Several waves of heavy rainfall occurred over southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri between June 10th and June 12th. The Spring River basin was especially impacted with this heavy rain.
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Several waves of heavy rainfall occurred over southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri between June 10th and June 12th. The Spring River basin was especially impacted with this heavy rain. The Waco, Missouri DCP guage along the Spring River measured 12 inches during one overnight episode. This caused massive flooding of small creeks and main stem rivers across Cherokee, Crawford, and Bourbon counties. One weak tornado touched down in northern Cherokee County on the 10th. Meanwhile a few other minor episodes of wind damage and large hail occurred in 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 Jun 10, 5:49 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 649 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2007 UPDATED AVIATION SECTION .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY ALIGNED NEAR THE KS/OK BORDER AND LINEAR MCS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS HAVE MERGED JUST WEST OF WICHITA. LITTLE EASTWARD PROGRESSION HAS OCCURRED SINCE THE MERGER...THOUGH CORFIDI VECTORS INDICATE THAT AN EAST TO SOUTHEASTWARD SHIFT TO THE MCS CAN BE EXPECTED. 30-40KT LLJ WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE MCS AS THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE 250MB JET PROVIDES ADDITIONAL LIFT AND CONVECTIVE SUPPORT. SCATTERED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI IN RELATIVELY DEEP MOISTURE POOLING WEST OF A TIGHT MOISTURE GRADIENT IN THE LOWEST 5KM OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE MCS MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE OZARKS THIS MORNING THE NEAR TROPICAL AIRMASS NOW TAKING ROOT IN THE AREA WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND AMOUNTS WERE THE CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION CONTINUES AS NOTED BY LOW 70 DEW POINTS AT JOPLIN WITH UPPER 60 DEW POINTS AROUND SPRINGFIELD. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER ACROSS THE REGION OVER AND AROUND THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS TODAY WITH 70 DEW POINTS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. THE INCREASING MOISTURE...IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALMOST FULL SUNSHINE... AFTERNOON MODEL MLCAPES OF 1800-2800 J/KG AND 20-30 KNOTS OF BULK SHEAR WILL ALLOW STORMS TO FREELY CONVECT WHICH IS TYPICAL IN A SUMMERTIME PULSE ENVIRONMENT. WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ALONG THE REMNANTS OF THE MCS AND LLJ...EXPECT SOME STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. CLIMATOLOGICAL SEVERE MODE IN SUMMER INDICATES THAT WIND THREAT WOULD BE OF THE GREATEST CONCERN. THERE IS NO CAP TO SPEAK OF NOTED ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE PROGS LOOK IDEAL TO SUPPORT UPDRAFT GROWTH. PRECIPITAL WATER VALUES ABOVE 1.50 INCHES ALSO INDICATE THAT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE A CONCERN. AFTER TODAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE TRAVERSES THE BUILDING RIDGE AND PROVIDES THE REGION WITH ANOTHER SHOT A PRECIPITATION. THIS RATHER STAGNANT AND PERSISTENT PATTERN WILL REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. THE NEAR TROPICAL WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION INCREASING THE CHANCES OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEK WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S...WITH MUGGY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AS LOWS REMAIN IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. WITH THE INITIALIZATION ISSUE OF THE GFS AND WRF FOR AND THE WAY OVERDONE PRECIPITATION AND QPF AM CONCERNED WITH THE DIFFERENCES LATER IN THE WEEK BETWEEN THE MODELS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. THUS DID NOT REALLY TOUCH THE FORECAST PAST MID WEEK HOPING FOR MORE CONSISTENCY IN THE MODEL IN LATER RUNS. WITH THAT SAID CUT OFF LOW OVER SOUTHER CALIFORNIA WILL SHIFT EAST DURING THE WEEK. THIS WOULD BRING THE REGION ITS NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION LATE IN THE WEEK. HATCH && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAF PACKAGE...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BOTH TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. THINK THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR THUNDER AT BOTH TAF LOCATIONS FOR THESE PERIODS...AND VICINITY THUNDER THROUGH TONIGHT. MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS. PREVAILING WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST. SCHAUMANN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 549 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111100- 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- 549 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SLOWLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AREAWIDE. DISCUSSION: A NEAR TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE OZARKS TODAY...BEHIND A WARM FROM THAT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. AS DAYTIME HEATING OCCURS...THIS AIRMASS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE BY MID DAY. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...AND SOME OF THEM WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWN BURST WINDS...HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE MORE SEVERE STORMS MAY HAVE LARGE HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON AN AFTERNOON BASIS THROUGH SATURDAY. A RATHER STAGNANT WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE UNSTABLE AND HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE...AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING DOWN BURST WIND GUSTS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS. HOWEVER...STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES DURING THE DAY. && 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) HATCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 518 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 KSZ073-101045- BOURBON KS- 518 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 545 AM CDT... AT 513 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BLUE MOUND...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MAPLETON. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SCHAUMANN
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:58 UTC.
5 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flooding across northern sections of Bourbon County. Numerous low water crossings were impassable to motorists. A local observer in the area had measured 3.40 inches of rain that fell in two hours.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power poles along with numerous trees across the city of Pittsburg.
A photographer from KODE TV in Joplin filmed a tornado briefly touching down. The tornado was located one mile south southeast of the intersection of Highway 400 and 7. No damage occurred as the tornado mainly impacted an open field.
Periods of excessive rainfall caused flash flooding over much of Crawford County for nearly 24 hours. Locations that experienced this flooding included, city streets in Pittsburg, a section of 520th AVE. between 250th and 260th streets, and low lying areas along Cow Creek. On the days of the 11th and 12th, the Crawford County Emergency Manager had stated that flash flooding was ongoing countywide, and the road closures were too many to count.
The Spring River along with smaller non-stem river and creek systems experienced major flooding across the entire county. Approximately 50 homes were flooded along the Spring River. Many of the homes that were flooded are located from Baxter Springs to Riverton. Across the western section of Cherokee County, the Neosho River along with its smaller tributaries experienced major flooding. Numerous roads and bridges in these areas were washed out or destroyed.
Another stationary band of heavy rain occurred on the night of June 11th and the morning of June 12th. In response, significant flooding occurred in all areas of the county. The Spring and Neosho rivers remained flooded, causing damage to homes and several road systems.
An additional band of heavy rainfall caused another round of flooding across Crawford County. The southeast corner of Crawford County near Cow Creek was impacted the most. Damage to several road systems occurred in response to the raging flood water.
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