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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Springfield, MO

July 23, 2004Howell County, Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2004, 3:02 PM CDT for Howell County, Oregon 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 23, 2004, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1477 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1477 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 232003
FFWSGF
MOC091-149-240200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL
  HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS.

* 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...THAYER...BRANDSVILLE...KOSHKONONG...LANTON...ROVER...
  THOMASVILLE AND WHITE CHURCH.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA AS THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

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 3687 9188 3665 9184 3651 9185 3651 9142
      3682 9154

$$

LINDENBERG
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 232137
FFSSGF
MOC091-149-240200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
434 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EXTREME EASTERN HOWELL COUNTY  
AND ALL OF OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES HAS AFFECTED AREAS 
OF EXTREME EASTERN HOWELL COUNTY...AND SECTIONS OF OREGON COUNTY THIS 
AFTERNOON.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...ALTON...MOUNTAIN VIEW...THAYER...BRANDSVILLE...COUCH...
GREER...KOSHKONONG...LANTON...PEACE VALLEY...ROVER...THOMASVILLE AND
WHITE CHURCH.

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.

$$

CRAMER
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 240143
FFSSGF
MOC091-149-240200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
842 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HOWELL AND OREGON
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. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan3 hr
Jul 23, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper3 hr
Jul 23, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFJasper44 min
Jul 23, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark44 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.