Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 251345
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
839 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

MOC185-251600-
ST. CLAIR MO-
839 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM
CDT...

AT 836 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL...LOCALLY HEAVIER 
AMOUNTS...FELL NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF LOWRY CITY SINCE MIDNIGHT. 

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG RURAL GRAVEL 
ROADS WEST OF APPLETON CITY NEAR HIGHWAY 52. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL 
SMALL CREEKS WERE OUT OF BANKS EAST OF APPLETON CITY...NEAR AA   
HIGHWAY.

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN 
ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAIN FALLING BEFORE NOON 
TODAY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. 

BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...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 3819 9353 3792 9353 3792 9358 3783 9359
      3784 9381 3790 9381 3790 9406 3821 9404

$$

JLT

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 251559
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

MOC185-251606-
ST. CLAIR MO-
1056 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 AM...AN AREAL 
FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR SAINT CLAIR COUNTY.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUE TO REPORT FLOODING ALONG 
RURAL GRAVEL ROADS EAST OF APPLETON CITY. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL 
SMALL CREEKS WERE OUT OF BANKS EAST OF APPLETON CITY...NEAR AA   
HIGHWAY.

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3819 9353 3792 9353 3792 9358 3783 9359
      3784 9381 3790 9381 3790 9406 3821 9404

$$

JLT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

.DISCUSSION...
CLASSIC SETUP FOR A FLOOD EVENT UNDERWAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. CURRENT FLOOD WATCH HANDLES THIS
VERY WELL...SO PLAN NO MODIFICATIONS. UP TO 45 KNOT 850 MB JET
SCREAMING INTO SRN EDGE OF MCS...WITH REDEVELOPMENT ALL THE WAY BACK
TO JUST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA. MULTIPLE STRONG TO SEVERE BOWING CELLS
RIDING ALONG SRN EDGE OF CONVECTION...AND THESE ARE ONLY ACTING TO
INTENSIFY THE RAIN RATES. ICT 88D RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 6 TO 8
INCHES JUST WEST OF CHANUTE...AND WITH CHANUTE ASOS SHOWING 3.45
INCHES IN AN 88D ZONE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...THINK THAT 88D ESTIMATES
ARE VERY CLOSE TO REALITY. SGF 88D LOOKS TO BE RUNNING ABOUT ONE
INCH TOO HIGH IN THE SAME AREA. THIS SAID...BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCH RAIN
IS LIKELY TO LAY OUT IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA.

AS LLJ CONTINUES TO VEER THIS MORNING...THINK THAT CONVECTION WILL
WEAKEN...THEN DISSIPATE BY AROUND 10 AM. THIS LEAVES PLENTY OF TIME
TO GET AT LEAST SOME PARTIAL CLEARING...AND WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...CAPE SHOULD SOAR INTO THE 2000 TO 3000 J/KG
RANGE. REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD BE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...SO HAVE CONTINUED 40 TO 50 POPS
GENERALLY FROM SGF NORTHEASTWARD. CAP TO THE SOUTHWEST MAY LIMIT
CONVECTION THERE...BUT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S COMBINED WITH THE HIGH
DEWPOINTS WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO THE 103 TO 105 RANGE FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS. WILL MENTION THIS THREAT IN THE HWO.

BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW ANOTHER MCS TONIGHT IS POSSIBLE TO OUR NORTH
AS ANOTHER RIPPLE RIDES THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS TROUGH. AM CONCERNED
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THOUGH OF CONVECTION FIRING SEWD INTO CENTRAL
MO...AS 850 MB CONVERGENCE LOOKS SUBSTANTIAL IN BOTH MODELS...AND
BOTH MODELS SHOW AT LEAST SOME PRECIP. GIVEN PWATS OF NEARLY 2
INCHES...ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES FIRE WILL LIKELY PUT DOWN VERY
IMPRESSIVE RAIN AMOUNTS. IF AN MCS DOES IN FACT FORM NEAR
TOPEKA...MESOSCALE CIRCULATION AROUND IT COULD FORM WARM WING
CONVECTION ALONG CONVERGENCE AXIS INTO CENTRAL MO. WILL BRIEF DAY
SHIFT AND THEY CAN REEXAMINE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING RAIN
TONIGHT.

MAIN AXIS OF THE PLAINS TROUGH WILL FINALLY SWING THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...SO RAIN CHANCES LINGER UNTIL THEN. REMAINDER
OF EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS OK. NORTHWEST FLOW AND ANOTHER TROUGH
COULD SPELL ANOTHER SHOT AT RAIN ON MONDAY HOWEVER.

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&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...LOOKS LIKE MAIN MCS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF
THE JLN AND SGF FORECAST POINTS.  THAT SAID...SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE
COMPLEX MAY AFFECT THESE LOCATIONS AND HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO OF
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT AT BOTH JLN AND SGF.  OUTSIDE OF ANY
CONVECTION...SHOULD SEE VFR CONDITIONS.

LINDENBERG

&&

SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...FLOOD WATCH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MO.
.KS...FLOOD WATCH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FOR BOURBON
COUNTY.

WFO SGF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
502 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261015-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
502 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND
  LIGHTNING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  NORTH OF A GIRARD TO BOLIVAR TO ROLLA LINE THIS MORNING. ALL OF
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON...AND
  CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SEVERAL
  INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND BEFORE
  THE STORMS WEAKEN BY LATE MORNING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT BY
  THE MORNING STORMS MAY ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
  REGENERATION THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL LIKELY
  PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION
  TONIGHT...BRINGING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST
  CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING ANOTHER
  CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS
  ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

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