Missouri, 2006Flash Flood in Missouri, May 10, 2006
May 10, 2006 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone
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What forecasters said that day
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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 5:35 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 5:35 PM CST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
635 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
.UPDATE...
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
AT LATE AFTERNOON. THIS FINAL ROUND OF RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A
SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION. THE RAIN WILL TAPER FROM THE
WEST THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR
ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OR LESS.
FOSTER
&&
.DISCUSSION...
HEAVY RAIN EVENT LOOKS TO BE COMING TO AN END. HOWEVER...RUNOFF
FROM LAST NIGHTS AND TODAYS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL KEEP FLOODING
ONGOING THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS...AND LIKELY THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON A SMALL BUT INTENSE AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE ROUNDING
THE BASE OF THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH. RAINFALL RATES APPROACHED TWO
INCHES PER HOUR AT THE SPRINGFIELD NWS OFFICE AS THE STORMS QUICKLY
MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. AS OF 230 PM...THE BULK OF CONVECTION AND
HEAVIER RAIN HAD PUSHED EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THERE
WAS STILL A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL
THAT EXTENDED BACK INTO EASTERN KANSAS. OBSERVED RAINFALL RATES
WITH THIS ACTIVITY WERE GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH INCH PER HOUR.
WILL GO AHEAD AND LET THE FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE AT 4 PM...AS ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. EVEN THOUGH THE WATCH WILL BE DROPPED
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS MENTIONED BEFORE...AS RUNOFF
CONTINUES TO INUNDATE LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE
LOCATIONS.
POPS TONIGHT WILL BE TRICKY...AS THE BACK END OF THE MAIN AREA OF
SHOWERS WILL REACH THE KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER AFTER 22Z. WILL
PROBABLY TWEAK POPS A BIT BEFORE ZONE ISSUANCE...BUT THE GENERAL
TREND WILL BE LOW POPS ACROSS OUR WESTERN AREAS AND LIKELY POPS
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE EVENING. IN
ADDITION...ANOTHER WAVE WILL DROP SOUTH TONIGHT BUT WITH DRIER AIR
FILTERING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT...NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THURSDAY LOOKS COOL WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE. AN
UPPER LOW SLOWLY MEANDERING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BRING
SOME CLOUDS TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST
LOCATIONS. THERE MAY EVEN BE A STRAY SHOWER OR TWO ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS FEATURE. WITH THIS IN MIND CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCES UP TOWARDS
THE OSAGE BEACH AND ROLLA AREAS. HIGHS LOOK TO STRUGGLE TO REACH 60
DEGREES WHERE THE CLOUDS HOLD FIRM...WITH WARMER MIDDLE 60S EXPECTED
ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER.
THROUGH THE WEEKEND CONDITIONS GENERALLY LOOK DRY...BUT SEVERAL
PERIODS OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WILL RESIDE OVER MAINLY THE EASTERN
THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW THE
AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW REMAINING NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES REGION BEFORE DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS KENTUCKY BY
SUNDAY. ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ON THE WESTERN
FRINGE OF THE FEATURE. HIGHS LOOK TO RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 60S TO
LOWER 70S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. I TEMPERED BACK THE STRONGER WARMUP
PAINTED IN THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY GRIDS AS EVEN THE WARMEST OUTLIERS
IN THE ENSEMBLE DATA WERE COOLER THAN WHAT WE HAD GOING.
SAW
&&
.AVIATION...
LIGHT RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AT THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD
TERMINALS EARLY THIS EVENING BY 03Z. VFR CEILINGS WILL PERSIST BUT
CLEAR FROM THE WEST BY LATE EVENING. LOCALIZED MVFR CEILINGS MAY
FORM ESPECIALLY OVER THE OZARK PLATEAU. PATCHY LIGHT FOG MAY FORM
OVERNIGHT BUT IT APPEARS A SUFFICIENT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN
PLACE TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION. BROKEN TO OVERCAST
CEILINGS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THURSDAY AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.
FOSTER
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
WFO SGF
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:55 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
455 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111100-
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-
455 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS...STREAMS...AND OTHER FLOOD
PRONE AREAS.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO THE EARLY
EVENING...BUT GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST. FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE AT MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS....STREAMS...AND OTHER FLOOD
PRONE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION:
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING...AND
BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR
LESS. RECENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING THROUGH THE NIGHT EVEN
THOUGH RAINFALL WILL END DURING THE EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOW WATER CROSSINGS
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY REMAIN FLOODED INTO THE DAY ON
THURSDAY...AS RUNOFF CONTINUES FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.
.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)
SAW/FOSTER
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 3:08 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
408 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM FLOOD PINEVILLE 36.59N 94.38W
05/10/2006 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
STREAMS AND RIVERS RISING QUICKLY. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
AND LOW WATER BRIDGES ARE IMPASSABLE. WATER IS RUNNING
OVER HIGHWAY E SOUTH OF POWELL.
&&
SCHULTZLocal storm report, May 10, 4:18 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
518 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM FLOOD HARTVILLE 37.25N 92.51W
05/10/2006 WRIGHT MO EMERGENCY MNGR
THE GASCONADE AND WOODS FORK RIVERS ARE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS AT HARTVILLE.
0515 PM FLOOD NORWOOD 37.11N 92.41W
05/10/2006 WRIGHT MO EMERGENCY MNGR
LOW LYING AREAS IN NORWOOD ARE FLOODED.
&&
SCHULTZLocal storm report, May 10, 4:40 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
540 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM FLOOD 2 N MARSHFIELD 37.37N 92.91W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
VINEYARD ROAD CLOSED DUE TO WATER OVER ROADWAY.
0300 PM FLOOD 4 SW MARSHFIELD 37.30N 92.96W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...GREENWOOD ROAD IS CLOSED.
0300 PM FLOOD 2 NE NIANGUA 37.41N 92.81W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOWEN CREEK FLOODING
0300 PM FLOOD 4 NE NIANGUA 37.43N 92.78W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
CANTRELL CREEK FLOODING
0300 PM FLOOD 5 NE NIANGUA 37.44N 92.77W
05/10/2006 WEBSTER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
GASCONADE RIVER FLOODING
&&
SCHULTZLocal storm report, May 10, 4:41 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
541 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM FLOOD LEBANON 37.68N 92.66W
05/10/2006 LACLEDE MO BROADCAST MEDIA
SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED IN LEBANON.
&&
AFOSTERLocal storm report, May 10, 5:02 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
602 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM FLOOD 3 E WILLARD 37.31N 93.37W
05/10/2006 GREENE MO NWS EMPLOYEE
NORTH FARM ROAD 125 AT LITTLE SAC RIVER.
&&
AFOSTERFlash Flood, Phelps
- When
- May 10, 6:30 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.877, -91.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive rainfall caused widespread flooding across Phelps County. Numerous low water crossings became impassable along with low lying areas near several county roads. Sections of county roads 8070, 3330, 7530, 3520, 8410, and 5180 became flooded and impassable. Sections of Highways CC and Y also became impassable during the height of the event.
- 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.
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, May 10, 2006$1.4 million · F2 · 2 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, May 10, 2006$620,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 10, 2006$2.8 million · 2.75 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 10, 2006$497,000 · 65 kt wind · 19 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 10, 2006$700,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 10, 2006$540,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Tornado in Indiana, May 10, 2006$150,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 10, 2006$400,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Louisiana, May 10, 2006$350,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 10, 2006$300,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 10, 2006$270,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 10, 2006$104,000 · 1 in hail · 20 events
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: 5509240.