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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at May 4, 2006, 4:03 AM CDT for 24 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2006, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2006, 3:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Flood severity
- None
All 27 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 4, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 10:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1030 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041845- 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- 1030 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HOUSTON TO GAINESVILLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT... LOCALIZED FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...FARTHER TO THE NORTH SMALLER HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT. && 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) TERRY/GAGAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 3, 10:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1037 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG GROVESPRING 37.40N 92.61W
05/03/2006 WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
&&
LDOOLEYLocal storm report, May 3, 10:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 3, 11:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1137 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM FLOOD 3 SE ALLEY SPRING 37.11N 91.41W
05/03/2006 SHANNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY E FLOODED
&&
LDOOLEYLocal storm report, May 3, 11:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1141 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SSE HARTVILLE 37.21N 92.49W
05/03/2006 WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY V HAS WATER OVER ROAD IN SEVERAL SPOTS
&&
LDOOLEYSpecial weather statement, May 4, 1:02 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 102 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 MOZ066-040645- VERNON- 102 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR VERNON COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 1257 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEVADA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DSA
Special weather statement, May 4, 3:22 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 322 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 MOZ101-102-040915- BARRY-MCDONALD- 322 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARRY AND MCDONALD COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT... AT 316 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GCC
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, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Greene | 6 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.