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Flash Flood Warning 155, NWS Springfield, MO

July 1, 2007Barton County, Jasper County, Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2007, 1:35 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2007, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 7:25 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 5.25Farlington, KS24 HOUR TOTAL.
Jul 1, 7:41 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.1Waco, MO24 HOUR TOTAL.
Jul 1, 11:00 AM CDTFLOODNevada, MOFLOOD WATERS HAVE CAUSED HIGHWAY H WEST OF NEVADA NEAR RICHARDS TO FLOOD. APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY H AS OF 11 AM. HIGHWAY 54 AND KK ARE ALSO CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
Jul 1, 11:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOODPittsburg, KSTHREE WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS AROUND PITTSBURG. ONE AT HIGHWAY 126 AND 69...ONE JUST EAST OF TOWN AND ONE NEAR FRONTENAC ON HIGHWAY 126. PORTIONS OF EASTERN PITTSBURG ARE NOW BEING EVACUATED DUE TO RISING FLOOD WATERS ON COW CREEK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 565 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2007-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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 2007-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KSGF 010649
FFWSGF
KSC011-021-037-MOC011-097-217-011700-
/X.NEW.KSGF.FF.W.0155.070701T0635Z-070701T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
135 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

* UNTIL NOON CDT.

* AT 132 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SERIOUS   
  AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVER THE WARNING AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE  
  CLOSED IN BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN            
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND IN VERNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL    
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF THE WARNING  
  AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ARMA...CARONA...CARTHAGE...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...ENGLEVALE...FORT
  SCOTT...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEVADA...
  PITTSBURG AND VERDELLA.

HIGHWAYS THAT ARE CLOSED INCLUDE...

HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF MINDENMINES IN BARTON COUNTY...HIGHWAY 54 NEAR 
DEERFIELD IN VERNON COUNTY...AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 69 AND 
47 NORTH OF PITTSBURG IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. AGAIN...THERE ARE NUMEROUS 
OTHER ROADS CLOSED IN THE WARNING AREA. 

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.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 
TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A 
VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3804 9406 3708 9406 3700 9506 3803 9506

$$

DSA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jul 1, 12:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1215 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007

.UPDATE...

FIREWORKS LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. SEVERE STORMS HAVE DIED DOWN AND NOW ITS BACK TO FLOODING.

WEAKENING LINEAR COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER THE EASTERN CWFA EVOLVED
FROM THE CONVECTION/SUPERCELLS THAT FIRED UP THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE
GOTTEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LOW WATER CROSSING/STREET FLOODING
TODAY...BUT IF THERE IS A SILVER LINING TO SOME OF THIS...IT IS THAT
SOME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MO CAN USE THE RAINFALL.

AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KS AND WESTERN MO ARE GETTING HIT ONCE AGAIN
TONIGHT. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW AN INCREASE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN CWFA WHERE IT IS NOT NEEDED. VERTICALLY
STACKED LOW OVER NORTHERN OK CONTINUES TO BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE
NORTHWARD. 00Z PWATS FROM THE KSGF SOUNDING ARE 1.85 INCHES. 850MB
PROFILERS SHOW A 20 TO 25KT S-SW FLOW INTO THE DEVELOPING AREA OF
CONVECTION TO THE WEST OF KSGF...AND LIKE YESTERDAY EXPECT THAT TO
VEER LATER TONIGHT. WRF 850MB PROG SHOWING THAT MOISTURE TRANSPORT
IS MAXIMIZED ALONG THE SE KS/SW MO BORDER THROUGH 06Z-09Z...THEN
SHIFTING EAST INTO THE MO OZARKS LATE TONIGHT AND SAT MORNING...SO
EXPECT THAT RAIN WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD ONCE AGAIN...MAYBE A LITTLE
FARTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN MO VERSUS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.
IN GENERAL...LIKE THE WRF DEPICTION OF THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE
RAINFALL VERSUS THE GFS...BUT HAVENT YET SEEN THE 00Z RUN OF THE
GFS.

AREAS OVER EASTERN KS AND WEST CENTRAL/AND PARTS OF SW MO HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF SEEING WORSENING FLOODING. THE SPRING RIVER BASIN OF SW
MO SAW QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL TODAY AS WELL...AND A NEW RIVER FLOOD
WARNING IS OUT FOR THAT. THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAL FLOOD AND/OR
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS OUT FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. DSA

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...

A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE REGION TODAY.
AN UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE LOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH A
SURFACE WARM FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH THE CWA. THESE FEATURES
CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP THIS ACTIVITY.
TODAY WIND SHEAR HAS DEVELOP OVER THE CWA WITH 30 TO 40 KT 0-6KM
BULK SHEAR. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR MORE ORGANIZED STORMS TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE SHEAR...LCL HEIGHTS HAVE LOW DUE TO
THE MOIST AIRMASS. WITH ALL OF THIS IN PLACE TORNADO STORMS HAVE
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BE ISSUED
THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING.

OVERNIGHT A VERY SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT...WITH A CLUSTER OF STORMS
FORM OVER EASTERN KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SLOW SHIFT TO THE
EAST OVERNIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD WITH BE LIKELY
OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE UPPER LEVEL
LOW WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTH WITH THE RAIN ALSO SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE ENTIRE CWA TOMORROW. HAVE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
THROUGH 1 PM ON SUNDAY.

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL TRY TO BUILD INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY
WITH DRIER AIR WORKING INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. MORE MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER ALONG FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE NEXT GOOD CHANCE OF
RAIN WILL BE ON THURSDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE CWA.

WISE

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 06Z TAFS...MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAINLY
VFR CONDITIONS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS. SHOULD
GRADUALLY SEE A DRYING TREND TOWARDS 00Z WITH CEILINGS RISING AND
PRECIP ENDING.

GCC

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOZ055-056-
     066>069-077>081-088>091-093>095-101>104.

KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 8:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
845 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-020145-
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-
845 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THREAT PERSISTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND WESTERN MISSOURI...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

 THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST
 KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

 A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
 WILL CONTINUING TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER
 SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.

 STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST
 KANSAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
 HOURS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
 SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. VERY HEAVY
 RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY OVER
 SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
 AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. ALONG
 WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE
 OF GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

 MOST RIVERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI ARE
 ALREADY AT FLOOD STAGE. WITH CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL
 TONIGHT...SIGNIFICANT RISES IN THE MARMATON AND LITTLE OSAGE
 RIVERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

 ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING OVER
 SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING
 BEFORE NOON. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP IN THE
 AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ONCE
 AGAIN.

 THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY AS A
 COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY NOTABLE
 REPORTS OF MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY AREAS OF FLOODING.

&&

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)

CLAYCOMB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1043 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST PLAINS             36.73N 91.85W
06/30/2007                   HOWELL             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED. CAR
            POSSIBLY SWEPT OFF ROAD BY FLOOD WATERS ON COUNTY ROAD
            8270.

&&

AFOSTER
Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1043 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E MINDENMINES         37.47N 94.53W
06/30/2007                   BARTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF MINDENMINES IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER
            OVER THE ROAD

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1054 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1043 PM     FLOOD            FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS CLOSED THROUGHOUT COUNTY

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GIRARD                  37.51N 94.84W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY COUNTY HAVE WATER OVER ROAD

&&

LDOOLEY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 11:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1120 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     FLOOD            3 N PITTSBURG           37.45N 94.70W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HWYS 69 AND 47
            NORTH OF PITTSBURG. LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTEMPTING TO
            COORDINATE CLOSURE WITH HIGHWAY DEPT.

&&

DSA
Local storm report, Jul 1, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1225 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0350 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN TOWN AS WELL AS AROUND THE
            COUNTY. ALL ACCESS HIGHWAYS TO MAPLETON ARE FLOODED AND
            IMPASSABLE.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GIRARD                  37.51N 94.84W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 7 FLOODED IN GIRARD

0420 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WEST MINERAL            37.28N 94.92W
06/30/2007  E4.00 INCH       CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RAINFALL OF AROUND FOUR INCHES IN THREE HOUR PERIOD
            ENDING AT 3 AM.

0420 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 S SCAMMON             37.26N 94.82W
06/30/2007                   CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 102 AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 7 IS CLOSED
            DUE TO FLOODING.

0942 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES OF
            ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SUNRISE. NUMEROUS ROADS
            ARE FLOODED COUNTY WIDE...INCLUDING MANY STREETS IN FORT
            SCOTT. FLOOD WATERS WERE ENTERING THE BASEMENT OF THE
            COURTHOUSE...AND WATER WAS APPROACHING OTHER
            STURCTURES...INCLUDING THE LUMBER YARD.

0942 AM     HEAVY RAIN       UNIONTOWN               37.85N 94.97W
06/30/2007  M3.42 INCH       BOURBON            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL MEASURED SINCE FRIDAY.

0942 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FARLINGTON              37.62N 94.83W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER RESCURE IN PROGRESS NEAR FARLINGTON LAKE.

1047 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 N EDWARDS             38.19N 93.17W
06/30/2007                   BENTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEER CREEK FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND OVER A LOW WATER
            BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY V...EAST OF HIGHWAY M.

1132 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E NEVADA              37.84N 94.30W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3-4 INCHES OF WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 54 EAST OF TOWN.

1132 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROADS COUNTY WIDE WATER COVERED AND IMPASSABLE.
            PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 54 AND 69 ARE BEING MONITORED
            CLOSELY AND MAY BE CLOSED.

1132 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GIRARD                  37.51N 94.84W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS ARE
            IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOOD WATERS. SEVERAL CREEKS ARE
            RUNNING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

1132 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HALLOWELL               37.17N 95.00W
06/30/2007                   CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS AND FIELDS ARE UNDER SEVERAL INCHES OF
            WATER IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ALONG
            THE NEOSHO RIVER. LIGHTNING AND CHERRY CREEKS ARE RUNNING
            BANK FULL AND THE NEOSHO RIVER IS FLOWING OUT OF ITS
            BANKS.

1139 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W BOSTON              37.41N 94.34W
06/30/2007                   BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 126 WEST OF HIGHWAY 71 NEAR BOSTON IS CLOSED AT
            THE FORK SPRING RIVER. NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL LOW WATER
            ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE WATER COVERED AN IMPASSABLE COUNTY
            WIDE.

1139 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HORTON                  37.97N 94.36W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER COVERING SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS MAKING THEM
            IMPASSABLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VERNNON COUNTY.
            AREAS ALONG THE MARMATON RIVER ARE BEING IMPACTED AS THE
            RIVER FLOWS OUT OF PORTIONS OF ITS BANKS.

1148 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE FULTON             38.02N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER FROM THE MARMATON RIVER AT THE RIVER GAGE...IS
            FLOWING OVER THE BRIDGE DECK ON OLD HIGHWAY 69.

1152 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WARSAW                  38.24N 93.38W
06/30/2007                   BENTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
            COUNTY WIDE.

1152 AM     FLASH FLOOD      OSCEOLA                 38.05N 93.70W
06/30/2007                   ST. CLAIR          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED
            AND IMPASSABLE.

1154 AM     FLASH FLOOD      FLORENCE                38.59N 92.98W
06/30/2007                   MORGAN             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL LOW WATER BRIDGES IN THE NORTHER PORTION OF THE
            COUNTY ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. MANY CREEKS ARE
            RUNNING BANK FULL.

1155 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ELDON                   38.35N 92.58W
06/30/2007                   MILLER             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FEW LOW WATER ROADS AND SECONDARY ROADS ARE FLOODED AND
            IMPASSABLE.

1215 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE FULTON             38.02N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER FLOWING 2 FEET DEEP OVER THE BRIDGE DECK OF THE
            LITTLE OSAGE RIVER BRIDGE ON OLD HIGHWAY 69. WATER IS 18
            INCHES FROM FLOWING OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS SOUTH OF THE
            BRIDGE.

1258 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SE NEVADA             37.82N 94.33W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 54 EAST OF NEVADA AND HIGHWAYS B AND
            E 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEVADA REPORTED FLOODED.
            ADDITIONALLY...KK EAST OF HIGHWAY 43 5 MILES SOUTH OF
            DEERFIELD WAS FLOODED.

0140 PM     TORNADO          EUDORA                  37.48N 93.54W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            HWY 215 AND 123.

0140 PM     TORNADO          5 N WALNUT GROVE        37.48N 93.55W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND. NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS AT
            THIS TIME

0144 PM     TORNADO          3 W EUDORA              37.48N 93.59W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BARN DESTROYED FROM TORNADO.

0206 PM     TORNADO          3 W EUDORA              37.48N 93.59W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
            SERVICE. THIS DAMAGE IS ALONG POLK CO ROAD 36 JUST SOUTH
            OF HIGHWAY W.

0221 PM     TORNADO          6 N EUDORA              37.57N 93.54W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR WICHER. NO DAMAGE REPORTED
            AT THIS TIME.

0242 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 S NEVADA              37.78N 94.35W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROUTE BB WATER COVERED AND IMPASSABLE.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAVE SPRINGS            37.35N 93.46W
06/30/2007                   GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

            LARGE LIMB DOWN.

0325 PM     TORNADO          2 SW OZARK              37.00N 93.23W
06/30/2007                   CHRISTIAN          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POSSIBLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

0328 PM     FLOOD            1 NE FULTON             38.02N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THE LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR FULTON IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT
            LEAST 3 FEET DEEP ACROSS OLD HIGHWAY 60. THE WATER HAS
            FLOODED THE OBSERVING EQUIPMENT...DCP...AND THE GAGE IS
            NO LONGER REPORTING THE RIVER LEVELS.

0330 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 E WALNUT GROVE        37.41N 93.44W
06/30/2007                   GREENE             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS FARM ROAD 2 TWO MILES EAST OF Z
            HIGHWAY.

0336 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 W OZARK               37.02N 93.24W
06/30/2007                   CHRISTIAN          MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            FUNNEL CLOUD WITH POSSIBLE DEBRIS AT HWY 65 AND 14.

0342 PM     FLOOD            1 W FORT SCOTT          37.84N 94.73W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 54 WEST OF TOWN CLOSED TO TRAFFIC DUE TO RISING
            FLOOD WATERS. MILL CREEK AND THE MARMATON RIVER ARE OUT
            OF THEIR BANKS.

0358 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NW OZARK              37.06N 93.26W
06/30/2007                   CHRISTIAN          MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            STREET FLOODING AND DITCHES FULL OF WATER NEAR HWYS MM
            AND CC

0402 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W BRIGHTON            37.46N 93.37W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HIGHWAY 13 AT HIGHWAY 215 WATER OVER THE ROAD AND
            IMPASSABLE TO MOTORISTS.

0410 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PLEASANT HOPE           37.46N 93.27W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

0411 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N PLEASANT HOPE       37.48N 93.27W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   PUBLIC

            TWO WALL CLOUDS REPORTED. ONE TO THE NORTH AND ONE TO THE
            SOUTHEAST OF TOWN.

0420 PM     FLOOD            5 W GOLDEN CITY         37.39N 94.18W
06/30/2007                   BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALONG PORTIONS HWY 126 TWO FEET OF WATER ACROSS ROAD

0438 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 E PLEASANT HOPE       37.46N 93.16W
06/30/2007                   DALLAS             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED NEAR HWY 215 AT POLK AND DALLAS COUNTY LINE

0445 PM     TORNADO          1 S PLEASANT HOPE       37.45N 93.27W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS AT H HWY AND 215

0505 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SW PONCE DE LEON      36.86N 93.38W
06/30/2007                   STONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IN ABESVILLE SEVERAL ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER

0518 PM     FLASH FLOOD      PLEASANT HOPE           37.46N 93.27W
06/30/2007                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SERIOUS FLOODING WITH ROAD DAMAGE AND FLOWING WATER
            ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY ROADS

0523 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FAIR GROVE              37.38N 93.15W
06/30/2007                   GREENE             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            FLOODING OVER SEVERAL ROADS INCLUDING 13 AND WW

0525 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N MARSHFIELD          37.35N 92.91W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT W HWY

0540 PM     TORNADO          SE MARSHFIELD           37.34N 92.91W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR PLAYSCHOOL RD

0548 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 E MARSHFIELD          37.34N 92.83W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR HWY MARKER 104 ON I44

0555 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N DOGWOOD             37.05N 92.83W
06/30/2007                   DOUGLAS            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

0603 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E MARSHFIELD          37.34N 92.85W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            WATER ACROSS ROAD CAUSING FLOODING

0605 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SE MARSHFIELD         37.29N 92.84W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            PORTIONS OF HWY 38 COVERED WITH WATER

0610 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHFIELD              37.34N 92.91W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING IN THE CITY OF MARSHFIELD.

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 E MILLER              37.21N 93.75W
06/30/2007                   LAWRENCE           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODNG AT DD AND OPPOSSUM HOLLOW.

0636 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT VERNON            37.10N 93.82W
06/30/2007                   LAWRENCE           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING ON LANDRUM ST. AND MCVAY ST.

0639 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHFIELD              37.34N 92.91W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 3 INJ *** CAR WAS SWEPT OFF OF A ROAD.

0646 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FORSYTH                 36.68N 93.12W
06/30/2007                   TANEY              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING. SPECIFIC DETAILS NOT AVAILBLE. DEPUTIES
            DISPATCHED.

0707 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 N WARSAW              38.29N 93.38W
06/30/2007                   BENTON             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            T HWY FLOODED

0707 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HIGHLANDVI              36.93N 93.28W
06/30/2007                   CHRISTIAN          MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 4.80 INCHES

0707 PM     FLASH FLOOD      COLE CAMP               38.46N 93.20W
06/30/2007                   BENTON             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            1.02 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR AND 6.88 INCHES FOR DAY

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GAINESVILLE             36.60N 92.43W
06/30/2007                   OZARK              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED.

0815 PM     FLOOD            DIXON                   37.99N 92.09W
06/30/2007                   PULASKI            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN NORTHEAST PULASKI COUNTY FLOODED.

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST PLAINS             36.73N 91.85W
06/30/2007                   HOWELL             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED. CAR
            POSSIBLY SWEPT OFF ROAD BY FLOOD WATERS ON COUNTY ROAD
            8270.

0830 PM     FLOOD            6 E MILO                37.76N 94.20W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            E HWY 6 MILES EAST OF STATE HWY 71...WEST BOUND LANE
            CAVING IN.

0830 PM     FLOOD            2 N DEERFIELD           37.87N 94.51W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO MILES NORTH OF 54 HWY ON H HWY...WATER COMING INTO
            NORTH BOUND LANE.

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ELKLAND                 37.44N 93.03W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GIVINS AND SHADY GROVE RD FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS
            NEAR ELKLAND.

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHFIELD              37.34N 92.91W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STORAGE BUILDING NEAR WALMART FLOODED. FAIRGROUNDS FLOOED
            WITH A SEGMENT OF FENCE WASHED AWAY. SEVERAL LOW WATER
            CROSSINGS FLOODED ALONG AND NEAR VINEYARD RD. LIFT
            STATION AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT FLOODED WITH SEWAGE
            BACKING UP INTO A HOUSE.

0900 PM     FLOOD            FRONTENAC               37.46N 94.69W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STREET FLOODING ALONG MCKAY ST...ROAD ALSMOST IMPASSABLE.

1008 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CABOOL                  37.12N 92.10W
06/30/2007                   TEXAS              MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SEVERAL STREETS IN LOW LYING AREAS FLOODED

1026 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 N MARSHFIELD          37.41N 92.91W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BLACK HORSE RD 5-6 MILES NORTH OF MARSHFIELD FLOODED.

1026 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ROGERSVILLE             37.12N 93.06W
06/30/2007                   WEBSTER            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NEW HOPE RD JUST NORTHEAST OF ROGERSVILLE FLOODED.

1026 PM     FLOOD            DEERFIELD               37.84N 94.51W
06/30/2007                   VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HWY 54 CLOSED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. TRAFFIC BEING REROUTED
            THROUGH DEERFIELD ON OLD HWY 54.

1043 PM     FLOOD            FORT SCOTT              37.84N 94.71W
06/30/2007                   BOURBON            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS CLOSED THROUGHOUT COUNTY

1043 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E MINDENMINES         37.47N 94.53W
06/30/2007                   BARTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF MINDENMINES IS CLOSED DUE TO WATER
            OVER THE ROAD

1055 PM     FLASH FLOOD      GIRARD                  37.51N 94.84W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MANY COUNTY ROADS HAVE WATER OVER THE ROAD. MOST STILL
            PASSABLE

1110 PM     FLOOD            3 N PITTSBURG           37.45N 94.70W
06/30/2007                   CRAWFORD           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HWYS 69 AND 47
            NORTH OF PITTSBURG. LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTEMPTING TO
            COORDINATE CLOSURE WITH HIGHWAY DEPT.

&&

DSA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFTexas6 hr
Jun 30, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent6 hr
Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton6 hr
Jun 30, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon5 hr
Jul 1, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon6 hr
Jul 1, 10:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Lawrence, Polk6 hr
Jul 1, 11:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon6 hr

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Sources

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