Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 263, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 30, 2007, 7:31 PM CDT for Cedar County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2007, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2007, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cedar County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Taberville, MO | SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. |
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 310034
FFWSGF
MOC039-185-217-310530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
731 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.
* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN
ALONG THE VERNON AND SAINT CLAIR COUNTY BORDER.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...EL DORADO SPRINGS...APPLETON CITY...LOWRY CITY...
OSCEOLA...SCHELL CITY AND WALKER.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAYS OO AND C
NORTH OF WALKER IN VERNON COUNTY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3820 9363 3783 9377 3764 9408 3765 9427
3804 9427 3804 9406 3821 9405
$$
GAEDE1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KSGF 310333
FFSSGF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1032 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
MOC039-310342-
CEDAR MO-
1032 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CEDAR COUNTY...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3820 9363 3783 9377 3788 9382 3789 9407
3764 9408 3765 9427 3804 9427 3804 9406
3821 9405
$$
MOC185-217-310530-
VERNON MO-ST. CLAIR MO-
1032 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR ST.
CLAIR AND EASTERN VERNON COUNTIES...
AT 1030 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSING ACROSS WESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY REMAIN
FLOODED. IN ADDITION...IN VERNON COUNTY...WATER REMAINS OVER HIGHWAY
OO AT HIGHWAY C.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...APPLETON
CITY...LOWRY CITY...OSCEOLA...SCHELL CITY AND WALKER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3820 9363 3783 9377 3788 9382 3789 9407
3764 9408 3765 9427 3804 9427 3804 9406
3821 9405
$$
GAGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone | 29 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.