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 9, 1:29 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 229 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS THIS PERIOD WILL BE WITH CONVECTION AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING POTENTIAL AND SEVERE POTENTIAL TODAY. CURRENTLY...40 TO 50 KT VEERED LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS OKLAHOMA POINTED AT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX REALLY TAKING SHAPE ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND STARTING TO DEVELOP INTO MORE OF A TRAINING PATTERN AS LOW LEVEL JET VEERS. EXPECTING THIS ACTIVITY TO TRAVERSE EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN CWA THIS MORNING WHERE PW VALUES OF 1.2 TO 1.4 EXIST. CURRENTLY HAVE A FLOOD WATCH OUT FOR FIRST 2 TIERS OF COUNTIES AND AT THE MOMENT THIS LOOKS GOOD. EVOLUTION OF THE MCS THIS MORNING WILL HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THE CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK FOR THIS AFTEROON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. IF THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CURRENTLY OVER KANSAS KEEPS CLOUD COVER AND RAIN IN MOST OF THE DAY OVER THE AREA THE LACK OF INSTABILITY SHOULD KEEP STORM REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SAGGING COLD FRONT FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE CWA. HOWEVER...IF SOME CLEARING CAN TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON...INSTABILITIES SHOULD INCREASE QUITE A BIT WITH DEW POINTS REACHING THE LOW TO MID 60S AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 70S. STORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP GIVEN THIS SCENARIO BY THE MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE CWA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR TORNADOES COULD NOT BE RULED OUT. THE BEST INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AT THIS POINT IN THE MCS STAGE...DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH SCENARIO WILL PLAY OUT BUT AM LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE FIRST ONE WITH MAINLY CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. THAT SAID...DONT PLAN TO TOTALLY IGNORE THE OTHER POSSIBILITY EITHER AND WILL MENTION SEVERE CHANCES IN THE MORNING HWO WITH ABOVE DISCLAIMER. NAM/GFS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH PRECIPITATION FORECAST TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY WITH NAM BRINGING MUCH DRIER AIR IN FASTER AND KEEPING MAIN ACTIVITY OUT OF THE CWA. GFS HAS ANOTHER MCS AFFECTING MAINLY THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA LATE TONIGHT AND ENDING THE ACTIVITY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE GONE CLOSER TO THE GFS SOLUTION AS IT HAS BEEN THE BETTER MODEL OF LATE...BUT MANY UNCERTAINTIES EXIST FOR TONIGHTS FORECAST AS DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH. DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEVERAL MORE WAVES OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY SHOULD ROTATE THROUGH THE CWA AROUND THE UPPER LOW THROUGH THURSDAY HOWEVER MOISTURE LOOKS PRETTY LIMITED FOR MENTION OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION. HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH IN THE LATER PERIODS. UPPER LOW IS PROGGED TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY BY SUNDAY WITH COOLER AIR MASS PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LINDENBERG && .AVIATION... FOR THE KSGF/KJLN TAFS...LINE OF STORMS OVER KS THIS EVENING WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SO FAR STORMS HAVE REMAINED FAIRLY LINEAR...AND BELIEVE THE PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF. PRESENT TIMING WOULD BRING THE STORMS INTO THE KJLN BY 800 GMT AND KSGF BETWEEN 0900-1000 GMT. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR...THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE TO MVFR/BRIEF IFR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DSA && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH HWY 71 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT/TUESDAY AM. KS...FLOOD WATCH LATE TONIGHT/TUESDAY AM. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-091800- 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- 600 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 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... LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: EARLY THIS MORNING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT COULD BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. DISCUSSION: A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING. SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THESE SAME LOCATIONS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS TODAY. IF SOME CLEARING CAN TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX... INSTABILITY WILL BE BEGIN TO INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND DEW POINTS INCREASE INTO THE MID 60S. PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT LARGE HAIL DEVELOPMENT AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY FORM INTO A SQUALL LINE LATER THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS. DRIER AIR SHOULD PUSH THE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI THROUGH 9 AM. SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OZARKS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. && 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) LINDENBERG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 428 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHEROKEE IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BARRY JASPER LAWRENCE MCDONALD NEWTON STONE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDERSON...AURORA... BAXTER SPRINGS...CARTHAGE...CASSVILLE...COLUMBUS...GALENA... JOPLIN...KIMBERLING CITY...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON... NEOSHO AND PINEVILLE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
511 AM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 AM HAIL 8 S COLUMBUS 37.05N 94.84W
05/09/2006 E1.75 INCH CHEROKEE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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HATCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
542 AM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 AM TORNADO 2 N SENECA 36.87N 94.61W
05/09/2006 NEWTON MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SENECA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY LIMITS.
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HATCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
547 AM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 AM HAIL 2 NE REDINGS MILL 37.04N 94.49W
05/09/2006 E0.75 INCH NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT THE 4 MILE MARKER OF INTERSTATE 44.
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HATCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 AM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 AM HAIL 7 N NEOSHO 36.97N 94.37W
05/09/2006 E0.75 INCH NEWTON MO AMATEUR RADIO
7 MILES NORTH OF NEOSHO ON 71 HIGHWAY.
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HATCHThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:18 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms caused numerous streets to flood and become impassable within the city limits of Neosho.
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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