Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2004, 1:07 AM CDT for Newton 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 24, 2004, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 2346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 240607 FFWSGF MOC145-241200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 107 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 700 AM CDT. * AT 101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR SENECA TO NEOSHO TO GRANBY. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY...AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * 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...NEOSHO...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SAGINAW... LEAWOOD...GRANBY...DIAMOND...STARK CITY...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES... RITCHEY...REDINGS MILL AND RACINE. && 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 3704 9409 3677 9411 3679 9460 3705 9460 $$ BROWNING
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 240618 FFSSGF MOC145-240915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 117 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR NEWTON COUNTY... AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR SENECA TO NEOSHO TO GRANBY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS...AND RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO...GRANBY...AND RACINE. && BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3704 9409 3677 9411 3679 9460 3705 9460 $$ BROWNING
000 WGUS73 KSGF 240719 FFSSGF MOC145-241015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 215 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR NEWTON COUNTY... AT 213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED OVER NEWTON COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINS OF THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR RACINE...TO NEOSHO...TO NEAR GRANBY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. && 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. LAT...LON 3704 9409 3677 9411 3679 9460 3705 9460 $$ BROWNING
000 WGUS73 KSGF 240859 FFSSGF MOC145-241200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 358 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR NEWTON COUNTY... AT 351 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DISSIPATED OVER NEWTON COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINS OF THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR RACINE...TO NEOSHO...TO NEAR GRANBY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE. && BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3704 9411 3678 9412 3680 9459 3703 9459 $$ BROWNING
000 WGUS73 KSGF 241151 FFSSGF MOC145-241200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 650 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NEWTON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3704 9409 3676 9411 3679 9459 3702 9461 $$ BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 61 min |
| May 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 44 min |
| May 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 67 min |
| May 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 66 min |
| May 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 23, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 82 min |
| May 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 64 min |
| May 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 55 min |
| May 23, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 39 min |
| May 23, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 25 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.