Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2006, 8:29 PM CDT for Greene 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
- May 3, 2006, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2006, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greene County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:39 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, MO | WATER OVER ROAD AT 2500 BLOCK OF WEST COLLEGE |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 1050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KSGF 040129 FFWSGF MOC077-040730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 829 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. * UNTIL 230 AM CDT THURSDAY. * AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR. * 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...BATTLEFIELD...REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD...STRAFFORD...ASH GROVE...BROOKLINE...FAIR GROVE...AND WALNUT GROVE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE STORMS...FLOODING IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS URBAN LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND SPRINGFIELD. 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 3741 9309 3710 9308 3711 9360 3742 9362 $$ SAW
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KSGF 040217 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 917 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 MOC077-040730- GREENE MO- 917 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS PUSHED TO THE EAST OF GREENE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN ADDITION...STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE SPRINGFIELD METRO AREA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED FLOODING INCLUDE...BATTLEFIELD...REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD...STRAFFORD...ASH GROVE...BROOKLINE...FAIR GROVE...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 60...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 70...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 80...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 90...WALNUT GROVE...WILLARD...BASSVILLE...BOIS DARC...CAVE SPRINGS...EBENEZER...GALLOWAY...GLIDEWELL AND SACVILLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3741 9309 3710 9308 3711 9360 3742 9362 $$ SAW
000 WGUS73 KSGF 040356 FFSSGF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1054 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 MOC077-040404- GREENE MO- 1054 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNEVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3741 9309 3710 9308 3711 9360 3742 9362 $$ SAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 63 min |
| May 3, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Greene, Polk | 61 min |
| May 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Wright | 6 hr |
| May 3, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 39 min |
| May 3, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 6 hr |
| May 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian | 47 min |
| May 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 45 min |
| May 3, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas | 51 min |
| May 3, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 46 min |
| May 3, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas | 47 min |
| May 3, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell | 57 min |
| May 3, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 18 more | 11 hr |
| May 4, 6:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 4, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone, Taney | 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.