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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO

January 5, 2005Lawrence County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jan 5, 2005, 12:59 AM CST for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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, 12:59 AM CST (06:59 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2005, 7:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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
Jan 5, 3:52 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD3 N Stotts City, MOLAWRENCE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING HIGHWAY 97 THREE MILES NORTH OF STOTTS CITY. THE SPRING RIVER HAS FLOODED OVER THE HIGHWAY MAKING IT IMPASSABLE. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Jan 5, 6:59 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD3 S Friestatt, MOFLASH FLOODING OVER SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS SOUTH OF FRIESTATT. REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 708 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 050705
FFWSGF
MOC109-051300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1259 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 700 AM CST.

* AT 1256 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL TRAIN OVER PORTIONS 
  OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.  THIS ACTIVITY CONTAINS HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL 
  AGGRAVATE SATURATED SOILS...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO 
  INCHES OF RAINFALL 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...MOUNT VERNON...AURORA...MARIONVILLE...MILLER...PIERCE
  CITY...VERONA...CHESAPEAKE...FREISTATT...HALLTOWN...HOBERG...RED
  OAK AND STOTTS CITY.

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 3727 9363 3694 9363 3694 9406 3728 9405

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 050927
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
325 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

MOC109-051300-
LAWRENCE MO-
325 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
325 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM
CST...

AT 319 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS LARGE AREA
OF RAIN EXTENDED BACK INTO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...AND WILL LIKELY 
CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER LAWRENCE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING.

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...MOUNT VERNON...AURORA...
MARIONVILLE...MILLER...PIERCE CITY...VERONA...CHESAPEAKE...
FREISTATT...HALLTOWN...HOBERG...RED OAK AND STOTTS CITY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 6:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dade, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 3 more6 hr
Jan 5, 12:45 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton6 hr
Jan 5, 1:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
Jan 5, 2:58 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 11 more6 hr
Jan 5, 4:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry6 hr
Jan 5, 5:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFPhelps6 hr
Jan 5, 6:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 23 more6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.