Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Watches in 2015
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at May 22, 2015, 2:57 PM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at May 23, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2015, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 3:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 20:00 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 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
376 WGUS63 KSGF 221957 FFASGF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 257 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DEVELOPING THIS WEEKEND... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING RAINFALL FROM THE WEST AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES. THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER MEMORIAL DAY. THOSE WITH RECREATIONAL PLANS ALONG AREA RIVERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104- 231200- /O.NEW.KSGF.FF.A.0003.150524T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE... GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE... KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 257 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... 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...BENTON...CEDAR...CHRISTIAN...DADE...GREENE... HICKORY...JASPER...LAWRENCE...MCDONALD...MORGAN...NEWTON... POLK...ST. CLAIR...STONE...TANEY AND VERNON. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST WITH RAINFALL INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MEMORIAL DAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MEMORIAL DAY. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. RIVER BASINS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING INCLUDE THE OSAGE AND LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON...ELK...AND SPRING RIVER BASINS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA SCENIC RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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
7 follow-up statements
747 WGUS63 KSGF 230850 FFASGF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 350 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DEVELOPING THIS WEEKEND... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING RAINFALL FROM THE WEST AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES. THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL MAY LINGER TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO MEMORIAL DAY. THOSE WITH RECREATIONAL PLANS ALONG AREA RIVERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-231700- /O.EXT.KSGF.FF.A.0003.150524T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 350 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 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...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...DADE... HICKORY...MORGAN...POLK...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 SUNDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL HAVE ENDED BY MONDAY MORNING TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 BY MONDAY MORNING WITH SOME LINGERING RAIN POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE ON MEMORIAL DAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MEMORIAL DAY. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. RIVER BASINS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING INCLUDE THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON AND SPRING RIVER BASINS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ MOZ088-090-093>095-101>104-231700- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.150524T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JASPER-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH 350 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE AND TANEY. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL GENERALLY FALL ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 SUNDAY NIGHT. MOST OF THE RAIN WILL HAVE ENDED BY MONDAY MORNING TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 BY MONDAY MORNING WITH SOME LINGERING RAIN POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE ON MEMORIAL DAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MEMORIAL DAY. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. RIVER BASINS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING INCLUDE THE ELK...SPRING...AND SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER BASINS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ RUNNELS
246 WGUS63 KSGF 231640 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1140 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THIS WEEKEND... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL MAY LINGER TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO MEMORIAL DAY. THOSE WITH RECREATIONAL PLANS ALONG AREA RIVERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-240045- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.150524T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 1140 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 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...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...DADE... HICKORY...MORGAN...POLK...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON AND SPRING RIVER BASINS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ MOZ088-090-093>095-101>104-240045- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.150524T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JASPER-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH 1140 AM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE AND TANEY. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE WATCH AREA THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MEMORIAL DAY. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE ELK...SPRING...AND SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER BASINS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ TERRY
232 WGUS63 KSGF 240002 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 702 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THIS WEEKEND... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL MAY LINGER TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO MEMORIAL DAY. THOSE WITH RECREATIONAL PLANS ALONG AREA RIVERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-241200- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 702 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY 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...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...DADE... HICKORY...MORGAN...POLK...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON AND SPRING RIVER BASINS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ MOZ088-090-093>095-101>104-241200- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JASPER-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH 702 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE AND TANEY. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE WATCH AREA THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MEMORIAL DAY. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE ELK...SPRING...AND SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER BASINS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ BURCHFIELD
272 WGUS63 KSGF 240957 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 457 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING THIS WEEKEND... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE MOST WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL FALL FROM TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL MAY LINGER TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 INTO MEMORIAL DAY. THOSE WITH RECREATIONAL PLANS ALONG AREA RIVERS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR RIVER LEVELS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-250000- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 457 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY 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...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...DADE... HICKORY...MORGAN...POLK...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON AND SPRING RIVER BASINS ALONG WITH LIGHTNING CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ MOZ088-090-093>095-101>104-250000- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150526T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JASPER-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH 457 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE AND TANEY. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE WATCH AREA THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WITH A SLOW EASTWARD SPREAD TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR TODAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MEMORIAL DAY. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE ELK...SPRING...AND SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER BASINS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ HATCH
923 WGUS63 KSGF 242011 FFASGF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 311 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 MOZ057-058-069>071-080>083-091-092-096>098-105-106-251200- /O.EXA.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MILLER-MARIES-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT- WEBSTER-WRIGHT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE... ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM... MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...AVA... WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA... THAYER...ALTON 311 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI... SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...CAMDEN...MARIES... MILLER...PHELPS AND PULASKI. IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI... DENT...HOWELL...OREGON...SHANNON AND TEXAS. IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...DALLAS...DOUGLAS...LACLEDE...OZARK...WEBSTER AND WRIGHT. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ MOZ088-090-093>095-101>104-251200- /O.EXT.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JASPER-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...SPRINGFIELD... NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH 311 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BARRY...CHRISTIAN...GREENE...JASPER...LAWRENCE... MCDONALD...NEWTON...STONE AND TANEY. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-056-066>068-077>079-089-251200- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...GREENFIELD 311 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. IN MISSOURI...BARTON...BENTON...CEDAR...DADE... HICKORY...MORGAN...POLK...ST. CLAIR AND VERNON. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON AND SPRING RIVER BASINS ALONG WITH LIGHTNING CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AND COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ FOSTER
029 WGUS63 KSGF 242049 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 349 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251200- /O.CON.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /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 349 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. * THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT RISES AND FLOODING OF SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PLANS THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND INCLUDING CAMPING AND FLOATING ALONG AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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. && $$ FOSTER
259 WGUS63 KSGF 250849 FFASGF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 349 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251000- /O.CAN.KSGF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 349 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELED. RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WATCH AREA AND LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. DESPITE THE WATCH CANCELLATION...SOME AREA RIVERS REMAINED OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH TODAY. $$ HATCH
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 May 22, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1233 PM CDT Fri May 22 2015 ...18z Aviation update... .SHORT TERM...(Friday through Saturday) Issued at 405 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 Shortwave depicted well on water vapor leading to the development of thunderstorms over the TX panhandle . This wave to advect into the Central Plains today however 00z SGF/OUN and LZK soundings show a significant dry layer that will need to be overcome before precipitation is realized at the surface. Have reduced POPs over the region this morning with a gradual increase in the west this afternoon as the column saturates. While yet another MCS to impact the Southern Plains tonight, the upper ridge to sharpen on Saturday which will again keep best rain chances skirting the western CWA. Perhaps the greatest impact will be the resultant cloud cover which will keep the region unseasonably cool. .LONG TERM...(Saturday Night through Thursday) Issued at 405 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2015 00Z models continue to depict good continuity enhancing confidence for at least moderate rainfall over the Memorial Day weekend. Meriodonal flow to slowly push east into the SGF CWA during the weekend with precipitable water reflecting the increasing low level flow to reach 1.5 - 1.75 inches by Sunday which is 1-2 standard deviations higher than normal this time of year. Considered the issuance of a 5th period Flash Flood Watch though current QPF falls short of FFG and best shortwave energy to arrive during the day Sunday so while low level jet will be higher than normal lift will not be fully realized. Partners over southeast Kansas and western Mo should monitor this situation over the holiday weekend for updates. Upper flow to transition to a zonal flow through midweek with periodic shortwaves generating thunderstorm chances. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday Afternoon) Issued at 1214 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015 Showers have broken out ahead of a mid level disturbance moving over the southern plain states this afternoon. The 12z balloon at SGF indicated a pretty dry air-mass out ahead of the approaching precipitation shield. Precip is having a difficult time reaching the ground and current thinking is that a majority of this precip will not make it to the surface as the wave continues to push eastward. Additional light and scattered precip development will remain possible throughout the period, however, exact timing is a bit tough to pin down at the moment. Better chances over the JLN terminal. VFR conditions expected through the period at all three SW MO Aerodromes && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Runnels LONG TERM...Runnels AVIATION...Frye/Foster
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:44 AM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 544 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-231045- 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- 544 AM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA ON SATURDAY THEN MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW ON SUNDAY. THERE IS A MARGINAL THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. SCATTERED NON SEVERE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE) THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) RUNNELS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 22, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1249 PM CDT FRI MAY 22 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0238 AM TORNADO 11 NNE BUFFALO 37.79N 93.01W
05/17/2015 F0 DALLAS MO NWS STORM SURVEY
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY REVEALED THAT AN
EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON A FARM ALONG HIGHWAY 73
ROUGHLY 10.63 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO. DAMAGE TO
A HOME...OUTBUILDINGS...AND TREES OCCURRED. THE DAMAGE
LENGTH WAS 0.07 MILES AND THE WIDTH WAS 40 YARDS. WIND
SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.
&&
DCRAMERNearby
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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.