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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Springfield, MO

August 2, 2003Christian County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2003, 5:57 AM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 min. 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, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-08-02The 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 021059
FFWSGF
MOC043-021200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.

* AT 556 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER
  NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* 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...OZARK...NIXA...AND SPARTA.

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 ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3708 9295 3686 9296 3686 9328 3709 9326

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 021154
FFSSGF
MOC043-077-021200-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHRISTIAN AND 
GREENE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE 
WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.  ALSO...EXCESS RUNOFF 
FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS SUBSIDED...ENDING THE OVERALL FLOOD THREAT. 
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR GREENE AND CHRISTIAN 
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM.

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3733 9308 3701 9309 3701 9354 3734 9356

$$

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, 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

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.