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 31, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 315 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A VERY MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TODAY. THE 12Z KSGF SOUNDING MEASURED A PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUE OF NEARLY 1.6 INCHES. TWO VORT CENTERS ARE MOST PROMINENT...ONE OVER NORTHERN MO AND THE OTHER OVER EASTERN MO. ISOLATED SMALL TSTM UPDRAFTS HAVE DEVELOPED IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MO COUNTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE FEATURES. AIRCRAFT DATA AND WATER VAPOR INDICATE AT LEAST ONE MORE UPPER VORT IN THE ARKLATEX REGION. FOR NOW...INSTABILITY (ML CAPES 1000-1200 J/KG) IS SUPPORTING ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN MO INTO EASTERN OK. UPPER FEATURES WITH THIS CONVECTION IS HARDER TO DISCERN...BUT IN GENERAL IT HAS FORMED IN A MIDLEVEL SHEAR AXIS THAT EXTENDS FROM THE ARKLATEX INTO NORTHWEST AR. MAIN CONCERNS ARE HOW THE EXISTING CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER FEATURES WILL EVOLVE. SHORTWAVE NOW MOVING THROUGH THE DAKOTAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SHOULD EVENTUALLY HELP KICK THE SHEAR AXIS/UPPER VORT CENTERS NOW OVER THE FORECAST AREA TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION SHOULD TRY TO CONTINUE TO FILL IN FROM NORTHERN MO WHERE UPPER LOW/VORT NOW EXISTS...SSW INTO SOUTHWEST MO EASTERN OK. WITH HIGH FREEZING LEVELS AND HIGH PWATS WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE EFFICIENT CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION. HOURLY RADAR DERIVED PRECIP TOTALS BEAR THIS OUT WITH VERY ISOLATED ONE-TWO INCH AMOUNTS. WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT WITH THE MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. IF I COULD REASONABLY PINPOINT WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN COVERAGE WAS GOING TO OCCUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN UPPER VORT OR SURFACE FEATURE...ID CONSIDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT STORM COVERAGE MY BE SOMEWHAT SCATTERED AND WOULD RATHER NOT CHASE RADAR TRENDS YET. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL IL INTO EAST CENTRAL KS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE SHORTWAVES/VORTS GETS KICKED TO THE EAST. WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH CHANCE OR LIKELY POPS THURSDAY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE EASTERN CWA. LONG TERM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FAIRLY QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT...ALTHOUGH FOR BOTH MODELS...RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY IS NOT ALL THAT GREAT. WHILE THE PATTERN IS SIMILAR VERSUS PREVIOUS RUNS...THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE WESTERN 500MB RIDGE AXIS REMAINS IN PLACE OUT OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WHILE SHORTWAVES MOVE OVER THE RIDGE AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE EASTERN CONUS VERSUS BUILDING THE WESTERN RIDGE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION AS DEPICTED BY PREVIOUS RUNS. A BROAD WEAK TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THESE UPPER SYSTEMS IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY. NNW-SSE BAROCLINIC ZONE AND LIMITED RETURN MOISTURE WITH THIS TROUGH MAY ALLOW SOME CONVECTION TO DEVELOP...AND HAVE ADDED SLIGHT POPS FOR THE TUE-TUE NIGHT TIME PERIOD. HAVE ALSO LOWER TEMPERATURES A BIT FOR NEXT WEEK...BUT THEY WILL STILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. DSA && .AVIATION... FOR THE KSGF/KJLN 18Z TAFS...LIKE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...MAIN AREAS OF CONVECTION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. ONE VERY PROMINENT VORT CENTER IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH OVER NORTHWEST MO...AND ANOTHER MORE SUBTLE FEATURE IS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MO. FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN SHOWER/VCTS CHANCES IN THE TAFS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION AT BOTH TAF SITES. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS MAY FOCUS CONVECTION LATER IN THE TAF CYCLE...BUT TIMING/COVERAGE HARD TO PINPOINT AT THIS POINT. DSA && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 340 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-010200- 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- 340 PM CDT WED MAY 31 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: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN CONDUCIVE TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS WILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR EXPERIENCING SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. DISCUSSION: A TROPICAL AIRMASS IS IN PLACE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. MOST AREAS WILL NOT ACQUIRE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...OR MAY BE ONGOING...THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) CRAMER
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding across a low water bridge on Highway P near its intersection with County road 515.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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