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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT for 7 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
- Apr 11, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Camden County, MO, Howell County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Miller County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KSGF 112046
FFWSGF
MOC029-091-105-131-169-215-229-120230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN
NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN AN INCH AND INCH
AND A HALF WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY WITHIN
THE NEXT TWO HOURS. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3831 9222 3801 9221 3800 9205 3760 9205
3758 9177 3741 9178 3740 9167 3652 9169
3652 9212 3706 9208 3708 9265 3751 9269
3752 9285 3789 9286 3792 9304 3818 9304
3818 9270 3833 9268 3842 9261 3841 9243
3832 9242
$$
SAW3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 112128 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 428 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 MOC029-091-105-131-169-215-229-120230- MILLER MO-CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-LACLEDE MO-TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO- HOWELL MO- 428 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN...HOWELL...LACLEDE... MILLER...PULASKI...TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS NORTHERN MILLER COUNTY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BREAK IN THE RAIN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 112335 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 635 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 MOC029-091-105-131-169-215-229-120230- MILLER MO-CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-LACLEDE MO-TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO- HOWELL MO- 635 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN...HOWELL...LACLEDE... MILLER...PULASKI...TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... WHILE SIGNIFICANT RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FROM EARLIER RAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 120112 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 812 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 MOC029-091-105-131-169-215-229-120230- MILLER MO-CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-LACLEDE MO-TEXAS MO-WRIGHT MO- HOWELL MO- 812 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN...HOWELL...LACLEDE... MILLER...PULASKI...TEXAS AND WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 804 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON THE WOODS FORK AND GASCONADE RIVER IN HARTVILLE. ALSO IN WRIGHT COUNTY...THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT ROUTE E NORTH OF HIGHWAY 38 IS LIKELY FLOODED. IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Douglas | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.