Heavy thunderstorms caused localized areas of flooding across extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Heavy thunderstorms caused localized areas of flooding across extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks.
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 Mar 20, 10:22 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1122 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST UPDATED TO INCREASE POPS IN AREAS ALONG/NW OF I-44 CORRIDOR AND TO ADJUST HOURLY GRIDS FOR THE LATEST TRENDS. ACTIVE WEATHER DAY UNDERWAY. BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EXTREME SW MO EARLY HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND ELONGATED THROUGHOUT A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN LOWER SINCE SUNRISE...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITHIN THE BAND OF RAIN AVERAGING AROUND ONE INCH IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. WSR 88-D REGIONAL MOSAIC INDICATES THAT THIS BAND IS ON THE MOVE TO THE NORTH...HOWEVER ANOTHER BATCH OF RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL VORT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS AND CONTINUED ISENTROPIC LIFT UP/OVER THE (CURRENTLY) STATIONARY SFC FRONT ALONG THE OK/KS MO/ARK BORDERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITHIN THE NARROWING BAND OF RAIN LIFTING NORTH OUT OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR. THE BIG CHALLENGE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IS THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR OF THE CONVECTION OVER KS/NORTHERN OK ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE MID LEVEL VORT AND QUASI-STATIONARY SFC FRONT. CONVECTION IS LINING UP ALONG THE FRONT ITSELF...WHILE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED THUNDER HAS BEEN OBSERVED TO THE NORTH IN KANSAS. TRENDS INDICATE THAT THE AREA OF RAIN OVER KANSAS WILL PROGRESSIVELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT ITSELF IS STILL UNCERTAIN. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO REGENERATE ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW IS PERSISTENT IN INTERSECTING THE SFC FRONT. HAVING SAID THAT...THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT MOVING ALL THAT FAST. EXPECTATIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS IS THAT RAINFALL WILL OVERTAKE EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A DECENT BREAK ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI... INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS. WITH WARMING TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...YET ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE WAITING IN THE WINGS IN EASTERN NM/WEST TEXAS...AND CONTINUED LOW LEVEL FLOW OF 30+KTS JUST OFF THE DECK CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO OUR WEST AND SPREAD EASTWARD. WILL NEED TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE CONVECTION HUGGING THE BOUNDARY DUE TO ITS SLOW MOVEMENT AND REGENERATIVE PROPERTIES. AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE THING TO NOTE...LIMBS/TREES/LEAVES FROM WHICH WERE FELLED DURING THE JANUARY ICE STORM HAVE BEEN COLLECTING...PILING UP AND EVENTUALLY BLOCKING THE NATURAL DRAINAGE BASINS. THIS WILL CONTINUE AND ALTER THE FLOW OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS AND DRAINAGE CULVERTS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER WESTERN ZONES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. GAGAN && .AVIATION... TAFS HAVE BEEN AMENDED TO TIME THE SECOND WAVE OF RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE SHRA/TSRA CONTINUALLY EVOLVING/MORPHING ACROSS KS/OK...THE ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR ARRIVAL IS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS AND UPDATE THE TIMING OF THE RAINFALL AS NEEDED. GAGAN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WEST OF GALENA TO OSCEOLA THROUGH 7PM. KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH BOURBON...CRAWFORD...CHEROKEE COUNTIES 7 AM TO 7 PM. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 442 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-210945- 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- 442 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007 ...FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: MAINLY WEST OF A GALENA TO OSCEOLA LINE THROUGH 7 PM. DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SAME LOCATIONS OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING ALONG THE FRONT. A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE REST OF THE DAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG WITH FLASH FLOODING TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM FOR WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH SOUTH AGAIN BACK INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY BRINGING BACK THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATER IN THE WEEKEND AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... 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) LINDENBERG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
754 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD NEOSHO 36.87N 94.37W
03/20/2007 NEWTON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE RESPONDING TO A CAR IN
THE WATER AT A LOW WATER BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD 80 IN
NEOSHO. NO INJURIES REPORTED.
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HATCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
801 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 N REEDS 37.15N 94.17W
03/20/2007 JASPER MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
A LOW WATER CROSSING WAS REPORTED FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
NORTH OF REEDS ON HIGHWAY 37...ALONG THE SPRING RIVER.
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JLTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
948 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W SARCOXIE 37.07N 94.15W
03/20/2007 JASPER MO PUBLIC
A LOW WATER CROSSING WAS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE WEST OF
SARCOXIE. A WATER RESCUE ALSO OCCURRED ON THIS LOW WATER
CROSSING ON TIGER ROAD.
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JLTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms caused Shawnee Creek and several other smaller streams to flow out of their banks. Low water crossings along Shawnee Creek were flooded for several hours making them impassable to motorists.
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, March 2007
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