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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Springfield, MO

July 19, 2003Howell County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2003, 3:47 AM CDT for Howell 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: Jul 19, 2003, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Howell County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 190848
FFWSGF
MOC091-191130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.

* AT 340 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF REPEATING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES 
  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN COUNTYWIDE OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS...AND NUMEROUS 
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN 
  NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 
  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
  THE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING  
  INCLUDE...WEST PLAINS...WHITE CHURCH...MOUTAIN VIEW...SOUTH
  FORK AND MOODY. SIGNIFICANT RISES MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE ELEVEN 
  POINT RIVER.

AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOOD
SITUATION ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF HOWELL COUNTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY AND 
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

LAT...LON 3705 9167 3649 9168 3649 9215 3705 9210

$$

BOOKBINDER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 190913
FFSSGF
MOC091-149-215-191130-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR OREGON 
COUNTY...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR HOWELL AND 
TEXAS COUNTIES...

AT 409 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUED TO TRACK SOUTH 
ALONG A LINE FROM LICKING TO HOUSTON TO WEST PLAINS. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 
RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 AM.

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...WEST 
PLAINS...HOUSTON...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...RAYMONDVILLE...MOUNTAIN 
VIEW...LICKING...CABOOL...ALTON...YUKON...WILDERNESS AND WHITE 
CHURCH.

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 3705 9210 3706 9226 3761 9226 3761 9176
          3743 9175 3743 9164 3689 9167 3685 9117
          3649 9112 3647 9212

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 191030
FFSSGF
MOC091-149-215-191300-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR HOWELL AND 
TEXAS COUNTIES...
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR OREGON 
COUNTY...

AT 409 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUED TO TRACK SOUTH 
ALONG A LINE FROM FORT LEONDARD WOOD TO SUMMERSVILLE TO THAYER. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND ANOTHER ONE TO THREE 
INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING WEST PLAINS... 
HOUSTON...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...RAYMONDVILLE...MOUNTAIN 
VIEW...LICKING...CABOOL...ALTON...YUKON...WILDERNESS AND WHITE 
CHURCH. PERSONS ENGAGING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITES ALONG THE OZARK 
NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS ARE URGED TO AVOID RIVERS...CREEKS...AND 
STREAMS IN THE REGION...INCLUDING THE BIG PINEY...ELEVEN POINT...AND 
JACKS FORK RIVERS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THROUGH SUNRISE WHEN DARKNESS MAKES IT EVEN 
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. PLEASE 
REPORT ANY OBSERVED FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3705 9210 3706 9226 3761 9226 3761 9176
          3743 9175 3743 9164 3689 9167 3685 9117
          3649 9112 3647 9212

$$

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, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	4 hr
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, 3:56 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.