Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 180533
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1232 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008

MOC011-039-057-185-217-181100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080418T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DADE MO-BARTON MO-CEDAR MO-VERNON MO-ST. CLAIR MO-
1232 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
BARTON...CEDAR...DADE...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 1231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SINCE THURSDAY 
EVENING...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND 
TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...EL
DORADO SPRINGS...GREENFIELD...LAMAR...NEVADA...STOCKTON...VERDELLA...
APPLETON CITY...EVERTON...GOLDEN CITY...LIBERAL...LOCKWOOD...LOWRY
CITY...MINDENMINES...OSCEOLA AND SCHELL CITY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH 
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN 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 3806 9462 3806 9431 3804 9423 3806 9413
      3804 9408 3822 9405 3822 9353 3818 9351
      3792 9352 3791 9358 3783 9358 3782 9364
      3775 9364 3774 9362 3728 9363 3729 9408
      3735 9409 3736 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 180DEG 0KT 3784 9391

$$

GAGAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
957 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008

...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...

.UPDATE...

RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO EXPAND. WINDS AT THE
UPPER JET LEVEL ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT AHEAD OF A
JET CORE OF 100KT ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. ESSENTIALLY THE UPPER LOW
MOVING ACROSS IS TAKING ON A MORE NEUTRAL TILT AND THE UPPER JET
ROUNDS THE BASE OF THIS LOW. AHEAD OF LOW ACROSS THE MIDWEST...A
50KT LOW LEVEL JET IS HASTENING MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO A
INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE AREA OF SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT. AT THE
SURFACE...A COLD FRONT IS BEGINNING TO MOVE A BIT MORE STEADILY TO
THE EAST. THIS FRONT AND WEAK PREFRONTAL TROUGHING HAVE BEEN THE
FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTIVE GROWTH SO FAR THIS EVENING.

INSTABILITY HAS BEEN TOUGH TO COME BY GIVEN INITIAL MEAGER
MOISTURE PROFILES. HOWEVER CONVERGENCE SUPPLIED BY THE SURFACE
BOUNDARIES HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN DEVELOPING A NARROW...ELONGATED
RIBBON OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS...IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S...WHICH HAVE
SUSTAINED MUCAPE VALUES IN THE 500 TO 1000 J/KG RANGE. THE FARTHER
EAST YOU MOVE FROM THESE BOUNDARIES...MOISTURE AND THUS
INSTABILITY DROPS OFF RAPIDLY.

AS A RESULT...AM EXPECTING A CONTINUED EXPANSION OF RAINFALL...
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT FOR THE REMAINDER
OF TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TAKE ON A NORTH TO SOUTH
ORIENTATION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH INSTABILITY WANING...AM
NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE POTENTIAL TONIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE
SLOW WEST TO EAST MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM...AN INCREASED RISK OF
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
CWA...ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR.

GAGAN

&&

.DISCUSSION...

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...

EXPECT STORMS TO INCREASE FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST
MISSOURI AS WELL AS DEVELOP FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO OKLAHOMA
BY LATE AFTERNOON AS SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF
THE APPROACHING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE. THE STRENGTHENING LIFT AND
COOLING MID LEVELS WILL BE SUFFICIENT THE EXISTING CAP. EXTENSIVE
CLOUD COVER AND MODEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INHIBIT DESTABILIZATION.
ONLY MODEST SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
CAPES AS MUCH AS 500 J/KG. DESPITE INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS LOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING GIVEN THE ABOVE MENTIONED FACTORS.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINE UP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT
PUSHES EAST INTO THE OZARKS LATER TONIGHT. WHILE SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED...SUFFICIENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL
BE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT DEEP CONVECTION.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BUT DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. AVAILABLE MOISTURE SUPPLY IS NOT OVERLY RICH
WITH 850 MB DEWPOINTS LESS THAN 10 DEGREES C AND PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES NEAR AN 1.25. ALSO THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE
CONVECTIVE BAND WILL LIMITED RAINFALL ACCUMULATION. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH AND A HALF MAY CAUSE
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS BUT SIGNIFICANT
FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
NOT BE ISSUED.

THE FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS FRIDAY MORNING AS THE
UPPER TROUGH CLOSES OFF OVER THE MIDWEST. DEEP CYCLONIC FLOW WILL
KEEP CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. CLOUDS...SHOWERS
AND COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL.

CLEARING WILL GRADUALLY TAKE PLACE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FROM
WEST TO EAST AS THE UPPER LOW EXITS TO THE EAST. A FEW SHOWERS MAY
AFFECT THE EASTERN OZARKS SATURDAY. EXPECT A DECENT TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT TO SET UP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WITH LOWER 70S
RETURNING TO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

FOSTER

LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...

UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY
WITH A BROAD TROUGH IN THE WESTERN CONUS. LEESIDE CYCLOGENESIS WILL
TAKE PLACE WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
REGION IN RESPONSE TO THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT. GULF
MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO ADVECT NORTHWARD WITH DEWPOINTS REACHING THE
UPPER 50S AND EVEN LOWER 60S IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SHARPEN ACROSS THE PLAINS MONDAY AND
APPROACH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES EJECTING OUT OF THE BASE OF THE
WESTERN CONUS TROUGH WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
AREA ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH
FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM AN AMPLE MOISTURE SUPPLY.

THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE PLAINS AND THE OZARKS IS
HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE ORIENTATION OF THE FRONT...THE TIMING OF
EJECTING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...AND THE TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF
THE ANTICIPATED CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. THE FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO LINGER NEAR THE OZARKS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

ANGLE

&&

.AVIATION...
PILOTS FLYING IN AND OUT OF SPRINGFIELD / JOPLIN AIRPORTS WILL NEED
TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS CLOSELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BOTH AIRPORTS IN RESPONSE TO AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT.  CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO
EITHER MVFR OR IFR AS THIS ACTIVITY PASSES OVER THE AIRFIELDS.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE
EVENING...HOWEVER...AS THE COLD FRONT SHIFTS THROUGH AT OR SLIGHTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST.

CEILING CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST AT IFR INTO TOMORROW MORNING.  AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY PASS
OVERHEAD.  THIS SHOULD SUSTAIN LOW CEILING WELL INTO FRIDAY.  AREAS
OF DRIZZLE CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL...WHICH MAY HAVE IMPACTS ON
VISIBILITIES.

CRAMER

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
731 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-190045-
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-
731 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NEARLY ALL
LOCATIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS
TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
INTENSITY...HOWEVER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL END ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING CAN NOT
BE RULED OUT WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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)

CRAMER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
742 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008

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

0740 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW FAULKNER           37.12N 95.04W
04/17/2008                   CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT THE INTERSECTION OF CHERRY
            CREEK AND CLEM ROAD HAS BECOME IMPASSABLE TO MOTORISTS.
            ALSO...WATER ON A FIELD IS BEGINNING TO FLOOD OVER 110
            ROAD...JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 110TH AND CLEM
            ROAD.

&&

DCRAMER