Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Apr 23, 2004, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barry County, MO, Stone County, MO

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000 
WGUS53 KSGF 240055
FFWSGF
MOC009-209-240700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
  STONE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA.  FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOTH
  BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES.

* 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 MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...MONETT...WHEATON...WASHBURN...SELIGMAN...REEDS SPRING...
  PURDY...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT...GALENA...EXETER...CRANE
  AND CASSVILLE.

FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN THE TOWNS OF MONETT...HURLEY...AND 
REEDS SPRING.  A LOW WATER CROSSING RESCUE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN 
THE TOWN OF HURLEY.

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.

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 3701 9336 3682 9336 3681 9332 3651 9332
          3652 9408 3694 9407 3693 9363 3702 9364

$$

LINDENBERG

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 240506
FFSSGF
MOC009-209-240700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1206 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR BARRY AND STONE
COUNTIES...

AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 
ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ABOUT 
TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES.  THIS AREA OF HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM EARLIER 
HEAVY RAINFALL.  

FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS 
ACROSS BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 
POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO SATURDAY 
MORNING WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FLOODING.

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.

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 3699 9335 3682 9336 3682 9333 3651 9333
          3652 9407 3692 9406 3692 9362 3699 9361

$$

LINDENBERG

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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.