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 24, 5:08 AM CST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 608 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST WILL BE WITH THE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN THE UPPER PATTERN RECENTLY WITH UPPER RIDGE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S. KEEPING THINGS PRETTY BLOCKED UP. THIS HAS KEPT THE CENTRAL U.S. IN NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES SETTING OFF NIGHTLY MCS ACTIVITY. MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AXIS CONTINUES TO BE PUSHED WESTWARD. MCS ACTIVITY OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LAST NIGHT HAS SHIFTED FURTHER WEST INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT. CURRENT 850/SFC MOISTURE AXIS STRETCHES FROM LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WITH MCS ACTIVITY PUSHING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AT THIS HOUR. MCS SHOULD CONTINUE ON THIS PATH WITH MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING TO THE WEST OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. EASTERN EDGES OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY AFFECT WESTERN CWA AND HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY THERE TODAY. SVR WATCH WAS ISSUED AS OF THIS TYPING INCLUDING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWA. WOULD NOT EXPECT MUCH EASTWARD PROGRESSION INTO THE CWA WITH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR PUSHING WESTWARD INTO THE CWA. MORNING HOURS WILL LIKELY HAVE PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER IN ASSOCIATION WITH MCS...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN SECTIONS...HOWEVER WILL PROBABLY SEE DECENT SUN BY THE AFTERNOON. COOLER AIR MASS WORKING IN FROM THE EAST WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S THERE WITH LOW TO MID 80S POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH. GFS/NAM SHOWING DIFFERENCES WITH SOLUTIONS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GFS IS FURTHER NORTH WITH MCS DEVELOPMENT AND TAKES IT THROUGH THE CWA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WHILE NAM KEEPS THINGS WELL TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF THE TWO MODELS FOR NOW AND WILL PLAY THE WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH FEATURES TODAY AND LET THE UPCOMING FORECAST SHIFT DO SOME FINE TUNING. WITH THE BLEND...HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA AND KEPT THE NORTHEAST DRY. NAM BRINGS IN FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON THURSDAY WITH THE AID OF NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST. AS PREVIOUS FORECASTER MENTIONED...IT APPEARS EASTERN CANADIAN RIDGE WILL BE SLOW TO BREAK DOWN AND WILL KEEP THE AREA IN NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WILL KEEP INHERITED FORECAST DRY FOR NOW BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THIS CHANGE AS THIS PERIOD GETS CLOSER AND HOPEFULLY MORE CLEAR. LINDENBERG && .AVIATION... INTRODUCED A PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS IN BOTH THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD TAFS FOR THIS MORNING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE KANSAS FLINT HILLS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EAST THIS MORNING AND WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS SEVERAL KANSAS REPORTS HAVE SUGGESTED DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST PRIOR TO A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION BY THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. CRAMER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1124 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241800-
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-
1124 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
PEA SIZE HAIL.
AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SOUTHWEST OF A FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO CASSVILLE LINE TODAY.
DISCUSSION:
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER
FAR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. IN ADDITION TO
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY AS WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
AREA FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THIS WILL
CONTINUE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER
REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.
&&
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)
LINDENBERG/IZZISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 855 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ093-241500- NEWTON- 855 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NEWTON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 853 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SENECA...OR 12 MILES WEST OF NEOSHO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR LEAWOOD BY 925 AM CDT. NEAR SAGINAW BY 930 AM CDT. 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIAMOND BY 945 AM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 911 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 KSZ097-101-MOZ088-094-241515- CHEROKEE-CRAWFORD-JASPER-LAWRENCE- 911 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN KANSAS THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHEROKEE... CRAWFORD... IN MISSOURI THIS CANCELS 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI JASPER... LAWRENCE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... PITTSBURG...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...JOPLIN AND CARTHAGE. MOZ093-101>102-241515- BARRY-MCDONALD-NEWTON- 911 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... MCDONALD... NEWTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONETT...CASSVILLE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE AND NEOSHO. IZZI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 949 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ093-101>102-241600- BARRY-MCDONALD-NEWTON- 949 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 319...PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT...HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... MCDONALD... NEWTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE AND NEOSHO. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...EVENT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1032 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM FLASH FLOOD SENECA 36.85N 94.60W
05/24/2005 NEWTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
LOW WATER CROSSING OVER LOST CREEK OVER HIGHWAY C
CLOSED. HIGH WATER ALSO REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 43 NORTH
OF SENECA AND AROUND NEOSHO.
RUNNELSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1053 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ102-241645- BARRY- 1053 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT... AT 1049 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHEATON TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PEA RIDGE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONETT TO PEA RIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOW CLOUDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS MAY BE MISTAKEN FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS. NO TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR WASHBURN BY 1110 AM CDT. NEAR SELIGMAN BY 1115 AM CDT. NEAR CASSVILLE BY 1130 AM CDT. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1057 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 MOZ093-101>102-241700- BARRY-MCDONALD-NEWTON- 1057 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 319 TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS ALLOWS TO EXPIRE 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY... MCDONALD... NEWTON... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT... CASSVILLE AND NEOSHO. IZZI
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
2.62 inches of rain over a two hour time span caused flash flooding over a section of Clints Road between Highway 59 and Kodiak Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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