Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2005, 10:58 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- May 24, 2005, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McDonald County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Goodman, MO | FLOODING ALONG THE NEWTON/MCDONALD COUNTY LINE JUST NORTH OF GOODMAN OFF OF HIGHWAY 71...LOW WATER CROSSING CLOSED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 62 minutes after it went out.
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 241559 FFWSGF MOC119-242000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1058 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 300 PM CDT. * AT 1053 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF...TO IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MCDONALD COUNTY SO FAR THIS MORNING. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ANDERSON...GOODMAN...LANAGAN...AND POWELL. 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 3675 9460 3650 9461 3650 9410 3674 9410 $$ SAW
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 241709 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1209 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOC119-242000- MCDONALD MO- 1209 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCDONALD COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF MCDONALD COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS ENDING. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING ON INDIAN CREEK...SUGAR FORK...BUFFALO CREEK...AND BULLSKIN CREEK. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 241910 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 209 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOC119-242000- MCDONALD MO- 209 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCDONALD COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD ENDED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME STREAMS AFFECTED BY HIGH WATER INCLUDE...MIKES CREEK...ELKHORN CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...AND BULLSKIN 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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 241958 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 257 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOC119-242007- MCDONALD MO- 257 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MCDONALD COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE REPORTS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED ALONG THE NEWTON...MCDONALD COUNTY LINE NORTH OF GOODMAN. $$ JLT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 24, 6:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 608 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST WILL BE WITH THE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE UPPER PATTERN RECENTLY WITH UPPER RIDGE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S. KEEPING THINGS PRETTY BLOCKED UP. THIS HAS KEPT THE CENTRAL U.S. IN NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES SETTING OFF NIGHTLY MCS ACTIVITY. MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS CONTINUES TO BE PUSHED WESTWARD. MCS ACTIVITY OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LAST NIGHT HAS SHIFTED FURTHER WEST INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. CURRENT 850/SFC MOISTURE AXIS STRETCHES FROM LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WITH MCS ACTIVITY PUSHING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AT THIS HOUR. MCS SHOULD CONTINUE ON THIS PATH WITH MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING TO THE WEST OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. EASTERN EDGES OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY AFFECT WESTERN CWA AND HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY THERE TODAY. SVR WATCH WAS ISSUED AS OF THIS TYPING INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA. WOULD NOT EXPECT MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESSION INTO THE CWA WITH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR PUSHING WESTWARD INTO THE CWA. MORNING HOURS WILL LIKELY HAVE PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCS...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN SECTIONS...HOWEVER WILL PROBABLY SEE DECENT SUN BY THE AFTERNOON. COOLER AIR MASS WORKING IN FROM THE EAST WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S THERE WITH LOW TO MID 80S POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH. GFS/NAM SHOWING DIFFERENCES WITH SOLUTIONS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GFS IS FURTHER NORTH WITH MCS DEVELOPMENT AND TAKES IT THROUGH THE CWA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WHILE NAM KEEPS THINGS WELL TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO MODELS FOR NOW AND WILL PLAY THE WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH FEATURES TODAY AND LET THE UPCOMING FORECAST SHIFT DO SOME FINE TUNING. WITH THE BLEND...HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA AND KEPT THE NORTHEAST DRY. NAM BRINGS IN FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON THURSDAY WITH THE AID OF NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST. AS PREVIOUS FORECASTER MENTIONED...IT APPEARS EASTERN CANADIAN RIDGE WILL BE SLOW TO BREAK DOWN AND WILL KEEP THE AREA IN NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WILL KEEP INHERITED FORECAST DRY FOR NOW BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THIS CHANGE AS THIS PERIOD GETS CLOSER AND HOPEFULLY MORE CLEAR. LINDENBERG && .AVIATION... INTRODUCED A PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS IN BOTH THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD TAFS FOR THIS MORNING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE KANSAS FLINT HILLS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EAST THIS MORNING AND WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS SEVERAL KANSAS REPORTS HAVE SUGGESTED DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST PRIOR TO A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. CRAMER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241800- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 600 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A NEVADA TO MONETT LINE THIS MORNING. DISCUSSION: A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WAS PUSHING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO EASTERN KANSAS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AFTER 7 AM. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE LINE OF STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS POSSIBLE. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY AND MAY HELP TO DEVELOP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) LINDENBERG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 855 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ093-241500- NEWTON- 855 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 853 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SENECA...OR 12 MILES WEST OF NEOSHO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LEAWOOD BY 925 AM CDT. NEAR SAGINAW BY 930 AM CDT. 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIAMOND BY 945 AM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 911 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 KSZ097-101-MOZ088-094-241515- CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-JASPER-LAWRENCE- 911 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI JASPER... LAWRENCE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... PITTSBURG...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...JOPLIN AND CARTHAGE. MOZ093-101>102-241515- BARRY-MCDONALD-NEWTON- 911 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... MCDONALD... NEWTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONETT...CASSVILLE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE AND NEOSHO. IZZI
Special weather statement, May 24, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 949 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ093-101>102-241600- BARRY-MCDONALD-NEWTON- 949 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319...PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT...HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... MCDONALD... NEWTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE AND NEOSHO. IZZI
Local storm report, May 24, 10:32 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...EVENT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1032 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM FLASH FLOOD SENECA 36.85N 94.60W
05/24/2005 NEWTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
LOW WATER CROSSING OVER LOST CREEK OVER HIGHWAY C
CLOSED. HIGH WATER ALSO REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 43 NORTH
OF SENECA AND AROUND NEOSHO.
RUNNELSSpecial weather statement, May 24, 10:53 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1053 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ102-241645- BARRY- 1053 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT... AT 1049 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHEATON TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEA RIDGE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONETT TO PEA RIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOW CLOUDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS MAY BE MISTAKEN FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS. NO TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR WASHBURN BY 1110 AM CDT. NEAR SELIGMAN BY 1115 AM CDT. NEAR CASSVILLE BY 1130 AM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SAW
Special weather statement, May 24, 10:57 AM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1057 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ093-101>102-241700- BARRY-MCDONALD-NEWTON- 1057 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... MCDONALD... NEWTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE AND NEOSHO. IZZI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 56 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
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.