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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Springfield, MO

October 30, 2009Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 2:03 AM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 30, 2009, 10:37 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2009, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 30, 2009, 10:37 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 2, 2009, 5:57 PM CST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Gasconade River at Jerome (JRMM7).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06933500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Oct 30, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 12:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1254 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.UPDATE...

FLOODING CONCERNS ARE HIGH FOR THE EASTERN OZARKS OVERNIGHT.
NARROW BAND OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY ALONG A
PREFRONTAL TROUGH WITH RAIN RATES BECOMING A BIT MORE IMPRESSIVE.
THERE IS LITTLE TOLERANCE FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE AREA AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS REGION WILL BE IN LINE FOR
A ONE TWO PUNCH. THE FIRST BEING WITH THE INCOMING LINE AND THE
SECOND BEING FROM ACTIVITY CONTINUING TO BLOSSOM ACROSS ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE EXCEPTIONALLY LOW. THE WATER TABLE
REMAINS QUITE HIGH. AS A RESULT THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA HAS
BEEN PLACED UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. TO THE WEST OF THIS
AREA...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE HWY 65 CORRIDOR...RAINFALL HAS
BECOME MORE SCATTERED/SPORADIC. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL BE VERY...
VERY SLOW TO OCCUR AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED HEADING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ALBEIT AT A SLOWER/STEADIER PACE.

PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT REMAIN STRONG...WHICH IS A
GOOD SIGN THAT THE SFC FRONT WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE. NEVERTHELESS
TRAINING CONVECTION OVER SATURATED GROUNDS WILL MAKE FOR A
DANGEROUS NIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS.

AS FAR AS SEVERE POTENTIAL GOES...ANY ISSUE WOULD BE WITH THE
NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION AND WIND RELATED. ONCE THIS BAND HEADS
EAST...ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL DECREASE.

GAGAN

&&

.DISCUSSION...

RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDER CONTINUED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LIFTING OUT INTO THE
PLAINS. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS HAD
MOVED LITTLE TODAY WITHIN THE DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH.

INCREASING SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST
AIRMASS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED DEEPER
CONVECTION THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF
1.5 INCHES WILL SUPPORT EFFICIENT RAINFALL RATES...AND TRAINING OF
HEAVIER RAIN BANDS WILL ACCENTUATE THE FLOODING THREAT. STORM
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
GIVEN THE MOIST ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...FLASH FLOODING COULD
QUICKLY DEVELOP. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE CONVECTION WILL HINGE ON THE DEGREE OF
INSTABILITY THAT CAN DEVELOP. MODEST INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP THIS
EVENING AS THE LOW LEVELS CONTINUE TO MOISTEN AND TEMPERATURES
WARM A BIT JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG DEEP LAYERED SHEAR AND
SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT WILL SUPPORT STRONG STORMS IF ROBUST UPDRAFTS
CAN DEVELOP. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT GIVEN THE
STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS. THE RISK OF TORNADOES APPEARS VERY LOW
AT THIS TIME WITH THE LACK OF INSTABILITY...BUT SOMETHING TO WATCH
IF LOW LEVELS DESTABILIZE SUFFICIENTLY. OVERALL ANY SEVERE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED IN NATURE.

THE UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY PUSHING
THE RAINFALL GRADUALLY TO THE EAST. CLOUDS AND COLD AIR ADVECTION
WILL MAKE FOR A CHILLY DAY FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING
STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE 40S.

MILDER TEMPERATURES AND SUNSHINE WILL RETURN BY SUNDAY INTO NEXT
WEEK AS A MORE ZONAL UPPER PATTERN DEVELOPS IN THE WAKE OF THE
EXITING STORM SYSTEM.

FOSTER

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 06Z TAFS...THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL TO THE REGION HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE REGION ALLOWING
FLIGHT CONDITIONS TO SLOWLY IMPROVE IN ITS WAKE. EXPECT THAT SOME
RESIDUAL IFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
TRANSITIONING TO MVFR AS DRY AIR WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE AREA. WILL
LIKELY SEE VFR CEILINGS FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
AS A RESULT.

HATCH

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOZ055>058-068>071-
     079>083-090>092-095>098-103>106.

KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 12:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1229 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301200-
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-
1229 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT EAST OF A
LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO GAINESVILLE LINE. FLOODING WILL REMAIN
LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA...WITH RESIDUAL FLOODING ALSO
LIKELY AS FAR WEST AS THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST FLOOD WATCH AND WARNING STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE DAY OVER
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS WITH POSSIBLE ONGOING
FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.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)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 12:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1213 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

1145 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 WSW AVA               36.92N 92.74W
10/29/2009                   DOUGLAS            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER RESCUE ONGOING ALONG HIGHWAY Y NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF 519

&&

GAGAN

Local storm report, Oct 30, 12:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1238 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

1139 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E MANSFIELD           37.11N 92.54W
10/29/2009                   WRIGHT             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROAD ON WESTBOUND US 60 AT
            CRAVENS RD.

1139 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E MANSFIELD           37.11N 92.51W
10/29/2009                   WRIGHT             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WESTBOUND US 60 1 MI WEST OF MACOMB WATER - 1 FOOT OF
            WATER OVER THE ROAD AND SEVERAL VEHICLES WASHED OFF THE
            ROAD.

1139 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N HARTVILLE           37.27N 92.51W
10/29/2009                   WRIGHT             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY 5 NORTH OF HARTVILLE- WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROAD

1139 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DUNCAN                  37.28N 92.69W
10/29/2009                   WRIGHT             MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            HWY 38 AT THE WRIGHT AND WEBSTER COUNTY LINE COMPLETELY
            WASHED OUT.

1145 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 SSW DIXON             37.92N 92.13W
10/29/2009                   PULASKI            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROUTE O AT JONES CREEK IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

1149 PM     FLASH FLOOD      12 NW EDGAR SPRINGS     37.83N 92.02W
10/29/2009                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROUTE J AT BIG PINEY RIVER CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

1149 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NW ROLLA              37.99N 91.82W
10/29/2009                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROUTE E NORTH OF HH JUNCTION CLOSED

1149 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N ROLLA               37.97N 91.77W
10/29/2009                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY E 1 MILE NORTH OF ROLLA CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

1149 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW JEROME             37.90N 92.02W
10/29/2009                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HWY J CLOSED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS.

1159 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 WSW MARSHFIELD        37.32N 92.99W
10/29/2009                   WEBSTER            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER RESCUE ONGOING AT THE LOW WATER CROSSING ALONG
            GREENWOOD RD.

1159 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S DIGGINS             37.10N 92.86W
10/29/2009                   WEBSTER            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DILLON RD AT CARDWELL CHAPEL RD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
            FROM FINLEY CREEK

&&

GAGAN

Local storm report, Oct 30, 12:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1242 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

1200 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BUFFALO                 37.64N 93.09W
10/30/2009                   DALLAS             MO   PUBLIC

            STATE ROUTE C AND A FEW OTHER COUNTY ROADS IN THE
            VICINITY OF LINDLEY CREEK ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE BY
            VEHICLE.

&&

GAGAN

Local storm report, Oct 30, 12:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1249 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

1249 AM     FLASH FLOOD      NEWBURG                 37.91N 91.90W
10/30/2009                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.

&&

GAGAN

Local storm report, Oct 30, 1:24 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
124 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

1144 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 WSW MOODY             36.52N 92.02W
10/29/2009                   HOWELL             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COUNTY ROAD 142 IS FLOODED

&&

GAGAN

Local storm report, Oct 30, 1:38 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
138 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S MONTREAL            37.90N 92.59W
10/30/2009                   CAMDEN             MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            STATE ROUTE BB BETWEEN PRITCHETT RD AND BROWN SCHOOL RD
            IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NW STOUTLAND          37.87N 92.59W
10/30/2009                   CAMDEN             MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            STATE ROUTE H AT RED ROBIN RD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ENE WINONA            37.02N 91.28W
10/30/2009                   SHANNON            MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ROUTE H APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES AFTER MO 19 IS CLOSED DUE
            TO FLOODING

&&

GAGAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 29, 7:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	30 hr
Oct 29, 7:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	61 hr
Oct 29, 8:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Stone	10 hr
Oct 29, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney	6 hr
Oct 29, 9:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Oregon, Shannon and 3 more	6 hr
Oct 29, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Phelps and 1 more	5 hr
Oct 29, 10:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	7 min
Oct 30, 12:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	6 hr
Oct 30, 1:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory	5 hr
Oct 30, 2:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Benton, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Greene and 7 more	15 hr
Oct 30, 2:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Maries, Oregon and 6 more	6 hr
Oct 30, 8:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Maries and 7 more	9 hr
Oct 30, 10:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	42 hr
Oct 30, 5:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	16 hr
Oct 30, 5:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	35 hr
Oct 30, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Benton, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Dent and 19 more	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.