Missouri, 2006

Flash Flood in Missouri, July 10, 2006

July 10, 2006 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 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 Jul 10, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

.DISCUSSION...

LONG TERM TRENDS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE OZARKS...WITH A TYPICAL SUMMER TYPE UPPER
RIDGE PARKED ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. MEAN GUIDANCE AND ENSEMBLES
SHOW THE HIGHEST THICKNESS VALUES AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR THIS AREA LIKELY. REAL-TIME STANDARDIZED ANOMALIES
AT THE 85H DONT INDICATE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOR
(OZARKS/SOUTHEAST KANSAS) TEMPERATURES TO RISE ABOVE NORMAL MEANS.
HOWEVER...THE CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND NO AIR MASS REPLACEMENT
FOR SURFACE CONDITIONS...BELIEVE HIGHS IN THE MID 90S LOOK GOOD WITH
HEAT INDICES APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES OVER THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO FINE TUNE THE LOCAL EFFECTS...BUT THIS
SHOULD BE THE HOTTEST AND MOST HUMID FOR THIS SUMMER SO FAR. IN
ADDITION...70H WILL BE LOW ENOUGH TO PRODUCE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS WHERE WEAK
CONVERGENCE MAY DEVELOP. JLT

&&

.AVIATION...

HAVE CONTINUED VICINITY THUNDER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AT SPRINGFIELD
AND JOPLIN AND CARRIED SOME TEMPO THUNDER THROUGH 20Z TO 21Z TO
ACCOUNT FOR SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING WITHIN DESTABILIZING AIRMASS
OVER SOUTHWEST MO. BASED ON OBSERVED CLOUD TRENDS...BROUGHT CEILINGS
BRIEFLY BELOW 2000 FEET AT SPRINGFIELD. WILL REMAIN MORE OPTIMISTIC
AT JOPLIN WHERE TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS ARE GREATER.

WILL CARRY VICINITY THUNDER THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING UNTIL
SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MOVES ACROSS TAF SITES.
THEREAFTER WILL CARRY MVFR CEILINGS AROUND 12Z THROUGH 15-18Z.

TERRY
&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 12:31 PM CST, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
131 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111845-
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-
131 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARD THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
PER HOUR THAT WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE LOCALLY THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF
RAIN FELL EARLIER TODAY. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS
OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM FOR AREAS OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES THROUGH
THURSDAY AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES AND LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES WILL AID
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES
AND TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S WILL CAUSE HEAT
INDICES TO APPROACH...OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE WIND GUSTS...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...LOCAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLOODING REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGE FOR NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

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)

JLT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 10:43 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1143 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1142 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W WHITE CHURCH        36.85N 91.84W
07/10/2006  E4.70 INCH       HOWELL             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

HATCH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 10:55 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1155 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1155 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NIANGUA                 37.39N 92.83W
07/10/2006  E2.90 INCH       WEBSTER            MO   PUBLIC

            RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM.

&&

HATCH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:08 PM CST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
108 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0106 PM     DOWNBURST        OZARK                   37.02N 93.21W
07/10/2006                   CHRISTIAN          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED
            DOWN AROUND THE CITY.

&&

HATCH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:24 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
124 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OZARK                   37.02N 93.21W
07/10/2006                   CHRISTIAN          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE REPORTED ACROSS WARREN AND KANSAS ROADS IN TOWN.
            TREES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED INTO TWO HOMES. ONE ON
            SOUTH 5TH STREET AND THE OTHER ON SOUTH 3RD AVENUE.

&&

HATCH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:26 PM CST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
126 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S NIXA                36.97N 93.29W
07/10/2006                   CHRISTIAN          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE REPORTED ACROSS RIVERDALE ROAD WEST OF HWY 160.

&&

HATCH
Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:47 PM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
147 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0146 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 W HOUSTON             37.33N 91.99W
07/10/2006  E4.50 INCH       TEXAS              MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL SINCE 730 AM.

&&

HATCH

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:57 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Howell

When
July 10, 1:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Howell County, West Plains
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.774, -91.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several roads and low lying areas were flooded from numerous thunderstorms that impacted the area.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2006

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: 5522751.