Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Apr 24, 2004, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2004, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ozark County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KSGF 240752
FFWSGF
MOC153-241400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
245 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

* AT 243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED 
  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
  FALLEN JUST IN THE PAST TWO HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO 
  FIVE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* 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...GAINESVILLE...BAKERSFIELD...ZANONI...WILLHOIT...WASOLA...
  UDALL...THORNFIELD...THEODOSIA...TECUMSEH...SYCAMORE...SUNDOWN AND
  ROCKBRIDGE.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WELL SOUTHWEST INTO ARKANSAS AND 
OKLAHOMA. PERSONS LIVING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MAKE 
PREPARATIONS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE 
AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.

LAT...LON 3680 9279 3651 9280 3651 9208 3681 9212

$$

BOOKBINDER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 241255
FFSSGF
MOC091-153-241430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
745 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR OZARK COUNTY... 

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR HOWELL COUNTY...

AT 730 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MANY 
COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE FLOODED ACROSS OZARK AND 
HOWELL COUNTIES. 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA. HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 
FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
INCLUDE... WEST PLAINS...WILLOW SPRINGS...GAINESVILLE...ZANONI... 
WILLHOIT...WHITE CHURCH...UDALL...THORNFIELD...THEODOSIA... 
TECUMSEH...SYCAMORE AND SUNDOWN.

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 
AWAY.

LAT...LON 3701 9177 3652 9170 3654 9277 3679 9272
          3676 9215 3699 9205

$$

FOSTER

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.