Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 6:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.