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 Aug 25, 9:10 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1010 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 .DISCUSSION (TODAY)... WILL EXTEND FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES THORUGH 6 PM AS TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FEED BACK SIDE OF MCS OVER EASTERN KANSAS...RESULTING IN TRAINING STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL MO. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY WILL CONTRIBUTE MAINLY TO RUNOFF AND CONTINUED FLOODING. TERRY && PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... CLASSIC SETUP FOR A FLOOD EVENT UNDERWAY OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. CURRENT FLOOD WATCH HANDLES THIS VERY WELL...SO PLAN NO MODIFICATIONS. UP TO 45 KNOT 850 MB JET SCREAMING INTO SRN EDGE OF MCS...WITH REDEVELOPMENT ALL THE WAY BACK TO JUST NORTHWEST OF WICHITA. MULTIPLE STRONG TO SEVERE BOWING CELLS RIDING ALONG SRN EDGE OF CONVECTION...AND THESE ARE ONLY ACTING TO INTENSIFY THE RAIN RATES. ICT 88D RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 6 TO 8 INCHES JUST WEST OF CHANUTE...AND WITH CHANUTE ASOS SHOWING 3.45 INCHES IN AN 88D ZONE OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...THINK THAT 88D ESTIMATES ARE VERY CLOSE TO REALITY. SGF 88D LOOKS TO BE RUNNING ABOUT ONE INCH TOO HIGH IN THE SAME AREA. THIS SAID...BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCH RAIN IS LIKELY TO LAY OUT IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. AS LLJ CONTINUES TO VEER THIS MORNING...THINK THAT CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN...THEN DISSIPATE BY AROUND 10 AM. THIS LEAVES PLENTY OF TIME TO GET AT LEAST SOME PARTIAL CLEARING...AND WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S...CAPE SHOULD SOAR INTO THE 2000 TO 3000 J/KG RANGE. REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD BE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...SO HAVE CONTINUED 40 TO 50 POPS GENERALLY FROM SGF NORTHEASTWARD. CAP TO THE SOUTHWEST MAY LIMIT CONVECTION THERE...BUT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S COMBINED WITH THE HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO THE 103 TO 105 RANGE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. WILL MENTION THIS THREAT IN THE HWO. BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW ANOTHER MCS TONIGHT IS POSSIBLE TO OUR NORTH AS ANOTHER RIPPLE RIDES THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS TROUGH. AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THOUGH OF CONVECTION FIRING SEWD INTO CENTRAL MO...AS 850 MB CONVERGENCE LOOKS SUBSTANTIAL IN BOTH MODELS...AND BOTH MODELS SHOW AT LEAST SOME PRECIP. GIVEN PWATS OF NEARLY 2 INCHES...ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES FIRE WILL LIKELY PUT DOWN VERY IMPRESSIVE RAIN AMOUNTS. IF AN MCS DOES IN FACT FORM NEAR TOPEKA...MESOSCALE CIRCULATION AROUND IT COULD FORM WARM WING CONVECTION ALONG CONVERGENCE AXIS INTO CENTRAL MO. WILL BRIEF DAY SHIFT AND THEY CAN REEXAMINE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING RAIN TONIGHT. MAIN AXIS OF THE PLAINS TROUGH WILL FINALLY SWING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...SO RAIN CHANCES LINGER UNTIL THEN. REMAINDER OF EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS OK. NORTHWEST FLOW AND ANOTHER TROUGH COULD SPELL ANOTHER SHOT AT RAIN ON MONDAY HOWEVER. BROWNING && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...MCS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE JLN AND SGF FORECAST POINTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. CONVECTION MAY FIRE ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THIS AFTERNOON...SO PLAN TO CARRY VCTS FOR TAF SITES. TERRY && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MO THROUGH 6 PM. .KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR BOURBON COUNTY THROUGH 6 PM. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 502 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261015- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 502 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: NORTH OF A GIRARD TO BOLIVAR TO ROLLA LINE THIS MORNING. ALL OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON...AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN BY LATE MORNING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT BY THE MORNING STORMS MAY ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM REGENERATION THIS AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) BROWNING
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0653 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 AM FLASH FLOOD LINCOLN 38.40N 93.33W
08/25/2005 BENTON MO PUBLIC
FLOODING NEAR/ALONG HIGHWAY 65. LOW WATER CROSSINGS
FLOODED.
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0814 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0218 AM FLASH FLOOD WARSAW 38.25N 93.38W
08/25/2005 BENTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERSECTION OF JACKSON AND SEMINARY ROADS FLOODED.
FLOODING ENDED BY 8AM.
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0820 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM FLASH FLOOD APPLETON CITY 38.20N 94.03W
08/25/2005 ST.CLAIR MO PUBLIC
WATER COVERING ROADWAYS ON RURAL GRAVEL ROADS WEST OF
APPLETON CITY NEAR HIGHWAY 52.
0630 AM FLASH FLOOD APPLETON CITY 38.20N 94.03W
08/25/2005 ST.CLAIR MO PUBLIC
SMALL CREEKS OUT OF BANKS EAST OF APPLETON CITY NEAR AA
HIGHWAY.
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0847 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM FLASH FLOOD DEVON 37.92N 94.82W
08/25/2005 BOURBON KS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
3.55 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED SINCE 11PM 8/24. MULTIPLE
LOW WATER CROSSINGS AROUND THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED.
REPORT RELAYED BY DEVON FIRE DEPT.
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0854 AM CDT THU AUG 25 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 AM TSTM WND DMG SCHELL CITY 38.02N 94.12W
08/25/2005 VERNON MO PUBLIC
TREE BLOWN DOWN IN YARD.
SCHULTZThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:24 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms that created rainfall amounts on the order of five inches countywide produced widespread flooding in many locations throughout the county. Most low water crossings became impassable along with several county roads experiencing impassable flooding. The Marmaton and Little Osage Rivers flooded out of their banks in several spots.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5470716.