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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

July 19, 2003Miller County, Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2003, 12:42 AM CDT for Miller County, Phelps County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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: Jul 19, 2003, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2003, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 2598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 13.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 190542
FFWSGF
MOC131-161-169-190930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1242 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
  OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS WHICH HAVE MOVED THROUGH.

* 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 MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...ROLLA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ST. ROBERT...
  ST. JAMES...ST. ELIZABETH...RICHLAND...NEWBURG...LAKELAND...
  IBERIA...ELDON AND DOOLITTLE.

FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE
TOWN OF ELDON OF MILLER COUNTY.  THE MILLER COUNTY WARNING IS
BEING EXTENDED DUE TO CONTINUING HEAVY RAIN.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

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 3833 9222 3803 9221 3801 9204 3804 9155
          3781 9159 3779 9182 3761 9183 3761 9212
          3772 9242 3803 9240 3804 9248 3816 9262
          3828 9269 3837 9266

$$

LINDENBERG

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 190910
FFSSGF
MOC131-161-169-190930-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
409 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI...PHELPS
AND MILLER COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

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.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...AND THERE IS LITTLE 
CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3760 9238 3802 9241 3803 9256 3845 9273
          3836 9228 3802 9212 3806 9164 3816 9153
          3778 9154 3778 9181 3760 9182

$$

BOOKBINDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	53 min
Jul 18, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	60 min
Jul 18, 8:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	4 hr
Jul 18, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	52 min
Jul 18, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	65 min
Jul 18, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	61 min
Jul 18, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	59 min
Jul 18, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	61 min
Jul 18, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	60 min
Jul 18, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	44 min
Jul 18, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	80 min
Jul 19, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	81 min
Jul 19, 1:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon	4 hr
Jul 19, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	75 min
Jul 19, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	75 min
Jul 19, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Texas	4 hr
Jul 19, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	3 hr
Jul 19, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Ozark	34 min
Jul 19, 4:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every 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.