Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Springfield, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
533 PM CST THU MAR 19 1998

TYPICAL EARLY SPRING STORM IN THE OZARKS: SYNOPTIC SCALE HEAVY
RAINFALL EVENT IN EASTERN SECTIONS WITH SNOW IN THE WEST. AFTER
CONFERRING WITH WSFO STL AND RECEIVING REPORTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW IN THE COLUMBUS AND PITTSBURG KANSAS AREAS...ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY FOR ONE TO THREE INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF JOPLIN. MAY HAVE
TO ADD COUNTIES TO THE ADVISORY AREA LATER THIS EVENING.

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. WILL HAVE TO REISSUE
THE FLOOD WARNINGS ALONG AND EAST OF THE QUEEN CITY THE REST OF THIS
EVENING SINCE FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED.

SUTTON

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CST THU MAR 19 1998

THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS   BOURBON     CHEROKEE   CRAWFORD

IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

BARRY           DALLAS        LACLEDE        OREGON         STONE
BARTON          DENT          LAWRENCE       OZARK          TANEY
BENTON          DOUGLAS       MARIES         PHELPS         TEXAS
CAMDEN          GREENE        MCDONALD       POLK           VERNON
CEDAR           HICKORY       MILLER         PULASKI        WEBSTER
CHRISTIAN       HOWELL        MORGAN         SHANNON        WRIGHT
DADE            JASPER        NEWTON         ST CLAIR

...LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES THIS
EVENING...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION...

AT 1245 PM...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HARRISON AND
FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. THIS WAS PUMPING LARGE QUANTITIES OF MOISTURE
AND PROVIDING EXTENSIVE VERTICAL LIFT.  THIS WILL RESULT IN COPIOUS
RAINFALL ON TOP OF A NEARLY SATURATED GROUND.  A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY ON LOW WATER BRIDGE CROSSINGS.

THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...HOWEVER BETTER
DYNAMICS FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA.

COLD CANADIAN AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  AS THE
SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST...THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH TO SNOW.
WITH THE GROUND WET...AND THE LOW MOVING QUICKLY TO THE EAST...A
MAJOR ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED.  THE BEST CHANCE FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF A TUSCUMBIA TO STOCKTON
TO PITTSBURG KS LINE.  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN
THIS AREA OVERNIGHT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MID-DAY.

GORDON

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
422 PM CST THU MAR 19 1998

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI:

CAMDEN  MARIES  MILLER  MORGAN

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMDENTON...VIENNA...VICHY AND TUSCUMBIA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI:

DENT  DOUGLAS  HOWELL  LACLEDE  OREGON  OZARK  PHELPS  PULASKI  SHANNON
TEXAS  WRIGHT

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SALEM...AVA...WEST PLAINS...LEBANON...ALTON...
GAINESVILLE...ROLLA...WAYNESVILLE...EMINENCE...HOUSTON AND HARTVILLE.

THE STORM SYSTEM OVER ARKANSAS THAT HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLIER
TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.  SINCE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN
WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING.

THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AREAS ALONG
AND WEST OF A WARSAW TO BUFFALO AND BRANSON LINE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A
FLOOD WATCH.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

SUTTON