Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2003, 2:20 PM CDT for Vernon 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
- Sep 21, 2003, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 211929 FFWSGF MOC217-212330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 220 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD AFFECTED MUCH OF VERNON COUNTY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS AFFECTED THE DRY WOOD CREEK BASIN OF SOUTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY OVER THE LAST HOUR. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE SATURATED SOILS IN THE AREA. ANOTHER TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE DRY WOOD CREEK AREA. LAT...LON 3800 9411 3766 9411 3767 9460 3799 9459 $$ CRAMER
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212007 FFSSGF MOC217-212330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 303 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO AND HALF INCHES HAS FELL ALONG AND NEAR THE DRY CREEK BASIN. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR DRY CREEK. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3802 9411 3768 9411 3768 9458 3802 9457 $$ CRAMER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212147 FFSSGF MOC217-212330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 445 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF VERNON COUNTY...WHILE MOST OTHER LOCATIONS RANGED FROM ONE INCH TO THREE INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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 3803 9410 3770 9411 3769 9457 3803 9458 $$ CRAMER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212339 FFSSGF MOC217-220230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 636 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR VERNON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. MOST OF THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3799 9414 3768 9416 3769 9459 3800 9458 $$ CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 45 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every 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.