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 Sep 17, 11:26 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1226 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 .UPDATE... AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN THE DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...AND STRONG LIFT UNDERNEATH DIFFLUENT FLOW EVIDENT AT 250/300MB HAS ALLOWED A WAVE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY EAST MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. THE SURFACE WAVE IS LIKELY JUST SOUTH OF KSGF AT NOON...AND HAVE SEEN ENHANCED LIFT AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL E-NE OF THIS FEATURE. PROGGED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES THIS AFTERNOON ARE AROUND 2.00 INCHES...AND WE HAVE HAD EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS BASED ON SOME GROUND TRUTH AMOUNTS...AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES IN THE MILLER AREA IN LAWRENCE COUNTY (MOST AMOUNTS ARE MUCH LESS THAN THAT). WAVY FRONT IS STILL PROGGED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THROUGH MY EASTERN COUNTIES EARLY TONIGHT. ALREADY HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MENTIONED WITH AN UPDATE EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND IN THE GRIDS I HAVE GRADUALLY SHIFTED THE HEAVIEST RAIN EAST OF SGF BY THIS EVENING. MAY CONSIDER A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT OVER MY EASTERN COUNTIES...BUT WILL NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER. MITIGATING FACTORS FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING ARE OBVIOUSLY THE RECENT DRY WEATHER/DROUGHT. SEVERE STORM THREAT LOOKS FAIRLY MINIMAL....WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF MY EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW 80S ATTM AND MLCAPES ARE APPROACHING 1500 J/KG. DSA && .DISCUSSION... FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS LIT UP TO OUR WEST AS ADVERTISED. NOSE OF 50-60KT LLJ CONTINUES TO ADVECT RICH LOW LEVEL THETA-E AIR INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. IN THE PREFRONTAL WARM SECTOR...CONDITIONS ARE MUGGY THIS MORNING WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S. MID/UPPER LEVEL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF LANE IS BEGINNING TO MAKE PROGRESS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE EFFECTS OF THIS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF CLOUD COVER OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHICH WILL HINDER SIGNIFICANT DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION. ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST IS A WAVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS RESULTING IN DEEP CONVECTION /AS PER MORNING IR CLOUD TOPS/. THIS PIECE OF ENERGY IS PROGGED TO TRAVEL NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING INTO ARKANSAS. THIS WILL ENCOURAGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO OUR SOUTH THIS MORNING AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRAVERSES OUR AREA. STORY REMAINS CONSISTENT REGARDING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ACROSS THE OZARKS TODAY. FLOW AND BULK SHEAR VECTORS PARALLEL TO THE COLD FRONT WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED LINEAR DEVELOPMENT. LACK OF STEEP 700-500MB LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT IN WEAK INSTABILITY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES SHOW MODEST SHEAR THROUGH THE LOWER HALF OF THE ATMOSPHERE...MORE CONDUCIVE TO MULTICELLULAR DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO SUPERCELL STRUCTURES. HOWEVER...IF A DISCRETE CELL OR TWO CAN DEVELOP /PRIMARILY ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST CWA/ IT WOULD BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LARGE HAIL THREAT IS MINIMAL FOR OUR AREA GIVEN HIGH FREEZING LEVELS AND AFOREMENTIONED LACK OF SHEAR AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE I-44 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND BUFKIT OFFER SOME SEMBLANCE OF LONG SKINNY CAPE AND MARGINALLY DEEP WARM CLOUD LAYERS. CONTINUED LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION ON THE HEELS OF 20KT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PROVIDE A BELT OF MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. 00Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS DOWNSTREAM PRECIPITABLE WATER VALES FROM 1.6-1.8 INCHES. ALL OF THIS IS MEASURED IN AN EXPECTED MAXIMA OF K INDICES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE WAKE OF TODAYS SYSTEM...MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL COMMENCE ACROSS THE PLAINS AS A MODIFIED CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH SPREADS INTO OUR AREA. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL BE IN STORE FOR THE OZARKS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE MID/UPPER 40S AND HIGHS COMFORTABLY IN THE 70S. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW READINGS IN THE UPPER 60S ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL DIP INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY THURSDAY. THERE IS SOME MODEL DISCREPANCY IN REGARDS TO THE EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT THE GFS...ECMWF...AND CANADIAN GENERALLY AGREE OF AN IMPACT ON THE OZARKS LATE IN THE WORK WEEK. LACK OF MOISTURE WILL INITIALLY BE AN ISSUE. HOWEVER...THE POSITION OF THE TROUGH WILL LIKELY DRAW UP SOME MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF MIRIAM. A FEW DAYS OF SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW MID-WEEK AND A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL SET UP A NICE WARM AIR/MOIST ADVECTION REGIME AND ALLOW THE GULF TO OPEN UP. MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST WAS TO BUMP UP TO 30 POPS FOR FRIDAY...WHICH IS FAIRLY ALIGNED TO THE ENSEMBLE POPS. SCHULTZ && .AVIATION... A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW JUST OFF OF THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AREAS OF MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INCREASES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST THIS MORNING IN JOPLIN AND IN SPRINGFIELD BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES EASTWARD. FOSTER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1124 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-180900- 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- 1124 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 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: HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. DISCUSSION: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ALONG A COLD FRONT SLOWING MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THIS ACTIVITY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY...MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE THE HIGHEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...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) SCHULTZ/GAGAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
933 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006
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0932 AM HEAVY RAIN MILLER 37.21N 93.84W
09/17/2006 M3.00 INCH LAWRENCE MO CO-OP OBSERVER
THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.
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GAGANSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 949 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 MOZ067-171545- ST. CLAIR- 949 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY UNTIL 1045 AM CDT... AT 943 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF OSCEOLA...OR 17 MILES EAST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced flooding over National Avenue in Springfield.
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