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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Springfield, MO

June 22, 2004Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2004, 3:36 AM CDT for Newton 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 22, 2004, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2004, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
3 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 692 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 220837
FFWSGF
MOC145-221130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
336 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.

* AT 334 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL   
  ROADS CLOSED IN THE TOWN OF NEOSHO DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAYS.

* 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 AND GRANBY.

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 3696 9448 3678 9448 3678 9425 3696 9425

$$

SAW
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 220916
FFSSGF
MOC145-221130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
413 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR NEWTON
COUNTY...

AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO INCHES 
ACROSS CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.

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...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SAGINAW...LEAWOOD...
GRANBY...DIAMOND...STARK CITY...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...RITCHEY...
REDINGS MILL AND RACINE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT STREET FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF 
NEOSHO WHERE SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED.

&&

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.

$$

SAW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar67 min
Jun 22, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas47 min
Jun 22, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton46 min
Jun 22, 6:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFNewton4 hr

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.