Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2005, 7:12 PM CDT for Phelps 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
- Jun 9, 2005, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT
- 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 100014 FFWSGF MOC161-100615- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 712 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. * UNTIL 115 AM CDT. * AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED THREE INCH TOTALS ALONG THE MARIES PHELPS COUNTY LINE SINCE 6 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO MORE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. * 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...ROLLA...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG...JEROME AND NORTHWYE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SPRINGFIELD. LAT...LON 3800 9200 3804 9164 3781 9164 3780 9202 $$ JLT
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 100048 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 746 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 MOC161-100615- PHELPS MO- 746 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN PARTS OF PHELPS COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD WATERS ARE... ROUTE C...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ALONG TIEK CREEK. ROUTE Y...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AND COUNTY ROAD 8160 BETWEEN DOOLITTLE AND ROLLA. BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 100300 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 956 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 MOC161-100615- PHELPS MO- 956 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE MARIES...PHELPS COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. SINCE 6 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL NORTH OF JEROME AND DOOLITTLE...WITH LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN ROLLA AND SAINT JAMES. SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD WATERS ARE... ROUTE C...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 ALONG TIEK CREEK. ROUTE Y...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AND COUNTY ROAD 8160 BETWEEN DOOLITTLE AND ROLLA. && 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 100534 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1234 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 MOC161-100544- PHELPS MO- 1234 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING. ALTHOUGH RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AND THE THREAT OF RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES HAS SUBSIDED...FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG SOME SMALL CREEKS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. $$ FOSTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell, Oregon, Shannon | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Pulaski | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Maries | 6 hr |
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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.