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 Jun 12, 2:33 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 333 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 .DISCUSSION... A COMPLEX AND POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SITUATION MAY UNFOLD THIS AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE OZARKS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CREATING SEVERAL TYPES OF HAZARDS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN. CLOSE ATTENTION TO NEAR STORM ENVIRONMENT FEATURES WILL BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SHORT TERM (TODAY - MONDAY)... MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL BE THE INITIAL CHALLENGE THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. FORWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS SUGGEST THAT THIS COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST INTO MISSOURI. RADAR TRENDS ARE SHOWING WEAKENING OVER THE PAST FEW VOLUME SCANS. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THIS ACTIVITY. MEANWHILE...A COLD POOL / OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH TIME...AND BECOME A FOCUS FOR SEVERE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. THE ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI WILL BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. LOW LEVEL WINDS BACK AROUND TO THE SOUTHEAST BENEATH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. CONVECTIVE INITIATION IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF LARGER SCALE CYCLONE OVER THE GREAT BASIN THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF ASCENT INDICATED BY HIGH CLOUDINESS ON I.R. IMAGERY...WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS MOVES INTO THE VICINITY OF DRYLINE...STORMS WILL FIRE IN AN ENVIRONMENT RICH IN MOISTURE AND STRONG INSTABILITY. MIXED LAYER CAPES ON THE ORDER OF 3000 - 3500 J/KG WILL STRETCH FROM WESTERN MISSOURI AND BACK INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. AS STORMS EMERGE AND PROGRESS EAST WITH TIME...THEY WILL LIKELY CONGEAL INTO A COMPLEX AS THEY MOVE OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. GIVEN THE EXPECTED CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ENERGY IN PLACE...STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE IN NATURE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO BECOME A HAZARD WITH ANY TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH OVERNIGHT MCS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. SUNDAYS CONVECTION WILL DEPEND UPON WHAT HAPPENS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ANY CASE...SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. AT THIS POINT...THERE IS NO IDENTIFIABLE TRIGGER FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON STORMS...OTHER THAN LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM TONIGHTS ACTION. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS ON SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LONG TERM (TUESDAY - FRIDAY)... GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SPREADING IN A DRIER AIRMASS BY MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY PUT AN END TO PRECIP CHANCES FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AT LEAST. HOWEVER...THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS MASS WILL SURGE BACK IN BY LATE TUESDAY. SEE NO FOCUS TO GENERATE PRECIP...SO CONTINUED THE ONGOING DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. CRAMER && .AVIATION... STORM COMPLEX OVER NORTHERN MO CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH WHILE SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS OVER EASTERN KS MOVES NORTHEAST. WHILE NOT LIKELY TO AFFECT KSGF AND KJLN...SCATTERED STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG ROUTES OVER EASTERN KS AND CNTRL MO EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT STORMS TO REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER EASTERN KS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE KSGF AND KJLN DURING THE EVENING. OUTSIDE OF STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. DSA && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 542 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121608- BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD- 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- WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON... FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON... MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK... PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. 542 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: MOISTURE INFLUX ALONG WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL CREATE A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVER THE REGION. GIVEN THE STRONG INSTABILITY...STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE IN NATURE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A FEW STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IF STORMS TEND TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERAL PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON A DAILY BASIS. SOME STORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER 100 PM. CRAMER
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms affected areas of western Bourbon County during the early morning hours of June 12th. Several secondary roads were inundated with flash flooding near the community of Bronson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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