM FOR VERNON COUNTY. 

AT 335 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 
IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR RICHARDS IN VERNON COUNTY...TO 
MILFORD IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTWARD TO JUST NORTHWEST OF 
BRANSON.
 
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...
BRANSON...WALNUT GROVE...REPUBLIC...REEDS SPRING...MILLER...
MARIONVILLE...LOCKWOOD...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT...
HOLLISTER...GREENFIELD AND GALENA.

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 3758 9363 3651 9314 3649 9350 3691 9360
          3744 9409 3753 9420 3765 9439 3766 9409
          3760 9410

$$

BROWNING

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.