Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2003, 4:03 PM CDT for Cedar 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
- Sep 21, 2003, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cedar County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 212103
FFWSGF
MOC039-220000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
403 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CEDAR COUNTY IN MISSOURI
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.
* AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL
OVER NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTY. ANOTHER TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN THIS AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A SLOW MOVING COMPLEX OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE REGION.
* 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...STOCKTON AND EL DORADO SPRINGS.
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 3787 9386 3784 9384 3781 9365 3759 9365
3762 9403 3789 9406
$$
CRAMER3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212216 FFSSGF MOC039-220030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 515 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CEDAR COUNTY... AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CEDAR COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3778 9370 3761 9367 3762 9405 3789 9406 $$ CRAMER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212359 FFSSGF MOC039-220030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 658 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CEDAR COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM... 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. 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 3783 9369 3763 9369 3761 9402 3783 9400 $$ CRAMER
000 WGUS73 KSGF 212359 CCA FFSSGF MOC039-220030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 658 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CEDAR COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3783 9369 3763 9369 3761 9402 3783 9400 $$ 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, 3:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton | 4 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.