Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Springfield, MO

Issued

Nov 1, 2004, 2:42 AM CST (08:42 UTC)

Expired

Nov 1, 2004, 8:45 AM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Springfield, MO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Christian County, MO, Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 010848
FFWSGF
MOC043-077-167-011445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
242 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
  GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
  POLK COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 845 AM CST.

* AT 237 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR  
  ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH THE       
  STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SO FAR. AN ADDTIONAL ONE TO   
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE THE WARNING AREA OVER 
  THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL             
  AFFECT POLK...THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF GREENE...AND THE PANHANDLE 
  OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY. 

* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM
  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BOLIVAR...
  SPRINGFIELD...ASH GROVE...BATTLEFIELD...BILLINGS...BROOKLINE...FAIR
  PLAY...MORRISVILLE...PLEASANT HOPE...REPUBLIC...WALNUT GROVE AND
  WILLARD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

LAT...LON 3705 9364 3705 9326 3764 9321 3764 9363

$$

DSA

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 31, 8:39 PM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
839 PM CST SUN OCT 31 2004

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...

PRECIPITATION SPREADING NORTH OUT OF ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY
SLOWLY AND IN PARTICULAR AM CONCERNED WITH A STORM ON THE LEADING
EDGE OVER EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO EXHIBIT
SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS AND HAS MAINTAINED AN ORGANIZED STRUCTURE
FOR QUITE SOME TIME. VERTICAL CROSS SECTIONS SHOW THAT THIS STORM IS
TILTED WELL DOWNSTREAM...WHICH FITS WELL WITH STRONG VEERING
HODOGRAPHS EVIDENT ON 00Z KSGF SOUNDING AND CONWAY PROFILER.
INSTIBILITY REMAINS THE MISSING LINK...BUT APPARENTLY THIS CELL HAS
FOUND A LOCAL MAXIMA. STORM TOP REMAINS AROUND 25KFT...BUT WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR A REFLECTIVITY/CG LIGHTNING SPIKE THAT MAY
SUGGEST SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL MO
COUNTIES. KS...NONE.

BOOKBINDER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 PM CST SUN OCT 31 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-011200-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
955 PM CST SUN OCT 31 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  MUCH OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH
  TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS REGION
  TONIGHT. AMPLE MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH
  THE FRONT TO CONTINUE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED
  THUNDERSTORMS. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND FLOODING
  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
  NIGHT. ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND
  LIGHTNING...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED
  SOILS FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
  SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THEIR RAINFALL TOTALS.

TERRY

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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.