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 Jul 1, 1:52 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 252 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 .DISCUSSION... AS EXPECTED...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MISSOURI OZARKS REGION. A TROPICAL LIKE AIRMASS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE JAYHAWKER STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVE WEATHER. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN BELT OF WESTERLIES INTO THE WEEKEND...THEREFORE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALL SENSIBLE ELEMENTS THROUGH SATURDAY ARE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR TODAYS PACKAGE. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - SATURDAY AFTERNOON)... LOW PRESSURE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR TODAYS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. MOISTURE ADVECTION IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A NEAR TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS AND MISSOURI OZARKS REGION. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE LOW LEVEL JET THAT SETS UP ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND NOSES INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY DEVELOP ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...WITH GOOD AREAL COVERAGE. 900 - 850MB CONVERGENCE FIELDS DERIVED FROM THE MESOETA SOLUTION SUGGESTS GOOD MASS CONVERGENCE OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TOWARDS 9 AND 12Z. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW WILL APPROACH EASTERN KANSAS...ONCE AGAIN TAPPING INTO A MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS. PRECIPITATION MAY BE BETTER IN AREAL COVERAGE PROMPTING MORE RAINFALL AREA WIDE. OVERNIGHT FORECASTER BUMPED POPS BACK UP TO 80...WHICH LOOKS GREAT AND ILL KEEP 80 POPS GOING FOR TOMORROWS PERIOD...WITH OCCASIONAL WORDING IN THE ZONES. FRIDAY NIGHT...A LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP ONCE AGAIN...AND MAYBE A LITTLE FURTHER EAST IN THIS PERIOD. ULTIMATELY ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP. THE ETA IS A LITTLE FASTER WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THE LOW. THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF LOW LEVEL FOCUS AS A WIND SHIFT PUSHES THROUGH. CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO DRIVE ANOTHER BAND OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH MUCH OF THE CWA. THE UPPER LOW ASSUMES A POSITION EITHER DIRECTLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...OR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. DESPITE THE TROUGH AND LOW AXIS THAT FAR EAST...COLD AIR ALOFT IN CONJUNCTION WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL FIRE OFF MORE AFTERNOON STORMS ON SATURDAY. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED IF THE MODELS ARE ADVANCING THE LOW EAST TO AGGRESSIVELY AND LINGERING ACTIVITY REMAINED IN THE CWA OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. ONGOING GRIDS HANDLES THIS WELL...AND MADE NO CHANGES TO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS POP GRIDS. LONG TERM (SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY)... THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE SOMEWHAT OF A WARM UP BY NEXT WEEK AS RISING HEIGHTS ACCOMPANY AN EXITING UPPER LOW. SURFACE TO 850 PARTIAL THICKNESSES INDICATE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. A ZONAL PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE AND THE MODELS ARE SIGNALING THAT SEVERAL SHORTWAVES MAY TRAVERSE ACROSS THE NATIONS MID SECTION. ONGOING FORECAST HAS PRECIPITATION CHANCES BACK INTO THE FORECAST BY MONDAY...LINGERING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYS PERIODS ARE DRY FOR NOW...HOWEVER...UNDER THE TYPE OF PATTERN THATS SETTING UP FOR NEXT WEEK...THAT COULD LIKELY CHANGE WITH TIME. && .AVIATION... AREAS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBTLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO PINWHEEL AROUND A SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WHILE PINPOINTING THE EXACT TIMING OF THE INDIVIDUAL ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE DIFFICULT...WOULD EXPECT THE AFTERNOON AND LATE NIGHT/SUNRISE PERIODS TO SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. INCREASED LOW LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW MAY ENHANCE CHANCES FOR RAIN LATE TONIGHT...WHILE MODEST...BUT ENHANCED DAYTIME INSTABILITY IS PRODUCING SHOWERS OVER THE AREA ATTM. AREA IS SEEING GENERALLY MVFR OR VFR CEILING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LIKE LAST NIGHT...EXPECT CEILINGS TO GRADUALLY LOWER INTO THE MVFR CAT WITH SOME AREAS OF IFR POSSIBLE AFTER 0600 GMT. DSA && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE KS...NONE CRAMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1254 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-021100- 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. 1254 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT OVER MUCH OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: THE COMBINATION OF A TROPICAL LIKE AIRMASS RICH IN MOISTURE ALONG WITH A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...AND DAY TIME HEATING WILL MUSTER ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LACK OF STRONG INSTABILITY WILL LIMIT THESE STORMS FROM REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS. MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BECOMES ALMOST STATIONARY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST AND MARGINALLY UNSTABLE FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVE WEATHER WILL LIKELY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW FINALLY EXITS THE OZARKS. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES OVER THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND DISCUSSIONS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. IF BOATING OR CAMPING ON AREA LAKES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO BRING A WEATHER RADIO TO REMAIN ABREAST OF SUDDEN CHANGES IN WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. CRAMER
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:39 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding inundated the intersection of Highways A and FF.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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