Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jul 3, 2004, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2004, 7:15 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KSGF 030615
FFWSGF
MOC043-031215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
113 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.

* AT 109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ONE ONE TO TWO INCHES
  HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

* 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...OZARK...BILLINGS...CLEVER...NIXA....BOAZ...SPARTA...
  AND FREMONT HILLS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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.

LAT...LON 3709 9361 3701 9361 3701 9337 3684 9331
      3683 9293 3707 9297

$$

FOSTER

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 030855
FFSSGF
MOC043-031145-

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

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR CHRISTIAN
COUNTY...

AT 350 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN 
OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY SINCE 
MIDNIGHT. 

ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL 
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS...AND COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 
CREEKS. AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND ARE MOST PRONE 
TO FLOODING INCLUDE BILLINGS...CLEVER...BOAZ...SELMORE...CHRISTIAN 
CENTER AND OLDFIELD. 

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.

$$

FOSTER

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.