Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2003, 3:27 PM CDT for Benton 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, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benton County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 212030
FFWSGF
MOC015-220030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.
* AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES HAS FELL OVER
RURAL NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY.
* 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...WARSAW...LINCOLN AND COLE CAMP.
A SLOW MOVING COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3853 9310 3815 9311 3808 9346 3818 9349
3844 9336
$$
CRAMER2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212151 FFSSGF MOC015-220000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 449 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR BENTON COUNTY... AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3850 9309 3810 9310 3812 9350 3851 9350 $$ CRAMER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 220027 FFSSGF MOC015-220330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 727 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON 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. 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 3848 9314 3813 9312 3811 9348 3849 9347 $$ CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 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
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.