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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO

September 3, 2005Barry County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2005, 1:50 PM CDT for Barry County, 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
Sep 3, 2005, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barry County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 862 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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 031850
FFWSGF
MOC009-040030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
150 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS BARRY COUNTY.        
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    
  FALLEN JUST NORTH OF CASSVILLE AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF BUTTERFIELD   
  BETWEEN 1 PM AND 145 PM.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE        
  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME CITIES THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 
  INCLUDE...BUTTERFIELD...CASSVILLE...AND PURDY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN   
  HAS FALLEN NEAR THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT ROUTE Y AND THE FLAT     
  CREEK. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON THE GUNTER CREEK...FLAT        
  CREEK...AND THE PROGUE CREEK.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD

LAT...LON 3693 9384 3682 9370 3652 9373 3654 9382
      3674 9401 3692 9404

$$

IZZI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 032102
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
402 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MOC009-040030-
BARRY MO-
402 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 
RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE 
COUNTY. 

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 3693 9384 3682 9370 3652 9373 3654 9382
      3674 9401 3692 9404

$$

IZZI
000 
WGUS73 KSGF 040104
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
804 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

MOC009-040115-
BARRY MO-
804 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BARRY COUNTY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY HAS DECREASED...AND NO 
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 


LAT...LON 3693 9384 3682 9370 3652 9373 3654 9382
      3674 9401 3692 9404

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry38 min
Sep 2, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone33 min
Sep 3, 1:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence, Newton6 hr
Sep 3, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton55 min
Sep 3, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFGreene31 min
Sep 3, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton6 hr
Sep 3, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFPolk6 hr
Sep 3, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFPolk51 min
Sep 3, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFVernon6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.