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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Oct 9, 2014, 3:34 AM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2014, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2014, 7:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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 08:37 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WGUS63 KSGF 090834 FFASGF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 334 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 MOZ055>058-067>071-083-092100- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T1700Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI- PHELPS-DENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...SALEM 334 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...BENTON...CAMDEN...HICKORY...MARIES...MILLER... MORGAN...PHELPS...PULASKI AND ST. CLAIR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...DENT. * FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS WITH HEAVY RAIFANLL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>106-092100- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T2300Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL... JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 334 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI... BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS... DOUGLAS...GREENE...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE... TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS WITH HEAVY RAIFANLL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ FOSTER
8 follow-up statements
788 WGUS63 KSGF 091631 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1131 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 MOZ055>058-067>071-083-100045- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T1700Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI- PHELPS-DENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...SALEM 1131 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... BENTON...CAMDEN...HICKORY...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN... PHELPS...PULASKI AND ST. CLAIR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... DENT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS WITH HEAVY RAIFANLL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>106-100045- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T2300Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL... JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1131 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR... CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HOWELL... JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON... WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTOMRS WITH HEAVY RAIFANLL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GRIFFIN
983 WGUS63 KSGF 091645 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1145 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 MOZ055>058-067>071-083-100045- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T1700Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI- PHELPS-DENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...SALEM 1145 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... BENTON...CAMDEN...HICKORY...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN... PHELPS...PULASKI AND ST. CLAIR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... DENT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>106-100045- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T2300Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL... JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1145 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR... CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HOWELL... JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON... WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * FROM 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GRIFFIN
120 WGUS63 KSGF 092040 FFASGF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 340 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>106-100600- /O.EXT.KSGF.FF.A.0004.141009T2040Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL... JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA... EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE... THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 340 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...CEDAR... CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...GREENE...HOWELL... JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...POLK...SHANNON...STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON... WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ MOZ055>058-067>071-083-100600- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI- PHELPS-DENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...SALEM 340 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... BENTON...CAMDEN...HICKORY...MARIES...MILLER...MORGAN... PHELPS...PULASKI AND ST. CLAIR. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... DENT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GAGAN
072 WGUS63 KSGF 092055 AAA FFASGF FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 355 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-100600- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 355 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...BENTON... CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS... GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE... MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR... STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GAGAN
084 WGUS63 KSGF 100446 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1146 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-101300- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1146 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...BENTON... CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS... GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE... MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR... STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ DSA
904 WGUS63 KSGF 101341 AAA FFASGF FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 841 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-102200- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 841 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...BARTON...BENTON... CAMDEN...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...DALLAS...DENT...DOUGLAS... GREENE...HICKORY...HOWELL...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE... MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER...MORGAN...NEWTON...OREGON... OZARK...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...SHANNON...ST. CLAIR... STONE...TANEY...TEXAS...VERNON...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS THE REGION WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO AROUND 6 INCHES IN A FEW SPOTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES OR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ GAGAN
819 WGUS63 KSGF 101747 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1247 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 KSZ073-097-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>092-094-101900- /O.CAN.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-ST. CLAIR- HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE- TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...WARSAW... COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON... HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE... MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON 1247 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THIS AREA. WHILE ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. $$ KSZ101-MOZ093-095>098-101>106-110200- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHEROKEE-NEWTON-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY- STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEOSHO... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1247 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...CHEROKEE. IN MISSOURI...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...MCDONALD... NEWTON...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON...STONE AND TANEY. * THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * SOME ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL CONTINUE ON MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE CAMPING OR FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ BOXELL
193 WGUS63 KSGF 110053 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 753 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 KSZ101-MOZ093-095>098-101>106-110200- /O.CAN.KSGF.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-141011T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHEROKEE-NEWTON-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY- STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEOSHO... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 753 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH SOME SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE CLOSE TO THE ARKANSAS BORDER...HEAVIER RAIN AND THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. $$ DSA
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 Oct 9, 3:20 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 3:20 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 320 AM CDT Thu Oct 9 2014 ...Heavy Rain with Potential for Flooding through Friday Night... .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 305 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 Widespread Convection had developed overnight from northeast Kansas into central and east central Missouri north of a warm front. This activity had only brushed by counties in the far northern portion of the forecast area. This front will stall and sag back to south today and tonight as surface high pressure builds into the upper Midwest. The front will reach the Arkansas border by daybreak Friday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop southward with time as the low level jet continues to interact with the boundary. Persistent moisture advection and strong moisture convergence across the front on the nose of the low level jet will coupled with a series of perturbations tracking through the westerly mid level flow will support continued development of showers and thunderstorms along and north of the front. Meanwhile the area will become positioned within the entrance region of the upper level jet to support to deep synoptic scale lift later today and tonight. The result will be an increasing coverage of showers and thunderstorms from north to south today with widespread rainfall area wide tonight. 850 MB dew points around 15 degrees Celsius and precipitable water amounts rising to nearly 2 inches will support efficient rainfall production. This rainfall efficiency along with training convection will lead to heavy rainfall amounts and the potential for flooding. Organized severe storms are not expected with this system. However a few strong storms with small hail cannot be ruled out. A Flash Flood Watch will be issued for the central Missouri Counties starting at noon today generally north of an Osceola to Salem line and for the remainder of southern Missouri and extreme southeastern Kansas starting late this afternoon. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 305 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms will continue Friday into Friday night as the front sags to the south and the primary shortwave trough approaches from the west. The axis of heaviest rainfall will shift southward across southern Missouri with time. The rain will persist into Saturday as the shortwave trough axis makes its way across the region. Rainfall totals through Saturday could range from 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts. The Flash Flood Watch will continue until midday Saturday. Rainfall will temporarily taper off later Saturday into Sunday before additional moderate to heavy rain arrives Sunday night and Monday in advance of a deep upper level trough. Strong synoptic scale lift associated with this system will bring widespread rain with some thunder Sunday night and Monday along with a renewed risk for heavy rainfall and localized flooding. The weather will dry out as we head into the middle of next week as the upper level trough swings to the east and an upper level ridge builds into the region. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Thursday Night) Issued at 1210 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 For the KSGF/KJLN/KBBG tafs: A warm front will lift north through the region. Storms have developed north and east of the taf sites and this activity should remain there in the near term. Some lower ceilings may develop toward 10z-12z with increased low level moisture. Better chances for lower ceilings rain/tstms will occur late in the taf period when a front drops back south into the area. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...Flash Flood Watch this afternoon through Friday night. KS...Flash Flood Watch late this afternoon through Friday night. && SHORT TERM...Foster LONG TERM...Foster AVIATION...DSA
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 9:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 953 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-100300- 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- 953 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY AFFECTING CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 54. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. .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) DSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Morgan | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| Oct 9, 12:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Maries, Miller | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 47 min |
| Oct 9, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Oct 9, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas | 30 min |
| Oct 9, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 49 min |
| Oct 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 43 min |
| Oct 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Ozark | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 58 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.