Three to six inches of rain fell over portions of southwest Missouri during the morning of 28 June. This excessive rain in conjunction with pre-existing saturated soil conditions caused significant flooding.
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Three to six inches of rain fell over portions of southwest Missouri during the morning of 28 June. This excessive rain in conjunction with pre-existing saturated soil conditions caused significant flooding. Severe thunderstorms also occurred, as numerous observations of wind damage and large hail were relayed to the National Weather Service. One tornado caused damage to a home and surrounding trees in rural McDonald 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 27, 11:19 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .UPDATE... SEVERAL AREAS OF INTEREST ARE CURRENTLY IN ACTION THIS EVENING. THE FIRST AREA IS THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING THROUGH ILLINOIS AND INTO INDIANA. THIS ACTIVITY DID NOT BACK BUILD INTO SGF CWA AND HAS LEFT THE AIRMASS QUITE JUICY. A SECOND LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI AREA HAS BEEN QUITE INTENSE AT TIMES. THIS ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE PRIMARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY FORECAST TO ENTER THE CWA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THIS ACTIVITY CURRENTLY HAS MORE OF AN EASTERLY PROGRESSION THAN MODELS PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED...BUT HAS EXPERIENCED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OVER THE PAST HOUR. WHETHER OR NOT THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROGRESS INTO THE NORTHERN CWA AS A SEVERE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SEEMS TO DEPEND LARGELY ON FRONTAL PROGRESS...AND WHETHER OR NOT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST CAN HELP ACCELERATE THE SYSTEM. STEERING WINDS ARE LARGELY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT ITSELF OVER MUCH OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...AND IT APPEARS THAT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY HAS SLOWED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AT THIS SLOWER PACE. THIS...ALONG WITH VEERING SURFACE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST SOUTHWEST...HAS DOUBLED TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER KANSAS. WHILE CIN IS MINIMAL IN THIS ZONE...STORMS ARE HAVING TROUBLE INITIATING AT THE MOMENT. STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS FRONTAL BASED ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN CWA...LIKELY BY 1 AM. THIRD AREA OF INTEREST IS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED. WHILE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED LITTLE MOVEMENT...MAY BEGIN TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. CORFIDI VECTORS...MID LEVEL STEERING WINDS...AND SHEAR VECTORS INDICATE A PRIMARILY SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION AWAY FROM SGF CWA IF THE CELLS CAN INDEED MAINTAIN THEMSELVES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD. A SLIGHT THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST FOR ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY BEGINS TO INDUCE HEIGHT FALLS...BUT THIS THREAT MAY DECREASE AFTER 9 OR 10 PM AS DAYTIME HEATING WANES AND A BIT MORE INHIBITION SETTLES IN. BARJENBRUCH && .DISCUSSION... MAIN HIGHLIGHTS/CHALLENGES IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE DEALS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...TURNING TO BETTER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE POTENTIAL LATER THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. CURRENTLY CLOUD COVER FROM LAST NIGHTS MCS THAT MOVED THROUGH KANSAS REMAINS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND HAS SLOWED THE WARMING TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 80S ACROSS THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH ML-CAPES OVER 2000 J/KG WITH NO ML-CIN ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. THE MORNING MCS WORKED THE WESTERN CWA OVER A LITTLE...WITH LESS INSTABILITY AND MORE OF A CAP OVER THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. THIS IS WHERE NO CAP EXISTS AND THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY ARE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME. NO LARGE SCALE FORCING IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA DURING THIS TIME...HOWEVER THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THIS AREA FROM BOTH THE MCS THAT MOVED ACROSS KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND THE MCV THAT IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES...AND WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES...INCREASING WIND SHEAR AND THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. LATE THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO MINNESOTA. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA...LIKELY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN CWA BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z TONIGHT. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AS IT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...WITH VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS LINE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL THEN KICK THE COLD FRONT OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA WITH NO STRONG SIGNALS FOR PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. LATE IN THE WORKWEEK AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. WITH A RETURN OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE REGION. WISE && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAF CYCLE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COVERED THIS WITH TEMPO GROUPS GIVEN THE EXPECTED SCATTERED NATURE OF THE STORMS. MVFR AND BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. LINGERING STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL A COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE SATURDAY EVENING WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SCHAUMANN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 739 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-290045- 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- 739 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...INCREASING WIND SHEAR...AMPLE INSTABILITY...AND A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL CAUSE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE OZARKS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST RISK AREA OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH MIDNIGHT WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO VIENNA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BUT THE SEVERITY WILL LIKELY DECREASE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD NEAR THE MISSOURI ARKANSAS BORDER BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AROUND MIDNIGHT NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO VIENNA AND FOR COMMUNITIES FURTHER SOUTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. && 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1112 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 MOZ056-280445- MORGAN MO- 1112 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMITHTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BARJENBRUCH
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:31 UTC.
16 flash flood, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over two fireworks stands while snapping one large tree.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several tree limbs at the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 32.
An estimated 60 mph wind gust damaged several trees.
Damaging wind gusts ripped a roof off of a barn.
A few power poles were knocked over from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
Numerous secondary roads across the county were flooded from excessive rainfall.
A section of Highway 32 near Stockton was flooded and impassable to motorists due to excessive rainfall. Numerous gravel roads across the county also flooded, while low water crossings became impassable to motorists.
A large tree blew down and damaged two vehicles.
A large tree was knocked down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees along Highway TT near Revisville.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts blew over two large trees.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees near Pultite.
Widespread flooding occurred across Vernon County as one to three inches fell over a short time duration. The heaviest amounts fell over rural eastern Vernon County causing several sections of Highway 54 to become impassable to motorists from Nevada to Eldorado Springs. Other locations that flooded included a section of Highway 71 north of Nevada, a section of Highway M three miles east of Horton, several sections of Highway HH, a section of Highway AA, a section of Highway M 5 miles north northwest of Walker, and a section of Highway BB three miles south of Nevada.
One to two inches of rain fell within a short time duration causing flash flooding in a few locations within Barton County. Locations that experienced this flooding included a section of Highway 160 approximately six miles southeast of Liberal, a section of Highway 126 south of Lamar, and a section of Highway K.
Two to four inches of rain fell over Douglas County. Widespread flash flooding occurred within low lying roads and numerous low water crossings. A few locations that experienced flooding included city streets in the community of Ava, a section of Highway Y west of Ava, a section of Highway FF east of its intersection with Highway 14, numerous sections of Highway U, a section of Highway EE, and a section of Highway 95 near the Ozark County border.
Fourty water rescues resulted from major flash flooding across Stone County. 30 people were rescued from an RV campground near Galena, while nine others were rescued from a mobile home park in Reeds Spring. Numerous county roads were washed out with heavy damage. A shelter was opened for flood victims. Rainfall amounts ranged from four to seven inches.
Major flash flooding resulted from five to seven inches of rain that fell across Taney County. Flash flooding occurred on Branson city roads, across railroad tracks owned by the Branson Scenic Railroad, numerous low lying roads, and almost all low water crossings. Ten to 20 homes were damaged from flooding within the city of Branson. Boat docks on Lake Taneycomo broke loose due to high lake levels.
Flash flooding occurred at the intersection of Highway YY and Big Bass Bend Road. Several other low lying roads also flooded across rural eastern Barry County.
Widespread flooding occurred across much of Polk County. A water rescue was performed along Highway 83 in the northern section of the county.
Widespread flooding of roads and low water crossings occurred across Christian County. Rainfall amounts ranged from two to five inches, with the heavier amounts occurring across southern Christian County. A few locations that flooded included a section of Highway O two miles southwest of Highlandville, a low water crossing at the intersection of Bull Creek and Center Road, and section of Highway O five miles southwest of Highlandville.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-1 tornado impacted rural sections of McDonald County. Several trees were snapped or uprooted. One large tree fell on a house causing structural damage along with two injuries.
Five inches of rain near Pleasant Hope caused the Pomme De Terre River to flood low lying areas of rural southeast Polk County. Other low water crossings across southern Polk County also became impassable to motorists.
One to three inches of rain fell over Webster County. Flooding of numerous low lying roads and low water crossings resulted. Locations that flooded included city streets in Rogersville, city streets in Marshfield, roads in the Northview area, a section of Highway OO, a section of Bell Ford Road north of the James River, a section of Panther Creek Road north of Fordland, a section of Highway J west of Pomme De Terre Creek, a section of Interstate 44 at mile marker 91, a section of Highway B one mile south of Northview, the intersection of Highway FF and Panther Creek, a section of Highway Z south of Highway 60, a section of Ridge Road, a section of Jarrett Branch Road east of Cedar Ridge Road, and a section of Mill Dam Road near its intersection of Heritage Road.
Excessive rain caused major flash flooding at the intersection of Highway H and Highway CC in northern Greene County.
Flooding occurred along low lying areas near the Pomme De Terre River.
Several roads north of Highway AA were flooded in the southern portion of Dallas County.
A section of Highway 95 was flooded and impassable to motorists.
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