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 May 13, 5:51 PM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 651 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE DEBRIS THROWING A LITTLE BIT OF A MONKEY WRENCH INTO CONVECTIVE PICTURE...BUT OVERALL NOT MAKING TOO MANY CHANGES FOR THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND 18Z KSGF RAOB INDICATE A DENSE LAYER OF CONVECTIVE BLOWOFF CIRRUS/CIRROSTRATUS WHICH HAS LIMITED SFC BASED INSTABILITY. WEAK CONVECTION WENT THROUGH MAINLY THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA LAST NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES. THE REST OF THE AREA REMAINS FAIRLY DRY. NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION...MOST NOTABLY RIGHT NOW ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR FROM ROLLA TO NEAR SPRINGFIELD AT 1930Z. THE MAIN SFC FRONT IS STILL WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA EXTENDING FROM EASTERN IA INTO EXTREME NW MO AND NORTH CNTRL KS. DRY LINE EXTENDS SOUTH FROM WESTERN KS INTO CNTRL TX. BEST SET UP FOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL AGAIN BE OUT WEST ALONG THE DRY LINE OVER OK/TX WHERE BETTER SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL FORCING EXISTS. CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION ARE ONGOING WEST OF THE CIRRUS SHIELD ...BEING SUPPORTED BY MODEST LOW LEVEL INFLOW...INCREASING INSTABILITY...AND LIFT IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE 250MB JET. WEAK LEAD SHORTWAVE APPEARS TO BE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN OK...ALTHOUGH IT IS FAIRLY SUBTLE. MAY SEE SOME CONVECTION DEVELOP WITH LIMITED INSTABILITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON WHERE SUFFICIENT SFC CONVERGENCE EXISTS OVER THE AREA. PROGGED MLCAPES MAY REACH CLOSE TO 1000-1200 J/KG BASED ON THE 18Z KSGF SOUNDING MODIFIED FOR SFC TEMPS IN THE LOW 80S. 18Z NAM THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE INITIALIZED FAIRLY POORLY BELOW 800 MB AND INSTABILITY ON POINT SOUNDINGS SEEMS A LITTLE OVERDONE. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SHORT TERM MESO TRENDS CLOSELY. THE MOST WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BE WITH THE FROPA TONIGHT. STILL HAVE SOME FAIRLY HIGH RAIN CHANCES GOING FOR TONIGHT AND HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE TIMING A BIT TOO...WITH THE FRONT EXITING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SAT MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER STILL POSSIBLE GIVEN MODERATE SHEAR...WITH A MODEST WIND/HAIL THREAT. INSTABILITY NOT ALL THAT GREAT GIVEN THE TIME OF DAY. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY BE ENHANCED OVER SOUTHERN MO IN RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND THEN SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE AREA MIDWEEK. GFS AND TO LESSER DEGREE THE ECMWF MOVE A WEAK SHORTWAVE EAST THROUGH THE ZONAL FLOW WED. THE TAIL END OF A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY WILL SHIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA LATE WED/THU...SO LEFT SLIGHT POPS DURING THAT PERIOD. DSA && .AVIATION... AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS PRECIPITATION LOOKED TO BE DRIVEN BY UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRANCE REGION OF A 250MB JET TO THE NORTHEAST. INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR THUNDER AT BOTH KJLN AND KSGF FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. MVRF CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SOME SCATTERED MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SCATTER OUT THE CLOUDS BY SATURDAY MORNING. SAW .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH GENERALLY WEST OF A CAMDENTON TO GAINESVILLE LINE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. .KS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 808 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141715- 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- 808 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: A COUPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. THE FIRST ROUND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRETCHING ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI FOCUSED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA. INSTABILITY IS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY LOW WATER CROSSINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. && 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) SAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1019 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>069-077>081-088>096-101>105-140430- BOURBON-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-BARRY-BARTON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHRISTIAN- DADE-DALLAS-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-JASPER-LACLEDE-LAWRENCE- MCDONALD-NEWTON-OZARK-POLK-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-VERNON-WEBSTER- WRIGHT- 1019 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS CANCELS 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON... CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS CANCELS 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI CAMDEN... HICKORY... ST. CLAIR... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... BARTON... CEDAR... CHRISTIAN... DADE... DALLAS... DOUGLAS... GREENE... JASPER... LACLEDE... LAWRENCE... MCDONALD... NEWTON... OZARK... POLK... STONE... TANEY... VERNON... WEBSTER... WRIGHT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HERMITAGE...MARSHFIELD... ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK... BOLIVAR...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... LEBANON...MONETT...CASSVILLE...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...AVA...NEOSHO...GREENFIELD...NEVADA... BUFFALO...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...LAMAR...FORT SCOTT...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...PITTSBURG...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...REPUBLIC...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BRANSON AND FORSYTH. WHILE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH HEAVY RAIN AS THE MAIN THREAT. LINDENBERG
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:12 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms caused flash flooding in a few areas of Crawford County. One specific location that became impassable to motorists was a section of County Road 210 west of Arma.
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