1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 1, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 340 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2003 ...MAIN FORECAST CONCERN AGAIN DEALS WITH HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... MODEL SOLUTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE DIFFER FROM YESTERDAYS MODEL RUNS. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS STALLED OUT FROM JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...TO AROUND THE SAINT LOUIS AREA. IN ADDITION...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE ARE LOCATED OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE ETA SOLUTION NOW BRINGS THIS FEATURE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI ON TUESDAY. PERSISTENT SHOWERS HAVE AFFECTED THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKING TO THE SOUTH...PRECIPITATION COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WERE INCREASING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF ARKANSAS. THIS RAINFALL WAS MAKING ITS WAY NORTHWARD TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. DECIDED TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A JOPLIN TO OSAGE BEACH LINE. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN LOOKS TO BE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE SEVERAL INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER. 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE BOUNDARY IS QUITE STRONG...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...THIS AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE CAUSED THE ENTRANCE REGION OF A 250 MB JET LOCATED OVER ILLINOIS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CONTINUE TO BE VERY HIGH...WITH VALUES AT OR IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA. GFS...ETA...NGM SOLUTIONS ALL POINT TO AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE TRACK OF GRACES REMNANTS...FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO KEEP A FLOOD WATCH GOING FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. LOOKING AT RADAR TRENDS...THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA SHOULD SEE THE EFFECTS FROM GRACE TONIGHT...AS RAIN BANDS TRACK NORTH OUT OUT OKLAHOMA. LOOKS LIKE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY MIDDAY TUESDAY...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI. RAIN SHOULD TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI TUESDAY NIGHT...AS THE UPPER JET AND TROPICAL REMNANTS PUSH EAST. LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS OUR NORTHERN AND WESTERN COUNTIES...AS HIGH GROUND MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES. SAW && .AVIATION... VFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. CLOUD CEILINGS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 1000 FEET WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 4 TO 5 MILES IN RAIN. CEILINGS WILL OCCASIONALLY LOWER TO BELOW 600 FEET WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 2 MILES IN HEAVY RAIN. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FOSTER && .SGF... .MO...FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A JOPLIN TO OSAGE BEACH LINE THROUGH TUESDAY. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 102 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2003 ...POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING CONTINUES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE REGIONWIDE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...AND INTO TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CASSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO ROLLA LINE. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED ALONG A LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...TO SAINT LOUIS WHILE THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE DRIFTED NORTH ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRACK TOWARDS THE OZARKS REGION...MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE ENHANCED ALONG THE BOUNDARY. WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A CASSVILLE...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO ROLLA LINE. LOCATIONS ACROSS THIS REGION MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL BY DAWN ON TUESDAY. WITH SOILS BECOMING SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...THE FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ON TUESDAY THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE WILL TRACK OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND INTERACT WITH A SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THEREFORE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY THE EVENING HOURS. LOCATIONS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND EAST OF AN AVA TO FORT LEONARD WOOD LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT....HOWEVER REPORTS OF RAINFALL TOTALS AND FLOODING ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED FROM STORM SPOTTERS...WEATHER OBSERVERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF SAW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
106 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 AM GIRARD KS FLOOD
09/01/03 CRAWFORD STREETS AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS FLOODED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0300 AM 5 S GRAVOIS MILLS MO FLOOD
09/01/03 MORGAN FLOODING AT HWY 0.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0800 AM CLIMAX SPGS MO FLOOD
09/01/03 CAMDEN LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN
NORTHERN PART OF COUNTY
FLOODED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0830 AM ELDON MO FLOOD
09/01/03 MILLER FLOODING ON HIGHWAY Z
AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1100 AM GRAVOIS MILLS MO FLOOD
09/01/03 MORGAN MINOR FLOODING OF
COUNTY ROADS AND LOW
WATER CROSSINGS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials observed several streets and low water crossings flooded near the community of Girard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5337756.