Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 4, 2005, 6:15 PM CST for 9 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
- Jan 4, 2005, 6:15 PM CST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2005, 12:15 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Camden County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 708 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 682 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 050018
FFWSGF
MOC029-057-059-105-125-131-161-167-169-050615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
615 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
* UNTIL 1215 AM CST.
* AT 600 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. IN ADDITION, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE REPORTING SEVERAL
LOW WATER CROSSINGS BEGINNING TO FLOOD, OR WERE BECOMING IMPASSABLE
THIS EVENING. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ONCE
AGAIN OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS AREA OF
SHOWERS WILL SPREAD OVER THE ALREADY FLOODING AREAS AROUND THE LAKE
OF THE OZARKS REGION, CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.
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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
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 3757 9409 3757 9381 3822 9301 3818 9302
3822 9271 3842 9262 3842 9244 3833 9241
3832 9221 3828 9219 3828 9169 3786 9155
3761 9225 3753 9230 3755 9280 3741 9330
3743 9363 3734 9364 3733 9408
$$
JLT2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 050105 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 700 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 MOC029-057-059-105-125-131-161-167-169-050615- MILLER MO-MARIES MO-CAMDEN MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-DALLAS MO- LACLEDE MO-POLK MO-DADE MO- 700 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN...DADE...DALLAS...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...PHELPS...POLK AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CST... AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY DETERIORATING FLOODING SITUATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED LOW WATER CROSSINGS, AND SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IMPASSABLE NORTH OF CLIMAX SPRINGS, AND NEAR CAMDENTON. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE ALSO FLOODED IN DADE AND LACLEDE COUNTIES SINCE 5 PM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ JLT
000 WGUS73 KSGF 050112 CCA FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 700 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 MOC029-057-059-105-125-131-161-167-169-050615- MILLER MO-MARIES MO-CAMDEN MO-PHELPS MO-PULASKI MO-DALLAS MO- LACLEDE MO-POLK MO-DADE MO- 700 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMDEN...DADE...DALLAS...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER...PHELPS...POLK AND PULASKI COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CST... AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE CAUSED FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL AGGRAVATE THE ALREADY DETERIORATING FLOODING SITUATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED LOW WATER CROSSINGS, AND SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IMPASSABLE NORTH OF CLIMAX SPRINGS, AND NEAR CAMDENTON. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE ALSO FLOODED IN DADE AND LACLEDE COUNTIES SINCE 5 PM. 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 12:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 1:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 23 more | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.