1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 24, 2:26 AM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 326 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS EVOLVING INTO FLOODING POTENTIAL WITH A LINE OF STORMS THAT HAS MOVED INTO THE MO OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MESO DISCUSSION...850-500MB FLOW IS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH WILL LIMIT THE WIND THREAT. 850MB 30-35KT FLOW IS FEEDING MOISTURE INTO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN FLANK OF THE WEAKENING MCS. EXPECT THE COMPLEX TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE OZARKS. SO FAR...STORMS HAVE AFFECTED AREAS WEST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL AREA FROM YESTERDAY...AND THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE MCS HAS LIMITED RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THEY ARE CERTAINLY STILL LOCALLY HEAVY. DONT INTEND TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO GOING FLOOD WATCH...ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA. LIKE YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME...COMPLEX SCENARIO SETTING UP FOR TODAY. THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THIS MORNING WITH A LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY SETTING UP SOMEWHERE...LIKELY OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA. INITIALLY...THE AREA WILL BE STABILIZED BY TONIGHTS CONVECTION...BUT AREA SHOULD RECOVER THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS SFC LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO CNTRL KS. IF AREA CAN DESTABILIZE ENOUGH...SFC BASED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...FOCUSED/ORIENTED NEAR ANY LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES. WHILE 500MB WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY WEAK...LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES START TO SHOW NICE VEERING WITH HEIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL SW-LY 850MB FLOW INCREASES BY 25/00Z. ETA BUFKIT SOUNDINGS OVER THE WESTERN CWA SHOW 0-3KM SR HELICITY OF NEARLY 300 M2/S2. 0-1KM SR HELICITY VALUES ALSO INCREASE AS 850MB FLOW STRENGTHENS AFTER 00Z. SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS PRESENT FOR SUFFICIENT UPDRAFT STRENGTH AND BOUNDARIES CAN FOCUS CONVECTION. WHILE DETAILS ARE STILL MUDDY BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE POSITION OF SFC BOUNDARIES...OVERALL BEST CHANCE FOR THIS SCENARIO WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN CWA. FINALLY...850MB JET NOSES INTO NE KS THIS EVENING WITH BEST 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT VECTORS OVER EASTERN KS AND WESTERN MO. STORMS SHOULD INITIALLY DEVELOP NEAR THE NOSE OF THE LOW LEVEL JET OVER NE KS/SE NEB THEN COALESCE INTO A COMPLEX. A PORTION OF THIS MAY PEEL SOUTHEAST GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE LOW LEVEL INFLOW...SO WILL HAVE SOMEWHAT HIGHER RAIN CHANCES OVER MY NORTHERN COUNTIES TONIGHT. FOR WED...MAY SEE ADDTIONAL DAYTIME STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER KS ALONG THE DRYLINE...BUT AREA BECOMING INCREASINGLY CAPPED WITH WARMING 800-700MB LAYER. 500MB SUBTROPICAL RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD NORTHWARD THU AND MOST OF THE SYNOPTIC SCALE DRIVEN WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. WONT MAKE TOO MANY ADJUSTMENTS TO GOING FORECAST. SHORTWAVE MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS SAT FINALLY KICKS THE SFC FRONT SLOWLY THROUGH THE AREA SAT. DSA && .AVIATION... WILL SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR AND LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS IN THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS AFTER 15Z. STORM REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR KJLN LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MVFR CEILINGS IN THUNDERSTORMS. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BENTON...CAMDEN...DALLAS...HICKORY...LACLEDE...MARIES...MILLER... MORGAN...PHELPS...PULASKI AND ST. CLAIR. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241800- 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. 600 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS. A LOW END RISK FOR TORNADOES EXISTS. AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NON SEVERE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY. STORM REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...IN COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO VERSAILLES. DISCUSSION: A COUPLE OF SMALL CLUSTERS OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING...ONE OVER AN AREA ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR FROM ROLLA TO MARSHFIELD...AND THE OTHER OVER TRUMAN LAKE. THIS SECOND AREA WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON SUNSHINE WILL DESTABILIZE THE AREA...AND ENOUGH HEATING IS EXPECTED TO BREAK A WEAK CAP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS. AS LOW LEVEL WINDS STRENGTHEN OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...VEERING WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE CONDITIONAL ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND THE LOCATION OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS AND MOVES INTO MISSOURI. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND BRINGING A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 3 PM. THE NEXT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 1 PM...OR EARLIER AS NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred over a section of Zodiac Road off of Highway AA.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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