Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Jul 30, 2004, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)

Expired

Jul 30, 2004, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KSGF 301247
FFWSGF
MOC105-125-161-169-301845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
743 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.

* AT 740 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED   
  AREA. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LEBANON NORTHEAST INTO THE VIENNA      
  AND ROLLA AREA INDICATES T0 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN SINCE  
  MID EVENING LAST NIGHT. THIS IS CAUSING THE FLOODING OF LOW        
  WATER CROSSINGS IN PULASKI COUNTY.

* THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER..RUNOFF  
  FROM LAST NIGHTS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD CREEKS AND LOW WATER  
  CROSSINGS IN THE WARNING 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 3829 9173 3798 9154 3757 9267 3770 9278

$$

DSA

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 301604
FFSSGF
MOC105-125-161-169-301845-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1055 AM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LACLEDE...MARIES...PHELPS AND
PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 11 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE 
TO FIVE INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT 
HOURS.  THIS PRODUCED FLOODING OF MAINLY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN 
THE WARNED AREA. WHILE THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THE 
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON 
HOURS.

MARIES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY N JUST EAST OF 
BRINKTOWN HAD ABOUT TWO FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AND WAS CLOSED. 
ALSO CLOSED WAS HIGHWAY 42 JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 28...ABOUT 2 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF BELLE...WHERE A PORTION OF THE ROAD HAD WASHED OUT.

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.

$$

GAEDE

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 301851
FFSSGF
MOC105-125-161-169-301900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
151 PM CDT FRI JUL 30 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LACLEDE...
PULASKI...PHELPS AND MARIES COUNTIES 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.

$$

GAEDE

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.