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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Springfield, MO

November 18, 20036 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 18, 2003, 1:39 AM CST for 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 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: Nov 18, 2003, 1:39 AM CST (07:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2003, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 312 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 180740
FFWSGF
MOC067-091-149-153-203-215-181330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
139 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  OREGON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 AM CST.

* AT 122 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE 
TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE 
HOURS...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS 
OF AN INCH PER HOUR LIKELY.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WEST 
PLAINS...HOUSTON...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER... 
SUMMERSVILLE...RAYMONDVILLE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...LICKING... 
GAINESVILLE...EMINENCE AND CABOOL.

AS OF 130 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 
FLOODING WAS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS OZARK...HOWELL...AND DOUGLAS 
COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE REPORTED UNDERWATER...AND 
WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL 
OCCUR. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLOODING IN 
OREGON...TEXAS...AND SHANNON COUNTIES AS WELL.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY UNDER WATER...AND 
ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. 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. DO NOT DRIVE 
AROUND POLICE BARRICADES...THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THE ROAD IS 
FLOODED AND DRIVING AROUND THE BARRICADES IS PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT 
RISK

LAT...LON 3651 9117 3649 9173 3653 9276 3677 9276
          3683 9249 3706 9250 3707 9223 3758 9224
          3759 9178 3741 9179 3740 9123

$$

IZZI

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 180949
FFSSGF
MOC067-091-149-153-203-215-181330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
349 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR OZARK...
OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON AND TEXAS COUNTIES...

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH 
CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH 
PER HOUR LIKELY. PORTIONS OF HOWELL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTY WILL 
LIKELY SEE ANOTHER INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN BETWEEN 330 AM 
AND 5 AM. FURTHER EAST IN OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES ADDITIONAL  
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AFTER 5 AM. BETWEEN 330 AM AND 5 AM IN 
SHANNON AND OREGON COUNTIES AN ADDITION ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS 
EXPECTED.

THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS LEADING TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE 
WARNING AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADWAYS UNDER WATER 
AND CLOSED. LOW WATER CROSSING IN WEST PLAINS ARE INUNDATED WITH 
WATER. ON HIGHWAY W NEAR MOUNTAIN VIEW WATER 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER 
WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY. AT AROUND 215 AM...A CAR WAS WASHED 
OFF COUNTY ROAD 3030 IN HOWELL COUNTY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS 
OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 
WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 
RISING.

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF IN DOUGLAS AND OZARK 
COUNTIES THE FLOODING THREAT WILL CONTINUE. RAIN WILL ALSO BEGIN TO 
TAPER OFF IN TEXAS AND HOWELL COUNTIES BEFORE 5 AM. EVEN AFTER THE 
RAIN STOPS THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3706 9289 3704 9226 3728 9224 3766 9176
          3742 9177 3740 9111 3682 9123 3649 9115
          3650 9277

$$

IZZI

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 181242
FFSSGF
MOC067-091-149-153-203-215-181330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
640 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR OZARK...
OREGON...HOWELL...DOUGLAS...SHANNON AND TEXAS COUNTIES...

...SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING IS 
OCCURRING IN SHANNON...OREGON...AND NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH 
CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT 
FLOODING ACROSS NORTHERN HOWELL...SHANNON...AND OREGON COUNTIES. 
NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY 
RAIN WILL CONTINUE EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS STOPPED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN OREGON...SHANNON...AND HOWELL COUNTIES 
ARE REPORTING WIDESPREAD FLOODING. DURING THE PAST 30 MINUNTES THERE 
HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF AT LEAST 2 CARS SWEPT OFF THE ROAD BY FLOOD 
WATERS...WITH WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. DO NOT 
UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS IT ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE AND LEAVE 
YOU STRANDED.

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 3705 9289 3705 9225 3760 9225 3758 9176
          3742 9177 3741 9121 3713 9117 3682 9123
          3649 9115 3650 9277

$$

IZZI

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 181341
FFSSGF
MOC067-153-181400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
741 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OZARK AND DOUGLAS
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. 
HOWEVER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN NEAR OR AT BANK 
FULL...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE THIS MORNING. LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT THE FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS DOUGLAS 
AND OZARK COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3680 9278 3681 9291 3705 9291 3705 9211
          3649 9213 3650 9277

$$

IZZI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 11:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	57 min
Nov 18, 12:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	36 min
Nov 18, 12:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	64 min
Nov 18, 12:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	44 min
Nov 18, 1:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	56 min
Nov 18, 1:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Lawrence	43 min
Nov 18, 1:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	61 min
Nov 18, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	65 min
Nov 18, 1:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory	58 min
Nov 18, 2:24 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian	4 hr
Nov 18, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	66 min
Nov 18, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Webster	60 min
Nov 18, 2:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	66 min
Nov 18, 3:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	57 min
Nov 18, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	53 min
Nov 18, 3:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps and 3 more	6 hr
Nov 18, 3:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	62 min
Nov 18, 4:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	39 min
Nov 18, 5:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Wright	4 hr
Nov 18, 5:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	56 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.