Another round of thunderstorms developed during the daytime hours of June 30th. Heavy rain combined with saturated soils from the many rain events over the course of the spring and early summer caused another round of flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Another round of thunderstorms developed during the daytime hours of June 30th. Heavy rain combined with saturated soils from the many rain events over the course of the spring and early summer caused another round of flash flooding.
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 30, 2:15 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
315 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
...SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION TODAY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI TAKING SHAPE...
.DISCUSSION...
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS/WESTERN MISSOURI.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVED INTO OUR WESTERN TWO TIERS OF
COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES FALLING OVER OUR KANSAS COUNTIES. THOUGH NOT
AS BAD AS KANSAS COUNTIES FURTHER WEST...THIS AREA IS ALREADY
DEALING WITH RIVER FLOODING AND CONTINUED RAIN TODAY IS ONLY GOING
TO INCREASE PROBLEMS. HEAVIER RAINS EXPECTED TO SHIFT A LITTLE
FURTHER EAST TODAY. THE FORECAST CHALLENGE IS HOW FAR EAST THIS
HEAVY RAIN WILL EXTEND.
CURRENTLY...MCS TAKING MORE OF A NORTH AND EASTERLY TRAJECTORY ON WV
IMAGERY PAST SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING
MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS STARTING TO DIE OFF A LITTLE OVER OUR
WESTERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES...BUT ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS BEING
SEEN BEHIND THIS ONE WILL MOVE INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES LATER THIS
MORNING.
TODAY...LLVL JET EVIDENT ON THE NDSK PROFILER AT 35 KTS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LLVL FORCING TO KEEP CONVECTION
GOING AT LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING. MODEL QPF OUTPUT A LITTLE LOW AS
REALTIME OBS OUT IN EASTERN KANSAS REPORTING ANYWHERE FROM 1.1
INCHES IN CHANUTE TO ALMOST 2.6 INCHES AT PARSONS KANSAS FOR PAST 6
HOURS. HAVE UPPED QPF AMOUNTS FOR THIS MORNING FOR TODAY TO REFLECT
THIS. OUR WESTERN COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE
WILL BE LOOKING AT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. WILL BE HITTING
THE HWO HARD FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL TODAY FOR THESE AREA. BOTH GFS
AND WRF CONTINUE THE 850MB CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA TODAY...SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WILL EXTEND FLASH
FLOOD WATCH INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.
SUNDAY ON...CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE FINALLY PUSHING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. RIDGING FROM NORTH AND NORTHEAST BUILDS IN PUSHING THE
OKLAHOMA LOW FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN TEXAS. LOOKS LIKE DRY
CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GFS IS HINTING AT
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE POSSIBLY THURSDAY...BUT WILL WORRY ABOUT THAT IN
LATER FORECASTS.
GCC
&&
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...WILL HAVE MVFR CEILINGS AT KSGF AND KJLN
OVERNIGHT. LOWER STRATUS EVIDENT IN LIMITED OBSERVATIONS OVER THE MO
OZARKS. HELD OFF MENTIONING SHOWERS/TSTMS AT KSGF OVERNIGHT BUT THAT
TREND NEEDS TO BE WATCHED. FOR KJLN...TSTM CHANCES LESS PROBLEMATIC.
WILL SEE WIDE RANGE OF CEILINGS THERE...BUT IN GENERAL WENT WITH A
LOWERING TREND (CONDITIONAL CLIMO) TONIGHT...AND LINGERED LOWER
CEILINGS INTO THE MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR SATURDAY
MID MORNING AT BOTH LOCATIONS...BUT DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE A
POSSIBILITY AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. DSA
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR MOZ055>058-
068>071-079>081-090-091-095-103-104.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR MOZ066-067-077-
078-088-089-093-094-101-102.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1135 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301800- 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- 1135 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF SERIOUS FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...AND BOURBON COUNTIES LATE THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN COUNTIES ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED TWO INCHES IN SOME AREAS. STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING BEFORE NOON. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EVEN INTO SUNDAY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO EXIST INTO THIS WEEKEND. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL THEN DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE CWA THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY NOTABLE REPORTS OF MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY AREAS OF FLOODING. && 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) DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 N PIERCE CITY 37.02N 94.00W
06/29/2007 LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LOW WATER BRIDGE WAS
IMPASSABLE ON COUNTY ROAD 1010 ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
PIERCE CITY
&&
LDOOLEYThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:51 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms caused widespread flash flooding across Bourbon County.
Widespread flash flooding occurred in response to another round of storms.
All small streams, creeks, and the Neosho River were flooding much of the county.
Flash flooding continued over Crawford County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 45035, 45038, 45039, 45040.