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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Springfield, MO

August 25, 2005Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2005, 2:24 AM CDT for Benton County, Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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: Aug 25, 2005, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2005, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 25, 6:50 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Lincoln, MO	FLOODING NEAR/ALONG HIGHWAY 65. LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED.

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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 1962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 250725
FFWSGF
MOC015-141-251330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
224 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT.

* AT 219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES ARE APPROACHING TWO
  AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR OVER BENTON COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WILL 
  AFFECT MORGAN COUNTY AS WELL.

* 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...COLE CAMP...LINCOLN...STOVER...VERSAILLES...WARSAW...
  BARNETT...BRANDON...CROCKERVILLE...EDMONSON...EDWARDS...FLORENCE
  AND FRISTOE.

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 3868 9286 3859 9286 3843 9265 3836 9265
      3836 9269 3823 9273 3821 9309 3808 9308
      3809 9349 3851 9349 3850 9325 3853 9327
      3853 9305 3869 9306

$$

CRAMER

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 251332
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
826 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

MOC015-141-251336-
MORGAN MO-BENTON MO-
826 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON AND MORGAN
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 AM...AN AREAL 
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTY. 

A LARGE AREA OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 
AMOUNTS NEAR RACKET...LINCOLN AND STOVER. RUNOFF IS NOT COMPLETE AND 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY THIS MORNING.

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

HERE IS THE LATEST FLOOD REPORTS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN BENTON 
COUNTY.

THERE WAS A REPORT OF FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF JACKSON AND 
SEMINARY ROADS IN WARSAW. 

THERE WAS A REPORT OF FLOODING NEAR AND ALONG HIGHWAY 65 AND LOW 
WATER CROSSINGS FLOODING AROUND THE LINCOLN COMMUNITY. 

LAT...LON 3868 9286 3859 9286 3843 9265 3836 9265
      3836 9269 3823 9273 3821 9309 3808 9308
      3809 9349 3851 9349 3850 9325 3853 9327
      3853 9305 3869 9306

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	44 min
Aug 25, 5:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair	6 hr
Aug 25, 5:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Miller	6 hr
Aug 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	40 min

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.