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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 2004Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 2004, 6:17 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2004, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 7:38 PM CDTFLOODMount Vernon, MOLANDRUM, JUANITA AND DALLAS STREETS IN THE CITY OF MT VERNON CLOSED DUE TO WATER RUSHING OVER THE ROAD. REPORTED BY MT VERNON CITY OFFICIAL(DANNY).
May 23, 8:28 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMount Vernon, MOFLOODING IN TOWN
May 23, 8:28 PM CDTFLASH FLOODMount Vernon, MOFLOODING IN TOWN
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Stotts City, MOWATER OVER HWY 96 NORTH OF STOTTS CITY
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Stotts City, MOWATER OVER HWY 96 NORTH OF STOTTS CITY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 232318
FFWSGF
MOC109-240415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
617 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL
  ACROSS NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.

* 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...MOUNT VERNON...MILLER...STOTTS CITY...RED OAK...HOBERG...
  HALLTOWN AND CHESAPEAKE.


&&

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 3728 9363 3704 9362 3704 9405 3729 9408

$$

LINDENBERG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 240052
FFSSGF
MOC109-240415-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
751 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE
COUNTY...

AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS LAWRENCE 
COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS SO FAR THIS EVENING.  
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OF LAWRENCE 
COUNTY AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...MOUNT 
VERNON...VERONA...MILLER...MARIONVILLE...AURORA...STOTTS CITY...RED 
OAK...HOBERG...FREISTATT AND CHESAPEAKE.

&&

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 3728 9363 3694 9365 3695 9405 3728 9404

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton39 min
May 23, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory49 min
May 23, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden44 min
May 23, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMiller46 min
May 23, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede23 min
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas36 min
May 23, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade, Jasper, Lawrence44 min
May 23, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede, Pulaski43 min
May 23, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk48 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence47 min
May 23, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFPhelps, Pulaski36 min
May 23, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede27 min
May 23, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFLawrence44 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas44 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Stone51 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.