Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 30, 2003, 5:50 AM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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 30, 2003, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 301051 FFWSGF MOC119-145-301500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 550 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT. * AT 545 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS ALREADY. * 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 MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO...SOUTH WEST CITY...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SENECA...SAGINAW...PINEVILLE...NOEL...LEAWOOD...LANAGAN... GRANBY AND GOODMAN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3705 9410 3652 9410 3651 9462 3705 9463 $$ LINDENBERG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KSGF 301501 FFSSGF MOC119-145-301500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1001 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. PERSONS SHOULD MONTIOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA TO KEEP UPDATED WITH THE LATEST CONDITIONS. LAT...LON 3704 9410 3653 9411 3653 9460 3704 9460 $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 3 hr |
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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.