Heavy thunderstorms caused flooding over extreme southeast Kansas.
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Heavy thunderstorms caused flooding over extreme southeast Kansas.
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 May 10, 11:45 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1245 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z KSGF/KJLN TAFS...CONVECTION OVER OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICHY AREA ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN GENERALLY VFR AT BOTH THE KSGF AND KJLN TAF SITES. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. MENTIONED VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS AT BOTH TAF SITES. WILL MONITOR AND AMEND AS NEEDED. HATCH && .PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 255 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2007/ LATEST RADAR IMAGES SHOW A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS EXITING THE VICHY/ROLLA AND VERSAILLES AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOOKING FURTHER TO OUR SOUTHWEST...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WITH A LACK OF ANY WELL DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARIES...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MAINLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA AS MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS INTERACTS WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND MAIN UPPER TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING. FORECAST MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW INCREASING COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION AS SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT INCREASES WITH CLOSER PROXIMITY OF UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE REFLECTED THIS TREND IN POP GRIDS WITH HIGHEST CHANCES OVER OUR SOUTHERN ZONES DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS MARGINAL WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR. LONG AND THIN POSITIVE AREA ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALONG WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WELL OVER AN INCH SUGGESTS CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. EXPECT TO SEE SIMILAR FORECAST TREND FOR FRIDAY. THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT WILL BE TO SHIFT PRECIP CHANCES FURTHER SOUTH AS UPPER LOW SINKS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...EXPECT TO SEE DRIER CONDITIONS DEVELOP AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS OVER THE AREA AND CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. HAVE TRIMMED TEMPS BACK A COUPLE DEGREES OVER OUR EASTERN COUNTIES ON SUNDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR GREATER INFLUENCE FROM OHIO RIVER HIGH...WITH WARMER TEMPS...AROUND MID 80S...OVER OUR CENTRAL AND WESTERN COUNTIES. TERRY && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z KSGF/KJLN TAFS...CONVECTION HAS ONCE AGAIN FORMED OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE IS STILL QUESTION IF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE OVER THE TAF SITES...AS IT MAY STAY TO THE WEST OF THE KJLN TAF SITE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TODAY. DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THIS ACTIVITY...HAVE LEFT THUNDER AND SHOWERS OUT OF THE TAFS. WILL MONITOR AND AMEND TO ADD IF NEEDED. WISE && .HYDROLOGY... MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OVER THE OSAGE RIVER BASIN ALONG WITH RESIDUAL FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES AND VERNON COUNTY MO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN AND NEAR LOW LYING AREAS. TERRY && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111800- 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- 100 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THEN DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL... WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS WEEK. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON FRIDAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORM ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FROM THE NORTHWEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FORWARD REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD. && 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) CLAYCOMB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1241 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W ELDON 38.35N 92.62W
05/10/2007 MILLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
FLASH FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 52 AND Y
HIGHWAY
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GCLAYCOMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
208 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N VIENNA 38.22N 91.95W
05/10/2007 M1.63 INCH MARIES MO CO-OP OBSERVER
1.63 INCHES IN 45 MINUTES.
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JSSThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:20 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant flooding due to several periods of heavy rainfall were observed across much of Bourbon County. The Little Osage River flooded a section of Highway 7 between Highway 31 and Harding Road. Also, portions of Highway 65 near the city of Xenia were impassable to motorists.
Excessive rainfall caused flooding of several county roads between Scammon and Sherman.
Numerous roads became flooded near Pittsburg. The intersection of county roads 560 and 210 became 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, May 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: 31228, 31226, 31227.