Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2004, 7:38 PM CDT for Webster County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 1, 2004, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webster County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 020039 FFWSGF MOC225-020430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 738 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT. * AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO INCHES WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IN A FIVE MINUTE PERIOD JUST NORTH OF MARSHFIELD. * 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...DIGGINS...FORDLAND...MARSHFIELD...NIANGUA...SEYMOUR... ELKLAND...NORTHVIEW AND RADER. 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 3713 9305 3710 9270 3747 9272 3746 9305 $$ SAW
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 020059 FFSSGF MOC225-020430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 759 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WEBSTER COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 750 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS OVER THE ROADWAY ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY FF AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY A. IN ADDTION...WATER OVER THE ROADWAY WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF FORDLAND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 020228 FFSSGF MOC225-020430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 926 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR WEBSTER COUNTY... AT 915 PM...HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS WEBSTER COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER IN THE EVENING CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RUNOFF AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS ALONG WITH LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS EVENING APPROACHING TWO AND HALF INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. && 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. $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 020424 FFSSGF MOC225-020440- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1124 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEBSTER COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Wright | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 54 min |
| Jul 2, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 52 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.