Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Springfield, MO
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:52 AM CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Stotts City, MO | LAWRENCE 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 CST | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Friestatt, MO | FLASH 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 12:45 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.