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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Springfield, MO

July 19, 2003Shannon County, Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2003, 6:28 AM CDT for Shannon County, Texas 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, 6:28 AM CDT (11:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2003, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2598 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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 191131
FFWSGF
MOC203-215-191530-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS
  EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...AND
  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM. 

* 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...
  SUMMERSVILLE...RAYMONDVILLE...PINE CREST...AND BIRCH TREE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY.

LAT...LON 3706 9146 3690 9131 3690 9165 3704 9166
          3708 9199 3747 9195 3746 9177 3725 9168

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan53 min
Jul 18, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMorgan60 min
Jul 18, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller, Morgan4 hr
Jul 18, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries52 min
Jul 18, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent65 min
Jul 18, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Morgan61 min
Jul 18, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller59 min
Jul 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon61 min
Jul 18, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller60 min
Jul 18, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden44 min
Jul 18, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller80 min
Jul 19, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPulaski81 min
Jul 19, 12:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller, Phelps, Pulaski4 hr
Jul 19, 1:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon4 hr
Jul 19, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller75 min
Jul 19, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas75 min
Jul 19, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas4 hr
Jul 19, 3:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell3 hr
Jul 19, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark34 min
Jul 19, 4:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOregon3 hr

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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.