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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO

July 2, 2004Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2004, 7:37 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2004, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 2, 7:44 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Cassville, MO	NUMEROUS REPORTS IMPASSABLE FLOODING ON STREETS IN TOWN. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 30 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 030041
FFWSGF
MOC009-119-030630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
737 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.

* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR AND     
  JUST EAST OF MONETT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PINEVILLE AND ANDERSON. THE  
  STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS 
  WILL BE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES PER HOURS WHICH WILL LEAD TO QUICKLY     
  RISING WATER AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND CREEKS.

* 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...MONETT...ANDERSON...CASSVILLE...EXETER...LANAGAN...      
  NOEL...PINEVILLE...PURDY...SELIGMAN...WASHBURN...WHEATON AND       
  BUTTERFIELD.

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.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3693 9403 3673 9408 3670 9458 3651 9459
      3652 9361 3693 9365

$$

DSA

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 030156
FFSSGF
MOC009-109-119-145-030545-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
852 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NEWTON AND 
LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR MCDONALD AND 
BARRY COUNTIES...


AT 840 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE 
OCCURRING ALONG THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE FROM NEAR PINEVILLE EAST 
THROUGH THE KIMBERLING CITY AREA. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS 
ENDED IN BOTH NEWTON AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES FOR NOW...AREAS OF 
FLOODING ARE ONGOING IN NEOSHO..AND MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 
IN PORTIONS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. FLOODING IS ALSO BEING REPORTED BY 
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CASSVILLE AREA OF BARRY COUNTY.

RADAR DERIVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS INDICATE THAT IN EXCESS OF TWO 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. 
ADDTIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MCDONALD COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 
HOUR WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL IN LOCALIZED AREAS. 

&&

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

DSA

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 030426
FFSSGF
MOC009-119-030630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1125 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARRY AND MCDONALD COUNTIES
UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

AT 1115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA.  
THESE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALIZED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH. COMBINED WITH EARLIER RAINS 
OF AROUND TWO INCHES...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 
AGGRAVATE FLOODING ACROSS BARRY AND NEWTON COUNTIES.  LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT A FEW ROADS CLOSED IN 
NEOSHO DUE TO THE EVENING HEAVY RAINFALL.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY.

$$

SAW

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 030637
FFSSGF
MOC009-030715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
136 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BARRY 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 RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.


$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Lawrence	4 hr
Jul 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Newton	4 hr
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	60 min
Jul 2, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	42 min
Jul 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Stone	40 min
Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	44 min
Jul 2, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	47 min
Jul 2, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	42 min
Jul 2, 11:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Lawrence, Newton	6 hr
Jul 2, 11:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	6 hr
Jul 3, 1:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian	6 hr
Jul 3, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
Jul 3, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon	6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.