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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

April 24, 2003Ozark County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2003, 7:47 PM CDT for Ozark County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 24, 2003, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ozark County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 250049
FFWSGF
MOC153-250700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
747 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WARNED
  AREA.

* 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...GAINESVILLE AND BAKERSFIELD.


LAT...LON 3681 9212 3651 9212 3650 9280 3680 9277

$$

LINDENBERG

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 250319
FFSSGF
MOC153-250600-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1019 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR OZARK COUNTY...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EARLIER THIS EVENING WAS 
CONTINUING TO CREATE FLOODING OF SOME COUNTY ROADS IN THE WESTERN 
PORTION OF OZARK COUNTY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED 
TONIGHT...BUT CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE SLOW TO FALL.  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

LAT...LON 3677 9215 3653 9216 3654 9275 3678 9272

$$

BROWNING

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 250510
FFSSGF
MOC153-250530-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1210 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OZARK COUNTY HAS
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 WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE 
REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3681 9211 3651 9213 3650 9280 3681 9278

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	63 min
Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	41 min
Apr 24, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	46 min
Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	43 min
Apr 24, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas	6 hr
Apr 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton	6 hr
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	66 min
Apr 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk, Texas	49 min
Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	46 min
Apr 24, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory, St. Clair	56 min
Apr 24, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	39 min
Apr 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	49 min
Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	67 min
Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	50 min
Apr 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	65 min
Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory	48 min
Apr 24, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	53 min
Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden	6 hr
Apr 24, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	42 min
Apr 24, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster	38 min
Apr 24, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	23 min
Apr 24, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	46 min

Nearby

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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.