Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 23, 2004, 10:55 AM CDT for Barry County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Apr 23, 2004, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2004, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barry County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 12:44 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cassville, MO | FR2185 MINERAL SPRGS, AND HIGHWAYS 39 FLAT CREEK NEAR MCDOWELL, 76 AND 50 ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING WATER. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 231557 FFWSGF MOC009-231900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1055 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 200 PM CDT. * AT 1052 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OVER THREE INCHES PER HOUR. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WASHBURN...SELIGMAN...EXETER...CASSVILLE... WAYNE...SHELL KNOB... RIDGLEY...MCDOWELL...MADRY...JENKINS AND GOLDEN. IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 3689 9405 3652 9409 3651 9362 3689 9364 $$ TERRY
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KSGF 231750 FFSSGF MOC009-231915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1250 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR BARRY COUNTY... AT 1240 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN BARRY COUNTY...FARM ROAD 2185 NEAR MINERAL SPRINGS...39 HIGHWAY ALONG FLAT CREEK NEAR MCDOWELL...AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 76 AND 50. THESE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 PM MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF BARRY COUNTY...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE PAST BARRICADES. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3691 9364 3653 9367 3653 9405 3688 9402 $$ TERRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald | 61 min |
| Apr 22, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Douglas | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 79 min |
| Apr 22, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Newton | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 41 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.