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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Springfield, MO

November 29, 2004Webster County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 29, 2004, 10:16 AM CST for Webster 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
Nov 29, 2004, 10:16 AM CST (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2004, 4:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2004-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2004-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 458 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
458 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
519 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 291616
FFWSGF
MOC225-292200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1016 AM CST MON NOV 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 400 PM CST.

* AT 909 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE  
  RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY W NEAR VINYARD    
  WHERE A BRIDGE WAS WASHED OUT WITH DEEP WATER SWIFTLY FLOWING OVER 
  IT. 

* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN CENTRAL WEBSTER   
  COUNTY.

FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ON OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN CREEKS IN 
WEBSTER COUNTY. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE 
ROADWAY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY TURN AROUND...DONT 
DROWN.

LAT...LON 3747 9270 3708 9270 3710 9308 3749 9306

$$

IZZI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 291754
FFSSGF
MOC225-292200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1154 AM CST MON NOV 29 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR WEBSTER 
COUNTY...

AT 1146 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATE THAT THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. MANY STREAMS AND 
CREEKS AND ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH AND SOME ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 
WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDED THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER PERSONS 
TRAVELING IN WEBSTER COUNTY MAY STILL ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO 
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...IF YOU 
ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY OR LOW WATER CROSSING TURN 
AROUND...DONT DROWN

$$

IZZI
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 292142
FFSSGF
MOC225-292200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 PM CST MON NOV 29 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEBSTER COUNTY 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM...

EARLY RAINFALL THAT CAUSED FLASH FLOODING NEAR MARSHFIELD HAS ENDED. 
NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT 
WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS AND CREEKS. LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL INDICATED THAT NO FURTHER FLOODING EXISTED IN 
WEBSTER COUNTY AS OF 340 PM. 

&&

IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT THIS INFORMATION TO THE 
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY CAN RELAY THIS 
INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 

$$

JLT

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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.