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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

January 5, 2005Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 2005, 5:23 AM CST for Phelps County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2005, 5:23 AM CST (11:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2005, 11:30 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 5, 6:00 AM CSTFLASH FLOODRolla, MOAT COUNTY ROAD 8160...A LOW WATER CROSSING IS IMPASSABLE. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 708 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
708 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
682 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 051123
FFWSGF
MOC161-051730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
523 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST.

* AT 518 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS LARGE BAND
  OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER AREAS OF NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING.

* 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...ROLLA...
  DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG...ST. JAMES...JEROME AND NORTHWYE.

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 3815 9155 3792 9156 3772 9202 3800 9203
      3804 9190 3806 9162 3814 9162

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 6:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dade, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 3 more6 hr
Jan 5, 12:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton6 hr
Jan 5, 12:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Jan 5, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
Jan 5, 2:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 11 more6 hr
Jan 5, 4:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry6 hr
Jan 5, 6:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 23 more6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.