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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Springfield, MO

April 28, 2003Texas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2003, 4:16 PM CDT for Texas 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: Apr 28, 2003, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 282122
FFWSGF
MOC215-290030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
416 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS
  COUNTY.  THESE STORMS HAD BECOME STATIONARY...AND DOPPLER RADAR
  ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN. IN
  ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...AND ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO
  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY OF THE
  NEXT HOUR.

* 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...SOLO...ELK CREEK AND SIMMONS. THIS INCLUDES 
  HIGHWAY 63 BETWEEN CABOOL AND HOUSTON.

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY.

LAT...LON 3733 9226 3709 9225 3713 9171 3735 9176

$$

BOOKBINDER

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 282200
FFSSGF
MOC215-290030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
500 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TEXAS
COUNTY...

AT 453 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR 
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY. 
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 
6 PM.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO 
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LARGE HAIL WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING 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...CABOOL...SOLO...SIMMONS...ELK CREEK...AND CLEAR SPRINGS. 
THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG HIGHWAYS 60 AND 63.

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 
AWAY.

LAT...LON 3731 9226 3705 9226 3705 9168 3729 9167

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 282350
FFSSGF
MOC215-290030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
647 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TEXAS
COUNTY...

AT 643 PM CDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM 
SPOTTERS AND THE PUBLIC IN CABOOL AND IN THE DUNN AREAS. 

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR 
TWO. BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS 
SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTER 
MEASUREMENTS. 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TAKE ANOTHER HOUR OR SO TO 
COMPLETE. THIS IS BEING DELAYED BY POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO COPIOUS 
AMOUNTS OF LARGE HAIL WHICH ALSO FELL ACROSS THE AREA.

THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG 
HIGHWAY 60 AND 63 SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND 
FLASH FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3725 9185 3705 9168 3706 9226 3726 9227

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 290053
FFSSGF
MOC215-290100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
753 PM CDT MON APR 28 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN TEXAS
COUNTY 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 3722 9168 3705 9167 3706 9225 3723 9224

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 8:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	37 min
Apr 28, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	21 min
Apr 28, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	47 min
Apr 28, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	52 min
Apr 28, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	45 min
Apr 28, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	58 min
Apr 28, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	62 min
Apr 28, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	62 min
Apr 28, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	65 min
Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	62 min
Apr 28, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	46 min
Apr 28, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	66 min
Apr 28, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	58 min
Apr 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	66 min
Apr 28, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	62 min
Apr 28, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	58 min
Apr 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell	54 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every flash flood warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.