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 Nov 29, 3:50 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 350 CST MON NOV 29 2004 .DISCUSSION... WHILE AMOUNTS ARE A BIT LIGHTER THAN EXPECTED...CURRENT TRENDS SHOW TODAYS FORECAST ON TRACK AS KSGF DEPICTING SCATTERED PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF CWA. STILL ANTICIPATE COVERAGE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AS UPPER DIVERGENCE INTERACTS WITH LOW LEVEL THETA E AXIS ALONG INVERTED TROF. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TO SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AS THE H8/SFC MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SHIFTS EASTWARD. AFTER A BIT OF A LULL LATER TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO INCREASE AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS POSITIVELY TILTED UPPER LOW AXIS APPROACHES. ETA QPF FIELD HINTS AT A TROWAL SETTING UP...THOUGH ITS THE GFS H8 THETA E THAT WAS USED TO TRACK THIS WEAK FEATURE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TOWARD MORNING...LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AS MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THEN...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT MODEL QPF DIFFERENCES ARE A BIT OF A CONCERN. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI WHERE THE ETA SOUNDING NEARS A SNOW SOLUTION WHILE MAINTAINING A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF LIQUID QPF. LITTLE MODIFICATION THEN MADE TO FORECAST AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION... EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER AS LOWER LEVELS GRADUALLY SATURATE DOWNWARD. WOULD EXPECT CEILINGS TO LOWER TO THE IFR CATEGORY LATER TONIGHT AND REMAIN LOW THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY MONDAY. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CST MON NOV 29 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291900- 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 CST MON NOV 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE RAIN WILL FALL TODAY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL OCCUR MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...POSSIBLY LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THE CHANCE FOR HEAVIER RAIN WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. DRIER SOILS WILL HOWEVER KEEP THE FLOOD THREAT LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. RUNNELS
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:09 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused water to rapidly rise over a bridge on Highway W north of Marshfield. Flooding was also observed over Turnbow Road near Lacey Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, November 2004
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