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 22, 2:25 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 325 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .DISCUSSION... THIS MORNINGS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA...WITH NORTHERN EDGE CLIPPING OUR SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...STILL GETTING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG FRONT EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM SALEM TO FAYETTEVILLE. MAIN LOW LEVEL MOIST AXIS RUNS PARALLEL TO FRONT...SO EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. IN FACT...GOT ONE STORM OVER NEWTON COUNTY INCREASING TO SEVERE LIMITS...SO WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF. SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... MAIN CONCERN FOR EARLY PORTION OF THE FORECAST IS WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES. HAVE LAGGED POPS BY ABOUT 6 HOURS OVER OUR CENTRAL ZONES...WITH SURFACE OBS VERIFYING MODEL MOVEMENT OF SURFACE FRONT IS TOO FAST. WILL ALSO CARRY CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER ABOUT THE SOUTHERN 2 TIERS OF SOUTHWEST/SOUTH CENTRAL MO COUNTIES AS ETA AND GFS ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH GENERATING AN MCS OVER EASTERN OK/ARKANSAS TONIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST AS SURFACE HIGH AND MUCH DRIER AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE AREA. WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD POPS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS NEXT FRONT/UPPER DISTURBANCE DROPS APPROACHES THE AREA. SECONDARY CONCERN IS WITH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY. DENSE CIRRUS SHIELD WILL LIKELY LIMIT AFTERNOON HEATING ENOUGH OVER OUR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES TO KEEP TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE MID 70S. WENT AHEAD AND RAISED TEMPS TO NEAR 80 OVER THE NORTHWEST WHERE THINNER CLOUD COVER WILL BE SEEN. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY) WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN GRIDS WITH NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE AREA...DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND UNCERTAIN TIMING OF DISTURBANCES OVER THE AREA. SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES OF 80S/60S SHOULD PREVAIL. && .AVIATION... WILL LIKELY BE AMENDING SGF TAF FOR TEMPO THUNDER IS STORM OVER NEWTON COUNTY CONTINUES ON ITS CURRENT TRACK. OTHERWISE WILL HAVE PREDOMINANT VRF CEILINGS IN TAFS AND TWEBS WITH SOME LIGHT FOG LATE IN 12Z TAFS. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. TERRY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221800- 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 JUN 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO FORT LEONARD WOOD THROUGH 9 AM...AND FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM. DISCUSSION: ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CENTERED OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS WILL AFFECT MAINLY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH MID MORNING. EVEN THOUGH INSTABILITY IS RATHER LIMITED...ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL FUEL THE STORMS...WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING POSSIBLE. DURING THE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE REGION...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY CLIP EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI WEDNESDAY MORNING. MORE WIDESPREAD STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING IF OBSERVED. TERRY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0400 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004
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0320 AM FLASH FLOOD NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
06/22/2004 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS CLOSED IN NEOSHO DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAYS
SAWThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:19 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of Highway 86 between Newtonia and Stark City was closed due to flash flooding over the roadway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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