A pulse thunderstorm caused flash flooding in a few sections of Crawford County.
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A pulse thunderstorm caused flash flooding in a few sections of Crawford County.
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 Jul 30, 5:30 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 630 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... SIMILAR FLOW PATTERN ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THAT WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA LAST NIGHT. ALTHOUGH LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION HAD A PERSISTENT MCV THAT CONTINUED TO FIRE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY IN THE SAME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. TONIGHTS PATTERN HAS SLIGHTLY MORE LOW LEVEL ENERGY AND ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL JET BEGINNING TO FORM ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS HAS AIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FAIRLY POTENT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY DISSIPATES ACROSS FAR EASTERN KANSAS AS THE MAIN FLOW PATTERN CHANGES. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN DEALS WITH ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL JET AXIS AND HOW THE THUNDERSTORMS EVOLVE ACROSS KANSAS...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE MODELS DO INCREASE THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS/COVERAGE GENERALLY ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN KANSAS THROUGH THIS MORNING...THE MAIN UPPER PATTERN TAKES THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE TO KEEP SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNSETTLED...OR AT LEAST 40-70% COVERAGE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE PERSISTENT DRIER EASTERLY FLOW AT LOW LEVELS SHOULD KEEP THE EASTERN FORECAST AREA MORE STABLE OR KEEP ONLY ISOLATED CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TODAY. MID LEVEL DRYING WILL LEAD TO ALMOST NO CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AFTER MONDAY NIGHT. ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WERE NOTED AS MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS AND AN INCREASE IN TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. NO LARGE SCALE DISTURBANCES ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OR LEAD TO AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS. JLT && .AVIATION... A BROKEN MID LEVEL DECK WILL COVER MUCH OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI THROUGH AT LEAST THIS MORNING. PATCHY FOG WILL DISSIPATE EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS INCREASE FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE JOPLIN VICINITY THIS MORNING AND BOTH THE SPRINGFIELD AND JOPLIN TERMINAL VICINITIES THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS IN THE SHOWERS. FOSTER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1012 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-311200- 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- 1012 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO AREAS WEST OF A WARSAW TO BOLIVAR TO JOPLIN LINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...MAINLY WEST OF AN OSCEOLA TO JOPLIN LINE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE BEST OVERALL COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH AND MAY EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN PARTS OF THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS STARTING THIS FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED 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) SCHAUMANN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1029 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2007
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1000 AM FLASH FLOOD GIRARD 37.51N 94.84W
07/30/2007 CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
K 7 CLOSED FROM K 47 NORTH OF GIRARD TO K 39. K 277
CLOSED FROM K 7 TO CRAWFORD STATE PARK. K 3 CLOSED FROM K
146 TO K 39.
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LDOOLEYThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive rainfall combined with moist soil conditions caused flash flooding in areas of Crawford County. Locations flooded included Highway 7 from Highway 47 to Highway 39, a section of Highway 277, and a section of Highway 3.
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