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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 69 min |
| Aug 2, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 71 min |
| Aug 2, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 78 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Hickory | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 82 min |
| Aug 2, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 70 min |
| Aug 2, 2:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 75 min |
| Aug 2, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 73 min |
| Aug 2, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 77 min |
| Aug 2, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 70 min |
| Aug 2, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 72 min |
| Aug 2, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 69 min |
| Aug 2, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 82 min |
| Aug 2, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 72 min |
| Aug 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 79 min |
| Aug 2, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 92 min |
| Aug 2, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian | 63 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.