Flash Flood Warning 188, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 232241
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
441 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

MOC217-240700-
/O.CON.KSGF.FF.W.0188.000000T0000Z-091224T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON MO-
441 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST THURSDAY
FOR VERNON COUNTY...

AT 431 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNING AREA. THE SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM WESTERN PORTION OF VERNON COUNTY SOUTH 
INTO THE GIRARD AND COLUMBUS KANSAS AREAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH. 

PERIODIC HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO IN 
PORTIONS OF VERNON COUNTY. AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ONE TO TWO 
INCHES OF RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY. FLOODING OF LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. 

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER
CROSSINGS...

HIGHWAY 54 3 MILES EAST OF DEERFIELD...
ROUTE KK AT DRY WOOD CREEK 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDVILLE...
ROUTE V AT THE OSAGE RIVER JUST NORTH OF STOTESBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 9461 3806 9462 3806 9431 3806 9426
      3804 9423 3806 9413 3804 9408 3798 9406
      3764 9408 3765 9462

$$

DSA

000 
WGUS73 KSGF 240250
FFSSGF

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
850 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

MOC217-240255-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FF.W.0188.000000T0000Z-091224T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERNON MO-
850 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR VERNON COUNTY...

CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE NO 
REPORTS OF FLOODING AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 
TONIGHT AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE POSSIBLE...BUT THE IMMEDIATE 
THREAT OF FLOODING HAS ENDED. 

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 3801 9461 3806 9462 3806 9431 3806 9426
      3804 9423 3806 9413 3804 9408 3798 9406
      3764 9408 3765 9462

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1131 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.UPDATE...

WATER VAPOR INDICATING A NOSE OF DRY AIR PUSHING NORTHEAST ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA. CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THIS AREA CURRENTLY
THIS IS A RESULT OF AN AREA OF 500 J/KG MUCAPE AND MLCAPE AROUND
200 JKG WHICH EXTENDS INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. AVAILABLE CAPE IN
THE -10 TO -30 DEGREE C LAYER...AMPLE BULK AND ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR
AND NEARLY NO CIN SHOULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME STRONGER
STORMS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE REGION THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE
OZARKS REGION AROUND NOON. A FEW REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL IS NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION.

HATCH

&&

.DISCUSSION...

A PLETHORA OF FORECAST CHALLENGES WITH THIS MORNINGS FORECAST
PACKAGE AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH POSSIBILITIES OF FLASH
FLOODING...FOLLOWED BY A WINTER STORM ARE ALL POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS.

CURRENTLY...MOSAIC RADAR SHOWING ECHOES CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA AND SPREAD NORTHEAST
INTO THE FORECAST AREA. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WAVE OVER THE
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEAST
INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING
UPPER UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA...SLOWLY MOVING
EAST. SIGNIFICANT DRY SLOT SEEN OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...EXTENDING
INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS AS WELL.

FOR TODAY...STAY IN THE WARM SECTOR AS SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO
BRING IN GULF MOISTURE TO THE AREA. BROAD AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...EXTENDING WESTWARD INTO KANSAS
SHOULD KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING THROUGH THE DAY. A
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES
THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET ANY BREAKS IN CLOUDS
WITH THE DRY SLOT NOSING INTO THE AREA. WRF SHOWING SOME ELEVATED
CAPE AROUND 400J/KG ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA EXTENDING INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. WRF DOES SHOW AN AREA
OF 50+ J/KG CIN OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
THOUGH SUPPORTED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS THAT COULD LIMIT ANY SEVERE
THREATS FOR OUR AREA. LARGER THREAT APPEARS FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS
EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON THOUGH...WHERE
CAPES ARE ON THE ORDER OF 1000 TO 1200J/KG. WILL KEEP MENTION OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HWO FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

UPPER LOW CATCHES UP WITH THE SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND BEGINS TO EJECT THE SYSTEM EASTWARD DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST
TO BE SITUATED OVER WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. LOOKS LIKE THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE AND WILL CONTINUE AS ALL THE
MODELS PAINT SIGNIFICANT QPF AMOUNTS OVER THE WATCHED AREA. OUR
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
FROM THIS EVENT BY NOON TIME THURSDAY.

MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SURFACE LOW TRACKING NORTH OUT OF ARKANSAS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH TREMENDOUS COULD AIR ON THE WEST SIDE
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MOVING QUICKLY INTO THE AREA. 850MB
TEMPERATURES DROP ROUGHLY 40 DEGREES F BEHIND THE FRONT AS EARLY
AS FRIDAY 00Z. RAIN SHOULD RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEHIND THE
FRONT AS IT PROGRESSES NORTHEASTWARD WITH TROWAL TYPE FEATURE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. GFS MODEL QPF
OUTPUT IN THIS FEATURE SHOWING AS MUCH AS AN INCH OF QPF FROM
ROUGHLY 00Z THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY. ADDITIONALLY...SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT CLOSE TO 25MBS FORECAST TO SET UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS
AND WESTERN MISSOURI BEHIND THE FRONT. THE SYSTEM LAST WEEK HAD A
SIMILAR GRADIENT AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND WE SAW WARNING
LEVEL WINDS WITH IT. WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE
TO SPRINGFIELD TO WARSAW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LATER SHIFTS
WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR UPGRADES ON THIS WATCH AND FURTHER
EXTENSIONS EAST. IT IS POSSIBLE WE MAY BE DEALING WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH.

SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DUMBBELLS ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA FOR
FRIDAY...LEADING TO ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SNOW. THIS
THOUGH...LOOKS TO BE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. COLD
TEMPERATURES STAY WITH US THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND COULD BE FURTHER
IMPACTED BY ANY SNOW PACK WE RECEIVE. GENERALLY HAVE LOWS IN THE
TEENS AND HIGHS IN THE 20S...AGAIN COULD BE LOWER WITH AN EXISTING
SNOW PACK.

CLAYCOMB

&&

.AVIATION...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. FLIGHT
CATEGORIES WILL THEREFORE VARY THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR WILL BE
PREDOMINANT...BUT BRIEF IFR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE TO
IFR TONIGHT AS THE STEADY RAIN MOVES IN...WITH THESE CONDITIONS
LIKELY CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS
AGAIN EXPECTED AT KSGF AND KBBG TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN
BRISK OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...BUT BEGIN TO BACK AROUND TO THE
NORTHEAST THURSDAY MORNING.

SCHAUMANN

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOZ057-058-
     069>071-080>083-090>092-095>098-102>106.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093-094-101-
     102.

KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100-
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-
448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS EAST
OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO LAKE OF THE OZARKS. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES IN THIS
REGION...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED
TO MOVE THOUGH WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY.

RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID DAY THURSDAY.
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WESTERN MISSOURI COULD EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRISTMAS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY.

INTERESTS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD
KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AS DETAILS BECOME CLEARER REGARDING THE IMPACTS OF THIS
STORM SYSTEM.

.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)

CLAYCOMB