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 14, 12:55 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 155 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 .DISCUSSION... LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE MAIN COLD FRONT REMAINS WEST OF THE AREA. LOCAL REGIONAL RADAR TRENDS ALONG WITH AREA PROFILERS INDICATED THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS ENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS OF 630Z. WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME AND LOW LEVEL JET HAS ALREADY TRANSLATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WILL LIKELY END IN THIS AREA BY 12Z. CURRENT FORECAST FOR EARLY MORNING CONVECTION LOOKS GOOD WITH ONLY THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES EXPECTING ANY RAIN AFTER 12Z. STRONG SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE MAIN WAVE LATER THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY ERODE CLOUD COVER BY NOON. ANOTHER UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE DAKOTA WILL REINFORCE THE COOLER AIR LATER TODAY. LOWS WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE LOWER 40S...WITH A FEW 30S POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS OF THE OZARKS. A SUBTLE SHORT WAVE EMBEDDED IN THE WEST/NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BY EARLY NEXT WEEK SUGGEST SOME PRECIPITATION MAY BREAK OUT IN FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BELIEVE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIKELY KEEP LOW LEVELS DRY ENOUGH FOR ONLY AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AT BEST. LATER IN THE WEEK...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FORECAST ALREADY HAS LOW PERCENTAGES FOR PRECIPITATION BY WEDNESDAY WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE. ALTHOUGH A NORTHWEST FLOW IS LIKELY NEXT WEEK...DONT BELIEVE TEMPERATURES WILL BE AS COLD AS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. JLT && .AVIATION... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY END AT THE JOPLIN TERMINAL AROUND 08Z AND AT SPRINGFIELD AROUND 10Z. AREAS OF MVFR TO LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOWERED TO NEAR 2 MILES IN THE HEAVIER RAIN BANDS WITH CEILINGS AS LOW AS 500 FEET. IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL TAKE PLACE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER SUNRISE AS DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO THE AREA. VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT BY LATE MORNING AS SKIES CLEAR. FOSTER .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. 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), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms caused several low water crossings and county roads to flood across much of the county.
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