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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2003Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2003, 4:20 PM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, 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: May 6, 2003, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 062121
FFWSGF
MOC015-141-070330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
420 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 413 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING IN VERSAILLES. 

* THE CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM EARLIER SEVERE STORMS AND ADDITIONAL 
STORMS STILL TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 3843 9350 3807 9348 3825 9272 3865 9288

$$

RUNNELS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 062206
FFSSGF
MOC015-141-070400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
506 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR BENTON AND 
MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 504 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS HAD CAUSED FLOODING IN VERSAILLES...OTHER 
FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED 
BY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. 

LAT...LON 3841 9349 3812 9343 3824 9279 3841 9263
          3868 9294

$$

RUNNELS

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 070308
FFSSGF
MOC015-141-070330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1001 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON AND MORGAN 
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES THAT FELL OVER 
BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES THIS EVENING HAS ENDED. ALTHOUGH A FEW 
SHOWERS OR STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...MOST OF THE EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL HAS ENDED. NO REPORT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT 
RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE A FEW PROBLEMS ON AREA 
STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING.  

LAT...LON 3867 9284 3844 9265 3822 9269 3826 9306
          3806 9307 3807 9351 3851 9349 3853 9312
          3868 9304

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	51 min
May 5, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	56 min
May 5, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	53 min
May 5, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	57 min
May 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	45 min
May 5, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	55 min
May 6, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	50 min
May 6, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	66 min
May 6, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	56 min
May 6, 7:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	31 min
May 6, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	57 min
May 6, 8:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	62 min
May 6, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	41 min
May 6, 8:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	42 min
May 6, 9:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	57 min
May 6, 9:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	68 min
May 6, 9:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	49 min
May 6, 10:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	56 min
May 6, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	42 min
May 6, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	49 min
May 6, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	41 min
May 6, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	36 min
May 6, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	44 min
May 6, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	58 min
May 6, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	36 min
May 6, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	50 min
May 6, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	51 min
May 6, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	50 min
May 6, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	51 min
May 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	35 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Hickory	42 min
May 6, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	37 min
May 6, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	53 min
May 6, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	50 min
May 6, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	59 min
May 6, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	56 min
May 6, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Hickory	30 min
May 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	57 min
May 6, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	40 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	67 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	22 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden	36 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries	62 min
May 6, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	60 min
May 6, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	58 min
May 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Phelps	58 min
May 6, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	55 min
May 6, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Pulaski	51 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Hickory	60 min
May 6, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	57 min
May 6, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton	66 min
May 6, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	55 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade	51 min
May 6, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	61 min
May 6, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	57 min
May 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence	39 min
May 6, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden	49 min
May 6, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede	61 min
May 6, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	56 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	50 min

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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.