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 Sep 15, 2:10 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 310 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... FIRST WAVE OF CONVECTION MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA...AND HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR THIS IN THE SHORT TERM GRIDS. CONVECTION IS ELEVATED...AND IS MOVING AT A NICE CLIP AS LEAD SHORTWAVE MOVES ENE THROUGH THE AREA AHEAD OF THE STRONGER SHORTWAVE NOW OVER WESTERN KS. FIRST AREA OF RAIN MAY CLEAR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE CWA BEFORE 1200 GMT. NEXT AREA OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER WESTERN KS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...EXITING THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HAVE CATEGORICAL RAIN CHANCES IN MOST...IF NOT ALL AREAS...TAPERING THE RAIN OFF FROM SW-NE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING THE MOST OBVIOUS CONCERN IN THE NEAR TERM. STRONGLY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET IS COUPLED WITH DEEP MOISTURE (PROGGED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.8-1.9). LOOKS AS THOUGH HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE 850MB LOW TRACK ON THE MO OZARK PLATEAU WHERE ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL BE MAXIMIZED. POINT SOUNDINGS STILL INDICATE SOME MODEST ELEVATED INSTABILITY...BUT THAT DECREASES WITH TIME THIS MORNING. PREVIOUS THINKING HAS BEEN THAT WITH RECENT GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION...NOT TO GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH...HOWEVER...STARTING TO RETHINK THIS FOR TODAY. AT THE VERY LEAST WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONE FORECAST AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR LOW CLOUDS TO CLEAR IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER SYSTEM TONIGHT. CLEARING SHOULD OCCUR OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF 500MB FLAT RIDGE. HAVE PUT FOG IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WESTERN MO/SOUTHEAST KS. WILL ALSO MENTION SOME THE CHANCE OF SHALLOW RADIATION FOG AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SURFACE HIGH OVER EASTERN MO. ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWN FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...BUT WARM WEATHER WILL RETURN OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA AND LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION KICKS IN. ZONAL FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BOTH THE NAM AND AND THE GFS DEVELOP A LEE SIDE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH DECENT ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SURFACE FRONT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NOT OVERLY ABUNDANT LATE SATURDAY...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH LOW RAIN CHANCES FOR THE NORTHERN CWA LATE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. DSA && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS...SHORT TERM CONCERNS DEAL WITH ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE IFR AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE COMPLEX MOVES EASTWARD. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. HAVE KEPT MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY DUE TO THE PERSISTENT LOW LCL AND LIFT ACROSS THE REGION. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO RE-EVALUATE FOG POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT. JLT && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 450 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161000- 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- 450 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM OVER KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. AREAS OF FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GIRARD KANSAS TO ELDON LINE. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR MUCH THE AREA THROUGH 1 PM. WHILE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE...WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...PLEASE RELAY RAINFALL REPORTS AND LOCATIONS AND SEVERITY OF FLOODING...IF IT SHOULD OCCUR. && 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
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused Wilson's Creek to flood in western sections of Springfield. Several other roads in the city of Springfield also became impassable from flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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