Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2004, 11:54 PM CDT for Wright 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
- Apr 30, 2004, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2004, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wright County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 010457 FFWSGF MOC229-011100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1154 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WRIGHT COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 600 AM CDT. * AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF WRIGHT COUNTY SINCE 10 PM...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF GROVESPRING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WRIGHT COUNTY BY 1 OR 2 AM...AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NORWOOD...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...HARTVILLE... ODIN...MANES...GROVESPRING...GRAFF AND DAWSON. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3747 9224 3706 9225 3708 9269 3747 9270 $$ JLT
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KSGF 010552
FFSSGF
MOC077-225-229-010845-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1247 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR WEBSTER
COUNTY...630 AM FOR GREENE COUNTY AND 600 AM FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...
AT 1245 AM CDT...LOCAL SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTY NEAR TURNERS... AND SOUTHERN WEBSTER COUNTY BETWEEN FORDLAND
AND SEYMOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN THREE
AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES SINCE
FRIDAY EVENING...WITH MORE HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW
WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...WILLARD...WALNUT
GROVE...STRAFFORD...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...REPUBLIC...NORWOOD...NIAN
GUA...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MARSHFIELD AND MANSFIELD.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY Z NEAR FORDLAND...BETWEEN
DIGGINS AND SEYMOUR ALONG HIGHWAY 60...AND NEAR TURNERS IN SOUTHEAST
GREENE COUNTY.
REMEMBER...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3710 9361 3741 9360 3740 9307 3745 9307
3747 9227 3708 9226
$$
JLT000 WGUS73 KSGF 010700 FFSSGF MOC077-225-229-010945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 200 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR GREENE...600 AM FOR WRIGHT...AND 345 AM FOR WEBSTER COUNTY... AT 145 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT WEBSTER COUNTY. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN FLOODING REPORTS IN SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY AND WRIGHT COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THROUGH 3 AM...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS AFTER 3 AM. 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...STRAFFORD...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...MARSHFIELD... MANSFIELD AND HARTVILLE. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY A BRIDGE SOUTH OF MARSHFIELD. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY B ALONG PANTHER CREEK IN SOUTHWEST WEBSTER COUNTY. HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN DIGGINS AND SEYMOUR REMAINS FLOODED. ALSO...NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THE JAMES RIVER IN SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY ARE FLOODING OR WILL BE FLOODING SOON. NO FLOODING REPORTS HAVE COME FROM WRIGHT COUNTY...HOWEVER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BELIEVE THAT NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WESTERN PART OF WRIGHT COUNTY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3749 9227 3707 9231 3710 9364 3743 9365 $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 010802 FFSSGF MOC077-225-229-010845- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 257 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR WEBSTER COUNTY...UNTIL 600 AM FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...AND UNTIL 630 AM FOR GREENE COUNTY... AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY FALL IN THESE COUNTIES BEFORE 6 AM. WEBSTER COUNTY WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THIS MORNING DUE TO FLOODING CONDITIONS CONTINUING. ONLY RECENT REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INDICATED THAT ABOUT 50 COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE TRAPPED BY HIGH WATER NORTH OF HARTVILLE...ALONG LAKE FREDDIE ROAD...IN WRIGHT COUNTY. OTHER FLOODING IN WEBSTER AND SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY CONTINUES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3749 9228 3706 9226 3710 9362 3742 9364 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Webster | 6 hr |
| May 1, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| May 1, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 42 min |
| May 1, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 6 hr |
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.