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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO

August 2, 2003Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2003, 1:56 AM CDT for Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 2, 2003, 1:56 AM CDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hickory County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 020659
FFWSGF
MOC085-021300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
156 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

* AT 155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL   
  OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HICKORY COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. 

* 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...QUINCY...CROSS TIMBERS AND AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

LAT...LON 3808 9308 3781 9319 3782 9358 3807 9354

$$

JLT
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 020815
FFSSGF
MOC085-021100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
315 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR HICKORY
COUNTY...

AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR 
HERMITAGE TO NEAR OSCEOLA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 
INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN EARLIER THIS EVENING FROM NEAR 
HARPER TO NEAR HERMITAGE. 

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... 
WHEATLAND...HERMITAGE...AND QUINCY.

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 3780 9359 3791 9359 3792 9353 3807 9352
          3807 9306 3790 9307 3790 9319 3779 9319

$$
BROWNING
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 021011
FFSSGF
MOC059-085-105-185-021300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR LACLEDE...DALLAS...HICKORY AND 
ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...

AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. 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...
LEBANON...WHEATLAND...WEAUBLEAU...URBANA...OSCEOLA...LOWRY CITY...
HERMITAGE...CONWAY...BUFFALO...APPLETON CITY...WINDYVILLE AND VISTA.

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 3779 9318 3782 9383 3789 9383 3793 9408
          3822 9407 3820 9355 3807 9343 3807 9307
          3790 9307 3789 9253 3768 9233 3747 9225
          3744 9313

$$

IZZI
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 021107
FFSSGF
MOC085-021300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
604 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR HICKORY 
COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT FOUR TO SIX 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER RURAL SECTIONS OF NORTHERN HICKORY COUNTY.  
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA 
WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOOD 
SITUATION.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3805 9321 3782 9321 3784 9350 3805 9349

$$

CRAMER

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 1, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFOzark, Taney3 hr
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, 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.