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Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2004, 6:53 AM CDT for Maries County, Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 16, 2004, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 161154 FFWSGF MOC125-161-161800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 653 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. * UNTIL 100 PM CDT. * AT 651 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN MARIES AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. * 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...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG...BEULAH...BRINKTOWN...EDGAR SPRINGS AND JEROME. ANTOHER INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 9 AM. IN HILLY TERRAIN 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. LAT...LON 3815 9187 3812 9217 3761 9199 3764 9179 $$ DSA
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 161302 FFSSGF MOC065-091-125-149-161-203-215-161800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 753 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM CDT FOR OREGON...HOWELL...SHANNON...TEXAS...DENT...PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES... RADAR INDICATES VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. AT 750 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES IN A SWATH FROM SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTY...SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN PHELPS...EASTERN TEXAS...WESTERN DENT...WESTERN SHANNON...NORTHEAST HOWELL...AND WESTERN OREGON COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ONGOING FROM THE HOUSTON AREA SOUTH TO THAYER WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF OVER THREE INCHES. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SUMMERSVILLE...RAYMONDVILLE...NEWBURG...MOUNTAIN VIEW...LICKING... DOOLITTLE...BIRCH TREE...ALTON...YUKON...WHITE CHURCH...THOMASVILLE AND TERESITA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS... OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. $$ DSA
000 WGUS73 KSGF 161706 FFSSGF MOC065-091-125-149-161-203-215-161730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1159 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON...HOWELL... SHANNON...TEXAS...DENT...PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... 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. CALLS TO AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE HIGHWAY PATROL INDICATE THAT NO SERIOUS FLOODING IS NOW OCCURRING. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && $$ DSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 7:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Texas | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 59 min |
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.