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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Springfield, MO

August 1, 2003Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT for Barry 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: Aug 1, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barry County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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: 186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 012302
FFWSGF
MOC009-020200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
600 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN 
  NEAR JENKINS...AND ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 
  600 PM AND 700 PM. 

* 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...PURDY...MCDOWELL...JENKINS...BUTTERFIELD...AND
  SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS.

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.

LAT...LON 3692 9363 3667 9359 3668 9407 3693 9407

$$

BROWNING

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 012355
FFSSGF
MOC009-020100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
650 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BARRY
COUNTY...

AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN AN AREA BOUNDED 
BY PURDY...BUTTERFIELD...MCDOWELL...AND JENKINS. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG FLAT CREEK 
AND IN NEARBY LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 
EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PURDY...MCDOWELL...JENKINS AND 
BUTTERFIELD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES...AS WELL AS 
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3692 9362 3667 9359 3670 9407 3693 9406

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020101
FFSSGF
MOC009-020200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
758 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BARRY
COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN AN AREA 
BOUNDED BY PURDY...BUTTERFIELD...MCDOWELL...AND JENKINS. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG FLAT CREEK 
AND IN NEARBY SMALL STREAMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 
FLOODING INCLUDE...PURDY...MCDOWELL...JENKINS AND BUTTERFIELD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS 
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND 
STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3687 9362 3673 9361 3669 9396 3688 9397

$$

BROWNING

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020155
FFSSGF
MOC009-020200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
854 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BARRY
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

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.

LAT...LON 3692 9362 3669 9359 3671 9408 3693 9407

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski	65 min
Aug 1, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	56 min
Aug 1, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	37 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon, Texas	55 min
Aug 1, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	56 min
Aug 1, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, McDonald	61 min
Aug 1, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	61 min
Aug 1, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	70 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	65 min
Aug 1, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	56 min
Aug 1, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	70 min
Aug 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	37 min
Aug 1, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	36 min
Aug 1, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	65 min
Aug 1, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	54 min
Aug 1, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	54 min
Aug 1, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps	57 min

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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.