Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 4:59 PM CDT for Shannon 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 30, 2004, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Shannon County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 17.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 302200 FFWSGF MOC203-310400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 459 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. * AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING ACROSS LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAIN EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. * 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...WINONA...EMINENCE...BIRCH TREE...WEST EMINENCE... TERESITA...ROUND SPRING...MONTIER...MIDRIDGE...ALLEY SPRING AND AKERS. && 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 3742 9122 3689 9124 3689 9166 3742 9161 $$ SAW
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 302300 FFSSGF MOC203-310400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 558 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SHANNON COUNTY... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BACK TO THE WEST...AND RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WINONA...EMINENCE...BIRCH TREE...WEST EMINENCE...TERESITA...ROUND SPRING...MONTIER...ALLEY SPRING AND AKERS. && DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3740 9123 3692 9126 3691 9164 3738 9162 $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 310230 FFSSGF MOC203-310245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 929 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SHANNON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN IS DECREASING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SOME STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW RISING WATER LEVELS. HOWEVER...THE WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN LOW LYING AREAS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && LAT...LON 3740 9123 3691 9123 3690 9164 3740 9160 $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 38 min |
| May 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk | 49 min |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence, Newton | 39 min |
| May 30, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 48 min |
| May 30, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Hickory | 38 min |
| May 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Greene, Lawrence | 51 min |
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 49 min |
| May 30, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller | 23 min |
| May 30, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Miller, Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 61 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 67 min |
| May 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Taney | 66 min |
| May 30, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 65 min |
| May 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Pulaski | 46 min |
| May 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 45 min |
| May 30, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton | 55 min |
| May 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 66 min |
| May 30, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 64 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 39 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Shannon | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Morgan | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Laclede | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 56 min |
| May 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 23 min |
| May 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 65 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Ozark | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps, Pulaski | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 67 min |
| May 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 71 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries | 32 min |
| May 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 58 min |
| May 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 29 min |
| May 30, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Phelps | 39 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.