Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2004, 2:55 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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 17, 2004, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 171956 FFWSGF MOC109-180100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 800 PM CDT. * AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED NEAR THE MOUNT VERNON AREA. * 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...MOUNT VERNON...AURORA...MILLER...CHESAPEAKE... FREISTATT...HOBERG AND STOTTS CITY...THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR NEAR MOUNT VERNON. 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 3727 9402 3695 9400 3696 9365 3726 9365 $$ CRAMER
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 172049 FFSSGF MOC057-109-180045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 343 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY...AND UNTIL 930 PM FOR DADE COUNTY... AT 345 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON...AND FLASH FLOODING IN LOCKWOOD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 PM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. LOCALLY...THE SOUTH PRONG...HORSE AND LOUSY CREEKS AROUND LOCKWOOD WILL BE RISING RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE LOCATED ALONG THESE CREEKS...BE AWARE OF RISING WATER AND FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. && DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 172110 FFSSGF MOC057-109-180100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR LAWRENCE...AND UNTIL 930 PM FOR DADE COUNTY... AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR LOCKWOOD. IN ADDITION...A LOCAL OBSERVER INDICATED 3.57 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LOCKWOOD SINCE 230 PM. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD...AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INDICATED THAT HIGHWAY 97 NEAR LOCKWOOD WAS FLOODED. ALSO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF MOUNT VERNON. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF WAS INCOMPLETE AND WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. && 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. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 172206 FFSSGF MOC057-109-172230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 505 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAWRENCE AND DADE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 64 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.