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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 2005, 12:45 AM CST for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Jan 5, 2005, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2005, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 4:15 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | South West City, MO | WATER WAIST DEEP OVER WEST HIGHWAY 76. WATER FROM BUFFALO CREEK OVER HIGHWAY 43. WATER OVER SCHOOL ST. AND CHEROKEE ST. IN SOUTHWEST CITY. BRIDGE IMPASSABLE AT HIGHWAY C AND CC JUNCTION. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Jan 5, 4:19 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | Neosho, MO | NUMEROUS ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE IN THE CITIES OF NEOSHO AND DIAMOND. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Jan 5, 5:23 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Goodman, MO | A FEW BACK ROADS SOUTH OF GOODMAN ARE WASHED OUT. REPORTED BY PUBLIC. |
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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 050646 FFWSGF MOC119-145-051245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1245 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 645 AM CST. * AT 1241 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL TRAIN OVER MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO SATURATED SOILS IN THE AREA...WATER WILL TEND TO RUN OFF EFFICIENTLY...WHICH WILL ENHANCE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. * 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...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN... GRANBY...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...NOEL...PINEVILLE...SAGINAW AND SHOAL CREEK DRIVE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3705 9407 3650 9409 3650 9461 3705 9462 $$ CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KSGF 050845 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 238 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005 MOC119-145-051245- NEWTON MO-MCDONALD MO- 238 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005 FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 238 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CST... AT 235 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON THE SATURATED SOILS IN THIS AREA. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...DIAMOND... FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN...GRANBY...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...NOEL...PINEVILLE... SAGINAW AND SHOAL CREEK DRIVE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. $$ CRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 6:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dade, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 3 more | 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
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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.