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 3, 5:15 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE AND AVIATION UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 615 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST RADAR TRENDS. REGIONAL 88D IMAGERY SHOWING SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG THE SFC COLD FRONT FROM SE KS THROUGH CENTRAL MO. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THIS WILL BE THE MAIN AREA TO RECEIVE RAINFALL AND HAVE UPPED POPS TO CATEGORICAL FROM VERNON TO PHELPS COUNTIES AND POINTS NORTHWARD. HAVE ALTERED POPS ACROSS SE ZONE THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE...RAISING BACK TO LIKELY TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SAGS INTO THIS AREA. RAIN CHANCES ACROSS SW QUARTER OF MISSOURI RATHER DIFFICULT. FOR THIS EVENING...THE FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS AREA...HOWEVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUE TO SPORADICALLY FIRE. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD...THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE WITH THE FRONT AND HAVE OPTED TO MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE BEST JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS SE KS AND W MO. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS A BIT BETTER HERE...AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS MORE PRISTINE AS COMPARED TO AREAS OVER THE EASTERN OZARKS (WHICH HAVE BEEN WORKED OVER BY PREVIOUS STORMS). MLCAPES WILL REMAIN IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE THIS EVENING AND 700-500 LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LARGE HAIL RISK. LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TORNADO RISK IS LOW...AND WILL BE ISOLATED TO THE MOST INTENSE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. GAGAN && .PREV DISCUSSION... COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT IS DRAPED FROM NEAR IRK TO COU TO CNU. THE AIRMASS HAS BECOME MODESTLY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THE FRONT. TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S HAVE RESULTED IN MLCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG...GIVE OR TAKE. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD FRONT...SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE AREA. ALOFT TWO UPPER DISTURBANCES ARE NOTED...WITH ONE OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND THE OTHER MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. TO THIS POINT...THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN OUR FOCUS MECHANISM WITH BROAD UPPER SUPPORT FROM THE DISTURBANCES ALOFT. EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR OF 30-35KT IS ENOUGH TO ORGANIZE CONVECTION INTO CLUSTERS/BANDS. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR VECTOR AND AS A RESULT...HAVE SEEN A TENDENCY FOR REGENERATIVE/SLIGHTLY BACKBUILDING CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT AND VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED FLOODING RISK. WITH 700-500MB LAPSE RATES AROUND 7C AND 2000 J/KG MLCAPE EXPECTED IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL CONTINUE. SHEAR IS REMINISCENT OF SUMMER...WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS MORE LIKE SPRING. THUS PRIMARY RISK IS LARGE HAIL...SECONDARY RISK IS LOCALIZED WIND. TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD AND SETTLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY SUNRISE. GIVEN SEEMINGLY CHAOTIC NATURE TO CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...HAVE MAINTAINED LIKELY POPS...AS A FEW AREAS MAY REMAIN DRY TONIGHT. TEMPS WILL FALL INTO THE 50S NORTH OF THE SFC FRONT TONIGHT...HANGING AROUND 60 NEAR THE FRONT. A FEW MORE DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE W/E ACROSS THE AREA THUR AND THUR NIGHT. HAVE KEPT HIGHEST POPS (LIKELY) CONFINED TO THE SOUTHER TIER OF COUNTIES...TAPERING TO LOWER CHC OVER CENTRAL MO. TEMPS ARE ADMITTEDLY TRICKY THUR AND THUR NIGHT...DEPENDENT ON CLOUD COVERAGE AND RAIN DISTRIBUTION. BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME IS FOR HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 THUR AFTERNOON WITH LOWS BACK INTO THE 50S THUR NIGHT. FRI AND FRI NIGHT...LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE ACTION AS SFC FRONT LOOKS TO SETTLE OVER NORTHERN ARK. HAVE CUT BACK ON POPS WITH LOW END CHC ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES TAPERING TO SLIGHT CHC OVER CENTRAL MO. HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. SAT THROUGH WED...MED RANGE GUIDANCE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN...HOWEVER THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES IN HANDLING SMALLER SCALE FEATURES EMBEDDED THEREIN. THE FIRST ISSUE IS FOR THE WEEKEND WHERE THE ECMWF HAS BECOME RATHER PESSIMISTIC MAINTAINING CLOUDS AND SHOWER POTENTIAL. THE GFS ENS AND UKMET SUGGESTS LINGER RAIN CHANCE EARLY SATURDAY WITH CLEAR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. GIVEN RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY FROM THE GFS ENS AND UKMET...HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW THESE SOLUTIONS. IN SPITE OF DIFFERENCES FOR THE WEEKEND...CONSENSUS REMAINS FOR ANOTHER TROUGH PASSAGE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. ENSEMBLE SPREAD CONTINUES TO REMAIN HIGH DURING THIS TIME FRAME AND CONFIDENCE IN PIN-POINTING THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS FEATURE REMAINS ON THE LOW SIDE. MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY WITH LOW END CHC POPS AND A RETURN TO AVERAGE TEMPS. GAGAN && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...FORECAST CONUNDRUM REMAINS THE BELIGERENT CONVECTION JUST TO THE NORTH OF SGF AND JLN. THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR FOCUSING THIS CONVECTION IS SLOWLY SAGGING TO THE SOUTH. FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE EVENING...TSRA SHOULD REMAIN TO THE NORTH OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHEAR AXIS ALOFT IS ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...SO THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW. THEREFORE...WILL HOLD TSRA POTENTIAL TOWARD MIDNIGHT OR THEREAFTER. CIGS/VIS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION WILL REMAIN VFR...WITH MVFR CIGS ON TAP THURSDAY. GAGAN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1030 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041845- 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- 1030 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HOUSTON TO GAINESVILLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT INTERACTS WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL RESULT IN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT... LOCALIZED FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...FARTHER TO THE NORTH SMALLER HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH MIDNIGHT. && 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) TERRY/GAGAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1019 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0839 PM FLASH FLOOD SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
05/03/2006 GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROAD AT 2500 BLOCK OF WEST COLLEGE
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1022 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0945 PM TSTM WND DMG 15 SE GENTRYVILLE 36.71N 92.17W
05/03/2006 OZARK MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 14
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LDOOLEYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1023 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 MOZ106-040415- OREGON- 1023 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF THAYER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1037 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
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0900 PM TSTM WND DMG GROVESPRING 37.40N 92.61W
05/03/2006 WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1038 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0910 PM TSTM WND GST MANSFIELD 37.11N 92.58W
05/03/2006 E0 MPH WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1137 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0730 PM FLOOD 3 SE ALLEY SPRING 37.11N 91.41W
05/03/2006 SHANNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY E FLOODED
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LDOOLEYThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:38 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding inundated a section of Highway V.
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
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: 5508642.