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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Springfield, MO

June 16, 2004Vernon County, Missouri

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.

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, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 686 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry50 min
Jun 16, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton47 min
Jun 16, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon38 min
Jun 16, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper67 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence60 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.