Flash Flood, Greene
- When
- January 12, 8:20 PM CST to 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Springfield
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 37.200, -93.300
Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, January 12 to 13, 2005
A slow moving storm system caused heavy rain to occur across much of southern and central Missouri. This event followed quickly on the heels of a previous flood event that occurred from the 4th through the 6th of January, therefore soils were nearly saturated at the onset of the event.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A slow moving storm system caused heavy rain to occur across much of southern and central Missouri. This event followed quickly on the heels of a previous flood event that occurred from the 4th through the 6th of January, therefore soils were nearly saturated at the onset of the event. The lack of January vegetation also contributed to increased runoff and flooding. In Greene County, the primary areas that flooded were low water crossings and low lying areas. Other specific locations that were affected by flooding include, areas along Ward Branch Creek in Springfield, a section of Highway CC two miles west of Fair Grove, the intersection of Farm Road 235 and Highway E, the intersection of Farm Roads 231 and 2,
What forecasters said that day
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 Jan 12, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 545 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... MOST INTENSE CONVECTION AT THIS TIME STILL ALONG THE STORM RELATIVE HELICITY AND INSTABILITY AXIS AS DEPICTED BY THE RUC MODEL. PROFILER AND OBSERVATION DATA ALSO INDICATE THAT WINDS REMAIN SLIGHTLY BACKED AHEAD OF THE LINE. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MORE THAN JUST ISOLATED SEVERE ALONG BOWING SEGMENTS OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WITH THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...EMPHASIS SEEMS BE SHIFTING BACK TO A HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. CELLS ARE TRAINING OVER AREAS ALREADY SATURATED FROM LAST WEEKS CONVECTION...AND WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FORECAST OVERNIGHT...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR FLOODING. GAEDE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL THURSDAY 3 AM ALL COUNTIES. .KS...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL THURSDAY 3 AM BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 8:05 PM CST, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 805 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-131200- 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. 805 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. FREEZING RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN 8 AND 11 PM BEFORE EXITING THE AREA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...WITH MODERATE TO WIDESPREAD FLOODING EXPECTED. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. DESPITE WEAK INSTABILITY...STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW HAIL STONES UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. ELSEWHERE...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING THREAT AS STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. WITH AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY TURN INTO EXCESS RUNOFF AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. LASTLY...TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN SHARPLY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AS READINGS FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING COULD DEVELOP OVER THE AFFECTED AREAS. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY PRODUCT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY CONTINUE OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE MORNING HOURS. OTHERWISE...COLD WEATHER WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF AROUND ZERO WILL OCCUR OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS ARCTIC AIR SURGES SOUTH OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. A WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING. BOOKBINDER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 12, 5:15 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
515 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL MACKS CREEK 37.97N 92.98W
01/12/2005 0.75 INCH CAMDEN MO PUBLIC
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
DOWN...AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0455 PM HAIL CAMDENTON 38.00N 92.75W
01/12/2005 0.75 INCH CAMDEN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MNGR.
0455 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W CAMDENTON 38.00N 92.77W
01/12/2005 70 MPH CAMDEN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MNGR.
0503 PM HAIL 6 W OSAGE BEACH 38.23N 92.73W
01/12/2005 0.88 INCH CAMDEN MO PUBLIC
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY A VOLUNTEER
WEATHER OBSERVER
SAWLocal storm report, Jan 12, 5:45 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
545 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE GOODSON 37.72N 93.24W
01/12/2005 POLK MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY P FLOODED TWO MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SAWLocal storm report, Jan 12, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
700 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0442 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N AURORA 37.00N 93.72W
01/12/2005 60 MPH LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SAWLocal storm report, Jan 12, 7:24 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
724 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM HAIL 3 N MORRISVILLE 37.52N 93.43W
01/12/2005 0.88 INCH POLK MO PUBLIC
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. ALSO
SHINGLE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD CASSVILLE 36.68N 93.87W
01/12/2005 BARRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREET FLOODING AND ROADS CLOSED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
0656 PM FLASH FLOOD LOUISBURG 37.75N 93.15W
01/12/2005 DALLAS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER STATE HIGHWAY 64 WEST OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 65
JUNCTION
SAWSpecial weather statement, Jan 12, 7:39 PM CST, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 739 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>081-088>091-093-094-101>103- 130239- BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-DADE- DALLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-JASPER-LACLEDE-LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER- MORGAN-NEWTON-PHELPS-POLK-PULASKI-ST. CLAIR-STONE-VERNON-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...LEBANON...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO... NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 739 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 3 IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BARRY...BARTON...BENTON...CAMDEN...CEDAR...DADE...DALLAS...GREENE... HICKORY...JASPER...LACLEDE...LAWRENCE...MARIES...MCDONALD...MILLER... MORGAN...NEWTON...PHELPS...POLK...PULASKI...ST. CLAIR...STONE... VERNON AND WEBSTER. IN KANSAS: BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD. MOZ082-083-092-095>098-104>106-130400- CHRISTIAN-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-OREGON-OZARK-SHANNON-TANEY-TEXAS- WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BRANSON...HOUSTON... OZARK AND WEST PLAINS. 739 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 3 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: CHRISTIAN...DENT...DOUGLAS...HOWELL...OREGON...OZARK...SHANNON... TANEY...TEXAS AND WRIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE AVA... BRANSON...HOUSTON...OZARK AND WEST PLAINS. BOOKBINDER
Local storm report, Jan 12, 7:58 PM CST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
758 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0736 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S NEWTONIA 36.87N 94.18W
01/12/2005 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER HIGHWAY 86 BETWEEN NEWTONIA AND STARK CITY
SAWThe radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:21 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Greene
- When
- January 12, 10:55 PM CST to January 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.258, -93.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 12, 2005
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 12, 2005
- Avalanche in Washington, January 12, 2005
- Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, January 12 to 13, 2005
- Dense Fog in Indiana, January 12, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 12 to 13, 2005
- Tornado in Missouri, January 12, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 12, 2005
- Dense Fog in Ohio, January 12, 2005
- Tornado in Missouri, January 12, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 12, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, January 12, 2005
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, January 2005
Sources
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: 5435706, 5435707.