1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 10, 1:11 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 211 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI TODAY... MAIN FOCUS IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE DEVELOPING INTO A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL FOR TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN SHORTWAVE STILL FURTHER TO THE WEST ACROSS KANSAS. SURFACE FRONT STILL DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND INTO THE 50S NORTH OF THE FRONT. UPPER SHORTWAVE SHOULD SHIFT TO THE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS PRETTY STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET (100+ KTS) DIVES SOUTEHAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. CWA WILL BE CAUGHT IN BETWEEN AN EXITING JET STREAK AND THE ONE PUSHING INTO THE PLAINS AND WILL MAXIMIZE THE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE CWA BY MIDDAY. PRETTY GOOD WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG SYNOPTIC LOW ALMOST LIKE A GOOD WINTERTIME LOW...EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TRAIN INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY THE END OF THE EVENT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING SOUTH OF A NEVADA TO OSAGE BEACH LINE THROUGH 4 PM AND THIS LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. MAIN UPPER SYSTEM WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS TONIGHT QUICKLY SHIFTING PRECIPITATION EASTWARD BY EVENING. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES QUITE A BIT FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR TODAY WITH EXPECTED RAINFALL...KEEPING THE WARMER READINGS TO THE NORTHWEST WHERE PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE THE LEAST AND END THE QUICKEST THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER SOUTHEAST CLOUDS AND CONTINUED PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN IN THE LOW 60S. UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER OVER ILLINOIS THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE DROPPING SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY SUNDAY NIGHT. MAIN PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT THIS TIME APPEAR TO BE TO THE EAST OF THE CWA CLOSER TO THE VICINITY OF THE LOW BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY NO MAJOR PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXPECTED THROUGH THAT TIME PERIOD. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES A BIT DURING THE NIGHTTIME IN THE LATER PERIODS AS COLDER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA WITH THE LOW DROPPING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. LINDENBERG && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...CHALLENGING TAFS THIS CYCLE. SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER OKLAHOMA WITH BAND APPEARING AS THOUGH IT WILL SET UP FROM NEAR KSGF WSW INTO OKLAHOMA. FOR NOW ONLY INCLUDED VCTS IN SGF AND LEFT TS OUT OF JLN...BUT TAFS WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED BASED ON RADAR TRENDS. RAIN WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY AT KSGF. AS SITUATION UNFOLDS LATER TAFS MAY NEED TO LOWER CIGS/VIS TO MVFR FOR WEDNESDAY BUT GIVEN UNCERTAINTY DECIDED TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF OPTIMISM FOR NOW. IZZI && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...AREAS SOUTH OF A NEVADA TO OSAGE BEACH TO VIENNA LINE THROUGH 4 PM. KS...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
404 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-101800-
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-
404 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A FORT SCOTT TO LAKE OF THE
OZARKS LINE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION:
THE FIRST WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
WAS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO EASTERN MISSOURI
EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WAVE OF PRECIPITATION PRODUCED
A QUICK ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...ALONG
WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING.
WAVE NUMBER TWO WAS STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI
THAT THE FIRST WAVE MOVED ACROSS...ADDING TO THE
FLASH FLOODING THREAT.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE
AREA TODAY WHILE A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST ALONG A COLD FRONT EAST OF THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
THE DAY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND
EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY
END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS
WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR ALL OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND PART OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...HOWEVER
SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO PASS ALONG ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING
TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
&&
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)
LINDENBERGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1105 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0436 PM HAIL 5 N AVA 37.02N 92.66W
05/09/2006 E0.75 INCH DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME AND PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR MT. ZION
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 NE AVA 37.00N 92.60W
05/09/2006 DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ON COUNTY RD
209 OFF HIGHWAY FF.
0537 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 NE AVA 37.00N 92.60W
05/09/2006 DOUGLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
LOW WATER CROSSING AT HIGHWAY FF AND Y FLOODED AND CLOSED
FLOODING BEGAN PRIOR TO 540 PM AND ONGOING STILL AS OF
800 PM.
0610 PM HAIL DORA 36.78N 92.22W
05/09/2006 E0.75 INCH OZARK MO CO-OP OBSERVER
DIME SIZE HAIL
0630 PM HAIL ZANONI 36.69N 92.33W
05/09/2006 E1.00 INCH OZARK MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL
0634 PM HAIL ZANONI 36.69N 92.33W
05/09/2006 E1.75 INCH OZARK MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
0642 PM HAIL 7 N GAINESVILLE 36.70N 92.43W
05/09/2006 E1.00 INCH OZARK MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
REPORTED NEAR TANEY MOUNTAIN...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
GAINESVILLE ON HIGHWAY 181
0647 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NW BAKERSFIELD 36.55N 92.18W
05/09/2006 OZARK MO PUBLIC
FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED FROM EE AND 101 NEAR
BAKERSFIELD...LOOKING NORTH
0650 PM HAIL CAULFIELD 36.61N 92.10W
05/09/2006 E1.50 INCH HOWELL MO PUBLIC
PING PONG AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CAULFIELD
0700 PM FLOOD 7 N GAINESVILLE 36.70N 92.43W
05/09/2006 OZARK MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TANEY MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS SEVERAL LOW WATER
CROSSINGS FLOODED.ADDITIONAL DETAILS UNKNOWN AT THIS
TIME.
0723 PM HAIL MOODY 36.53N 91.99W
05/09/2006 E1.00 INCH HOWELL MO TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND STRONG ROTATION REPORTED NEAR MOODY
BY TRAINED SPOTTERS. RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0729 PM HAIL MOODY 36.53N 91.99W
05/09/2006 E2.50 INCH HOWELL MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL
0730 PM FLASH FLOOD CAULFIELD 36.61N 92.10W
05/09/2006 HOWELL MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
8 MILE STRETCH OF V HIGHWAY SOUTHWEST OF CAULFIELD
FLOODED IN LOW LYING AREAS. CREEKS ARE OUT OF BANKS.
SOUTHERN PORTION OF OO HIGHWAY FLOODED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CAULFIELD
0730 PM HAIL MOODY 36.53N 91.99W
05/09/2006 E2.50 INCH HOWELL MO PUBLIC
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 3 CAR WINDSHIELDS BROKEN OUT BY
HAIL
&&
IZZISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 115 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 MOZ096-100645- DOUGLAS- 115 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTH OF GAINESVILLE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AVA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
217 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM FLASH FLOOD NOEL 36.55N 94.48W
05/10/2006 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORT OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN NOEL AREA
RELAYED TO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. SHERIFF HAD NO
SPECIFICS ON WHICH LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
0100 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 N GALENA 36.85N 93.47W
05/10/2006 STONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ON HIGHWAY 413
JUST NORTH OF GALENA
0115 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NW BRANSON 36.66N 93.24W
05/10/2006 TANEY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODED ON AIRPORT RD NEAR HIGHWAY
248. ANOTHER LOW WATER CROSSING FLOODED ON HIGHWAY F AT
BULL CREEK.
&&
IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
232 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 AM FLASH FLOOD SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
05/10/2006 GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.
FIRE STATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF BLACK AND BERKLEY HAS
WATER FLOWING INTO IT. SAND BAGGING IS UNDERWAY.
ALSO...THE INTERSECTION OF BATTLEFIELD AND LUSTER ALONG
WITH THE INTERSECTION OF FAIRWAY AND DELAWARE HAVE BECOME
IMPASSABLE.
&&
DCRAMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
400 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 AM FLOOD DIGGINS 37.17N 92.85W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS A AND KK ARE FLOODED AS WELL. ROAD
CREWS ARE ENROUTE TO PLACE BARRICADES ON SEVERAL OTHER
COUNTY ROADS.
&&
HATCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
427 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 AM FLASH FLOOD 6 S MARSHFIELD 37.25N 92.91W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
WEBSTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER IS CURRENTLY OBSERVING
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS BELLFORD
ROAD...APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF A HIGHWAY. HE
REPORTS THAT THE ROAD LOOKS LIKE A RIVER WITH LARGE
DEBRIS SWIFTLY FLOATING THROUGH THE FLASH FLOODING.
&&
DCRAMERThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A round of thunderstorms caused excessive rainfall to occur over much of Newton County. Numerous city streets in Seneca and Neosho became impassable to motorists. Meanwhile, a section of Highway 43 became inundated with flood water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 2006
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