Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 5:16 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 16, 2004, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 162222 FFWSGF MOC217-170115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 516 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 815 PM CDT. * AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN NEVADA AND HORTON IN NORTHERN PARTS OF VERNON COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. THE SPECIFIC CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS OF DOUGLAS...GREEN AND OLD TOWN WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...AND WILL LIKELY BE RISING RAPIDLY. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. THIS WARNING REPLACING THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR VERNON COUNTY EARLIER. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3806 9461 3765 9461 3766 9411 3804 9412 $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 162336 FFSSGF MOC217-170100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 631 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR VERNON COUNTY... AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF LIGHT SHOWERS OVER VERNON COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN PORTIONS OF VERNON COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL NEAR THE DOUGLAS BRANCH OF THE MARMATON RIVER...ALONG WITH THE OLD TOWN BRANCH. SOME COMMUNITIES WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ARE...DEERFIELD...METZ AND HORTON. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. && REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 170129 FFSSGF MOC217-170145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 829 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR VERNON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALSO RECEDED...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 60 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.