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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Springfield, MO

August 1, 2003Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2003, 7:12 PM CDT for Ozark County, Taney 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2003-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 483 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 020015
FFWSGF
MOC153-213-020300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  EASTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING    
  INCLUDE...THEODOSIA AND ISABELLA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN 
AREA BOUNDED BY RUETER...LONG RUN...ISABELLA...AND PROTEM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3665 9258 3653 9257 3653 9295 3666 9298

$$

BROWNING
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020112
FFSSGF
MOC153-213-020200-

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

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
OZARK AND EASTERN TANEY COUNTIES...

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 OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN AN 
AREA BOUNDED BY RUETER...LONG RUN...ISABELLA...AND PROTEM. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA 
BETWEEN THEODOSIA AND REUTER. 

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 3667 9254 3650 9249 3650 9304 3663 9291

$$

BROWNING
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020257
FFSSGF
MOC153-213-020330-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OZARK
AND EASTERN TANEY COUNTIES 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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3671 9255 3648 9253 3649 9301 3672 9299

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon54 min
Aug 1, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark64 min
Aug 2, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory55 min
Aug 2, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton69 min
Aug 2, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair53 min
Aug 2, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden62 min
Aug 2, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas55 min
Aug 2, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas71 min
Aug 2, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory78 min
Aug 2, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHickory6 hr
Aug 2, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk82 min
Aug 2, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk70 min
Aug 2, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede6 hr
Aug 2, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene75 min
Aug 2, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede73 min
Aug 2, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster77 min
Aug 2, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade56 min
Aug 2, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright70 min
Aug 2, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian67 min
Aug 2, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas72 min
Aug 2, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas56 min
Aug 2, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Ozark69 min
Aug 2, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTaney82 min
Aug 2, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon72 min
Aug 2, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon79 min
Aug 2, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair6 hr
Aug 2, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry63 min
Aug 2, 5:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene92 min
Aug 2, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian63 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.