Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Watches in 2008
Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Apr 7, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2008, 3:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Flood severity
- None
All 37 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Apr 7, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 1:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 109 PM CDT MON APR 7 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-081815- 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- 109 PM CDT MON APR 7 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL... THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO OSCEOLA MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS THE LOW MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI .DISCUSSION: A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMING OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY TUESDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL PRECEDE THIS LOW AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BE POSITIONED ALONG A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO SALEM MISSOURI BY SUNRISE. GULF MOISTURE WILL BE FED OVER THIS WARM FRONT BY STRONG LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WILL MOST LIKELY BE ELEVATED AND THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...BUT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL MAY OCCUR CLOSER TO THE LOW WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO OSCEOLA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING TUESDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH MISSOURI. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE OZARKS EARLY ON THURSDAY WHILE A TRAILING COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AS DEEP GULF MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH THE FRONTAL SYSTEM. CURRENT FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ISOLATED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT 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) BARJENBRUCH/WISE
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.