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 26, 5:40 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 640 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ...FLOODING POTENTIAL INCREASING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING... .UPDATE... LARGE LINEAR COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS CONGEALING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT COLD POOL HAS BEEN GENERATED FROM CONVECTION MIGRATING ACROSS KANSAS WHICH IS INTERSECTING AN EAST TO WEST BOUNDARY STRETCHED OUT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. INCREASING CONCERN FOR RENEWED FLOODING THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM FORT SCOTT TO VERSAILLES WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL FELL THURSDAY. 30 TO 40 KT LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUED TO FEED THE CONVECTION BUT WAS BEGINNING TO VEER. WHILE CONVECTION WILL TRANSLATE EASTWARD...ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD POOL. THIS COULD LEAD TO TRAINING CELLS ACROSS AREAS THAT ALREADY SATURATED. FOSTER && .DISCUSSION... AN INTRIGUING WEATHER SITUATION HAS SET UP THIS MORNING...WITH NUMEROUS MESOSCALE FEATURES NEEDING TO BE CONSIDERED INTO CREATING AN ACCURATE FORECAST THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS FORECAST WAS NOT EASY...BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS WILL EXPERIENCE ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ALL FORECAST ELEMENTS THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND PERIODS WERE THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES THIS MORNING. SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... FIRST OF ALL...NONE OF THE MODELS HAVE A SNIFF ABOUT QPF AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY AND TONIGHT...SO WE CAN PRETTY MUCH THROW THAT OUT. THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA HAS DEVELOPED FROM AN EMBEDDED 200MB SPEED MAX AND ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVE THAT IS ROTATING AROUND A LARGE UPPER CYCLONE OVER SOUTHERN CANADA. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...CAUSED BY ENHANCED ISENTROPIC PRESSURE ADVECTION FROM A 35 TO 40 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET FLOWING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS. TODAY AND TONIGHTS FORECAST IS PRETTY MUCH DEPENDENT UPON HOW ALL OF THIS CONVECTION EVOLVES THIS MORNING. THE STORM COMPLEX OVER KANSAS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EAST WITH A SLIGHT COMPONENT TO THE SOUTH THIS MORNING. OUTFLOW AND COLD POOL EFFECTS WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY LIFTING MECHANISM TODAY FOR RAIN ACROSS SE KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF MISSOURI. ALL OTHER INGREDIENTS SUCH AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT WITHIN THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANOTHER BOUNDARY THAT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED STRETCHES FROM MONETT TO CHANUTE TO AROUND SALINA KANSAS. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY FIRED ALONG THIS FEATURE...AND MAY BECOME MORE OF A FACTOR THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ENVIRONMENT DESTABILIZES. SEVERAL POTENTIAL HAZARDS MAY EXIST WITHIN TODAY AND TONIGHTS ENVIRONMENT. AREAS SOUTH OF THE PRIMARY COLD POOL WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ML CAPES APPROACHING 3000 J/KG. DOESNT APPEAR AS THOUGH MUCH OF A CAP WILL EXIST WHILE NORMALIZED CAPES WITHIN THE HAIL GROWTH LAYER (-10 - -30 DEGREE C) LOOKS SUFFICIENT FOR LARGE HAIL. AN INVERTED V LIKE STRUCTURE SHOULD MATERIALIZE WITHIN THE LOWER TROP...SUGGESTING THAT MICROBURSTS ARE POSSIBLE. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST...FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY GIVEN EXPECTED PWAT VALUES ON THE ORDER OF 1.8 INCHES. STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW AND RECENT RAINFALL HAS SATURATED SOILS IN MANY AREAS. DETAILS WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE HWO...ALONG WITH A FLOOD WATCH THAT WILL BE POSTED THIS MORNING FOR THE ENTIRE CWA. TEMPERATURES NOT ONLY TODAY...BUT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS COULD POSSIBLY BE COOLER THAN GUIDANCE OUTPUT GIVEN THE WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS. UPPER 80S AND LOW 90S SHOULD PAN OUT WELL FOR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MID 90S POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI (INCLUDING JOPLIN) WHERE DRIER SOILS EXIST. LONG TERM (SATURDAY - THURSDAY)... THE AREA ASSUMES A POSITION UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...ALONG WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. ULTIMATELY...MOISTURE CONTENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...PROMOTING A DRY FORECAST. ALSO...TROPICAL STORM KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE GULF AND MAKE A SECOND FLORIDA LANDFALL OVER THE PANHANDLE. THIS WILL HELP CONFINE DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE A DRY FORECAST THROUGH ALL OF THE EXTENDED. THE GFS SUPPORTS NORTHEAST FLOW ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TOWARD CLIMATOLOGY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S...WHILE LOWS COOL INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S ON A DAILY BASIS. THE AIR WILL FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DECREASE IN HUMIDITY. CRAMER && .AVIATION... A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL SURGE AHEAD OF THESE STORMS AND REACH THE JOPLIN TERMINAL AROUND 15Z AND MAY REACH SPRINGFIELD BY 17Z CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. IT REMAINS UNCERTAIN IF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE JOPLIN OR SPRINGFIELD TERMINALS THIS MORNING...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE AWAY FROM THE STORMS. LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL 14Z IN PATCHY LIGHT FOG. ALTHOUGH TIMING IS IN QUESTION... PILOTS SHOULD EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. FOSTER && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES THROUGH 6AM SATURDAY. .KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES THROUGH 6AM SATURDAY. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1002 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271100- 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- 1002 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 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 ONE INCH HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IN COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT TO ROLLA LINE. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTING FLOODING OR HIGH WATER AREAS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR SIGNIFICANT RISES ON CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS TODAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MISSOURI. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IN COUNTIES GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. FINALLY...MORE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. DISCUSSION: ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS MOVED INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS LATEST STORM COMPLEX IS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLY THURSDAY. ADDTIONAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR WHERE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN OCCURS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL ENCOUNTER A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY TODAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. && 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) DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1024 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
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1015 AM FLOOD 1 W FULTON 38.00N 94.74W
08/26/2005 BOURBON KS DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
HIGHWAY 31 WEST OF FULTON CONTINUES TO HAVE 4 TO 5 FEET
OF WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
INDICATES THAT THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
HATCHThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:54 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused flash flooding across a section of Highway DD at the intersection of the Little Haw Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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