Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2004, 10:23 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Aug 23, 2004, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KSGF 231531
FFWSGF
MOC015-029-131-141-232130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1023 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 1018 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD
FALLEN IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MORGAN
COUNTY...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CAMDEN COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS
OF MILLER COUNTY SINCE 8 AM.
ALTHOUGH REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED...THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RAINFALL RATES REMAIN IN
THE ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RANGE. LOCALLY...FOUR INCH
TOTALS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED NEAR COLE CAMP SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN
EARLIER THIS MORNING. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER
CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH RUNOFF CONTINUING INTO THE LATE
AFTERNOON.
* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN
THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
A WARNING FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT
OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3870 9285 3841 9243 3787 9243 3791 9304
3806 9305 3811 9352 3852 9350 3869 9305
$$
JLT5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 231632 FFSSGF MOC015-029-131-141-232030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1125 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN... MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY FOUR TO FIVE INCHES NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...LAURIE...OSAGE BEACH AND ROCKY MOUNT SINCE 9 AM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWARD...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING HAVE OCCURRED AROUND OSAGE BEACH...VERSAILLES AND GRAVOIS MILLS AREA. HIGHWAY 52 IN THE CITY OF VERSAILLES...JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 INTERSECTION WAS REPORTED COVERED BY WATER. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. && DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 231644 FFSSGF MOC015-029-131-141-232045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1140 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN... MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 1140 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY FOUR TO FIVE INCHES NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...LAURIE...OSAGE BEACH AND ROCKY MOUNT SINCE 9 AM. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWARD...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. CAMPERS IN THE GRAVOIS CAMPGROUND...NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...ARE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO THE GRAVOIS CREEK RISING RAPIDLY AND CURRENTLY OUT OF ITS BANKS. ALSO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE OCCURRED AROUND OSAGE BEACH...VERSAILLES AND CAMDENTON. HIGHWAY 52 IN THE CITY OF VERSAILLES...JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 INTERSECTION WAS REPORTED COVERED BY WATER. AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 5 AND 54 IN THE CITY OF CAMDENTON ARE REPORTED FLOODING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. && 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. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 231717 FFSSGF MOC015-029-131-141-232015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1215 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN... MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 1215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH LOCALLY FOUR TO SIX INCHES NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...LAURIE...OSAGE BEACH AND ROCKY MOUNT SINCE 9 AM. A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION IN SPRINGFIELD RECEIVED A REPORT OF 6.30 INCHES OF RAIN IN SUNRISE BEACH SINCE 9 AM. SUNRISE BEACH IS LOCATED NORTH OF CAMDENTON AND WEST OF OSAGE BEACH. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTHWARD...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. CAMPERS IN THE GRAVOIS CAMPGROUND...NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...WERE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO THE GRAVOIS CREEK RISING RAPIDLY AND CURRENTLY OUT OF ITS BANKS AS OF 1130 AM. ALSO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE OCCURRED AROUND OSAGE BEACH...VERSAILLES AND CAMDENTON. HIGHWAY 52 IN THE CITY OF VERSAILLES...JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 INTERSECTION WAS REPORTED COVERED BY WATER. AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 5 AND 54 IN THE CITY OF CAMDENTON ARE REPORTED FLOODING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 231825 CCA FFSSGF MOC015-029-131-141-232115- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 115 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN... MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 112 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING HAS ENDED...AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED LOCALLY FOUR TO SIX INCHES. EARLIER REPORTS OF FLOODING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS MORNING. 6.30 INCHES OF RAIN IN SUNRISE BEACH. 6.50 INCHES OF RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF GRAVOIS MILLS. 4.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN LAURIE. 2.20 INCHES WEST OF COLE CAMP. ALSO...REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE OCCURRED AROUND OSAGE BEACH...VERSAILLES AND CAMDENTON. HIGHWAY 52 IN THE CITY OF VERSAILLES...JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 INTERSECTION WAS REPORTED COVERED BY WATER. AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 5 AND 54 IN THE CITY OF CAMDENTON ARE REPORTED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...CAMPERS IN THE GRAVOIS CAMPGROUND...NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...HAD TO BE EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG THE GRAVOIS CREEK. && 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. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 231948 FFSSGF MOC015-029-105-131-141-161-169-232100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 PM CDT MON AUG 23 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CAMDEN...MILLER...BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES...AND UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR LACLEDE...PULASKI AND PHELPS COUNTIES... AT 235 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURRING AROUND THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. DOPPLER RADAR HAD ESTIMATED BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AROUND GRAVOIS MILLS...CAMDENTON...OSAGE BEACH AND LAURIE. IN ADDITION...A BROAD AREA OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY SINCE 8 AM. THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING REPORTS AS OF 230 PM. 7.50 INCHES 5 MILES WEST OF LAURIE. 6.30 INCHES OF RAIN IN SUNRISE BEACH. 6.50 INCHES OF RAIN 4 MILES SOUTH OF GRAVOIS MILLS. 4.50 INCHES OF RAIN IN LAURIE. REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE OCCURRED AROUND OSAGE BEACH...VERSAILLES AND CAMDENTON. HIGHWAY 52 IN THE CITY OF VERSAILLES...JUST WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 5 AND 52 INTERSECTION WAS REPORTED COVERED BY WATER. AREAS NEAR HIGHWAY 5 AND 54...IN THE CITY OF CAMDENTON ARE REPORTED FLOODING. COUNTY ROAD 592 ALONG POSSUM HOLLOW ROAD IS CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...CAMPERS IN THE GRAVOIS CAMPGROUND...AND A TRAILER PARK COMMUNITY NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS...HAD TO BE EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG THE GRAVOIS CREEK. && DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski | 6 hr |
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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.