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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Springfield, MO

June 9, 2005Camden County, Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT for Camden County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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: Jun 9, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Camden County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jun 9, 6:35 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	Richland, MO
Jun 9, 6:35 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4	Richland, MO

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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 092337
FFWSGF
MOC029-169-100530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
635 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.
  PULASKI COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 5      
  PM...WITH A REPORT OF 4 INCHES SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN IN THE         
  RICHLAND AREA. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE       
  PREVIOUS SMALL STREAMS FLOOD ADVISORY. 

* 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...CROCKER...RICHLAND...LAQUEY...MONTREAL...OZARK SPRINGS...
  SWEDEBORG AND WET GLAIZE.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3802 9223 3773 9224 3776 9255 3803 9265

$$

JLT

3 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 100040
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
736 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

MOC029-169-100530-
CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-
736 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN AND PULASKI COUNTIES
UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 732 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE TOWN OF RICHLAND. RADAR INDICATED 
BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 
RICHLAND...STOUTLAND AND CAMDENTON SINCE 5 PM. 

SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY 
THE FLOOD WATERS ARE...

ROUTE BB...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 7.
ROUTE H...WEST OF ROUTE T.
ROUTE FF ALONG BEAR CREEK.
AND HIGHWAY 133...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ALONG THE GASCONADE RIVER. 

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 100148
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
844 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

MOC029-169-100530-
CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-
844 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN AND PULASKI COUNTIES
UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

AT 841 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN RICHLAND. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT CONTINUE TO FLOOD. THIS 
WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT 
UNFOLDING IN SOUTHEAST CAMDEN AND NORTHWEST PULASKI COUNTIES. 

SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY 
THE FLOOD WATERS ARE...

ROUTE BB...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 7.
ROUTE H...WEST OF ROUTE T.
ROUTE FF ALONG BEAR CREEK.
AND HIGHWAY 133...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ALONG THE GASCONADE RIVER.

&&

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.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 100531
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1230 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MOC029-169-100538-
CAMDEN MO-PULASKI MO-
1230 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CAMDEN AND PULASKI
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING. 

ALTHOUGH RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AND THE 
THREAT OF RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES HAS SUBSIDED...FLOODING WILL 
LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG SOME SMALL CREEKS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 11:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 hr
Jun 9, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	54 min
Jun 9, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	51 min
Jun 9, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	32 min
Jun 9, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	33 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	23 min
Jun 9, 6:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Maries	6 hr
Jun 9, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade	25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2005 Every 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.