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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO

May 4, 200624 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1050 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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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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

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, May 3, 10:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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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

&&

LDOOLEY
Local 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

&&

LDOOLEY
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton, Dade63 min
May 3, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFGreene, Polk61 min
May 3, 7:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFWright6 hr
May 3, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence39 min
May 3, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade6 hr
May 3, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian47 min
May 3, 8:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene6 hr
May 3, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster45 min
May 3, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas51 min
May 3, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright46 min
May 3, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas47 min
May 3, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell57 min
May 3, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon45 min
May 4, 6:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton6 hr
May 4, 7:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone, Taney6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2006Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2006Every flash flood watch in 2006

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.