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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Springfield, MO

June 10, 2005Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 5:18 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 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 10, 2005, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 6:35 PM CDTFLASH FLOODWaynesville, MOSEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED, BOOKER RD CLOSED IN TOWN
Jun 10, 6:35 PM CDTFLASH FLOODWaynesville, MOSEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED, BOOKER RD CLOSED IN TOWN
Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODWaynesville, MOSPRINGFIELD RD NEAR WAYNESVILLE FLOODED AND CLOSED.
Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODWaynesville, MOSPRINGFIELD RD NEAR WAYNESVILLE FLOODED AND CLOSED.

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1718 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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 102219
FFWSGF
MOC169-110415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
518 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING UP TO 2    
  INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. 

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SOME       
  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FORT LEONARD     
  WOOD...DIXON...ST. ROBERT...WAYNESVILLE...DEVILS ELBOW AND LAQUEY.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

&&

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3801 9204 3802 9222 3768 9236 3762 9219
      3769 9207

$$

IZZI
3 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110011
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
711 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MOC169-110415-
PULASKI MO-
711 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PULASKI COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT...

AT 703 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN WAYNESVILLE AND OVER MANY OF THE LOW WATER 
CROSSING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE 
HEAVIEST RAIN FELL BETWEEN WAYNESVILLE AND DIXON IN THE JONES 
CREEK BASIN. HIGH WATER AND FLOODING ARE LIKELY ONGOING OVER SOME OF 
THE LOW WATER CROSSING OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN PULASKI 
COUNTY.  

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

$$

IZZI
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110240
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
940 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MOC169-110415-
PULASKI MO-
940 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PULASKI COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT...

AT 940 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLASH 
FLOODING WAS CONTINUING IN PORTIONS OF PULASKI COUNTY. SPRINGFIELD 
ROAD NEAR WAYNESVILLE IS FLOODED AND CLOSED. OTHER COUNTY ROADS AND 
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING FLOODING AS WELL.

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

$$

IZZI
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 110410
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1110 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MOC169-110418-
PULASKI MO-
1110 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND 
THE THREAT OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA MAY REMAIN FLOODED 
OVERNIGHT. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMaries, Phelps54 min
Jun 9, 7:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPhelps6 hr
Jun 9, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar44 min
Jun 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk36 min
Jun 9, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar6 hr
Jun 9, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHickory40 min
Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLaclede6 hr
Jun 10, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Hickory67 min
Jun 10, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk43 min
Jun 10, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar28 min
Jun 10, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence61 min
Jun 10, 2:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon6 hr
Jun 10, 2:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk6 hr
Jun 10, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDade36 min
Jun 10, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene32 min
Jun 10, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar33 min
Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCedar6 hr
Jun 10, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence25 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas42 min
Jun 10, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence5 hr
Jun 10, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMaries6 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.