A band of heavy rain became positioned across east central Kansas and west central Missouri. Three to four inches of rainfall caused flash flooding in some areas.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A band of heavy rain became positioned across east central Kansas and west central Missouri. Three to four inches of rainfall caused flash flooding in some areas.
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 Apr 27, 4:56 AM CST, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
556 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.UPDATE...
WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR SOUTHERN
COUNTIES TODAY AS SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT
REALLY DOES NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA
UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. GFS SUGGESTING AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES COULD
FALL IN THE WATCH AREA ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI
THROUGH THE EVENT. DOUBT THAT WILL HAPPEN...BUT WITH POSSIBILITY
OF TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE SLOW MOVING FRONT...THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE PRUDENT TO HAVE SOMETHING OUT.
CLAYCOMB
&&
.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CHALLENGES DEAL WITH ONSET OF PRECIP AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY...FOLLOWED BY PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH
THE WEEK.
CURRENTLY...1005MB SURFACE LOW SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS
MORNING...JUST SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. COLD FRONT EXTENDS NORTHEAST
TO CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN TEXAS. AREA
PROFILERS SHOWING LLVL JET HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH
50-60KTS FLOWING FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
925MB FRONT LOOKS TO BE SITUATED ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN IOWA...TO
HUTCHINSON KANSAS...BACK INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLE AREA. UPPER
SHORTWAVE THAT WILL DRIVE THE SURFACE LOW EAST LATER TODAY
CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL COLORADO MAKING SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT OVER
THE PAST 6 HOURS. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE JUST ABOUT TO COME ASHORE
ALONG THE SOUTHWEST OREGON COAST. DOWN ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS...
RICH DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S EXISTS WITH UPPER 50S
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 60S/LOW 70S...WHILE BEHIND THE FRONT...LOW 50S EXIST ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS...WITH SNOW BEING REPORTED ACROSS COLORADO.
FOR TODAY...COLD FRONT ACTUALLY DOES NOT DRIVE INTO THE AREA UNTIL
THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI BY 00Z. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN QUESTION AS THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION AND
CLOUD COVER MAY STABILIZE THE ENVIRONMENT...AT LEAST FOR WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA. GFS SHOWING SURFACE LOW SITUATED NEAR THE
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA/SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BORDER BY 00Z. WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 925MBS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...SAY FROM
BRANSON TO MOUNT VERNON TO JOPLIN...THIS MAY BE THE AREA THAT HAS
THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL INCLUDING TORNADOES AND
WILL HIT THIS AREA IN THIS MORNINGS HWO. THIS AREA IS ALSO GOING
TO SEE THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HERE SHORTLY. HEAVY RAINFALL THEN SHIFTS
EASTWARD AS COLD FRONT DRIVES INTO EASTERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT.
BY NOON TUESDAY...FRONT CLEARS OUR CWA WITH MAJORITY OF RAINFALL
OFF TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. FRONT STALLS OUT OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE OUR COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
SHOULD STAY DRY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE
FRONT BEGINS TO DRIVE NORTH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS ANOTHER SURFACE
LOW DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO THE SHORTWAVE JUST COMING ONSHORE
OREGON...MOVES INTO THE AREA. BY THURSDAY EVENING...GFS SHOWING
FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA FOR ANOTHER GOOD
RAIN EVENT FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. ECMWF TENDS TO KEEP THE
FRONT DOWN OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS DURING THIS SAME TIME. WILL TRY
TO GET BETTER TIMING ON THE EVENT AS MODELS COME MORE INTO AGREEMENT.
CLAYCOMB
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
FIRST COUPLE/FEW HOURS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD(MAINLY AT SGF). AS
FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON THE CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
SEE SOME STRATUS DEVELOP AFTER 03Z TONIGHT AND HAVE BROUGHT
CEILINGS INTO IFR CATEGORY AFTER 05Z TONIGHT.
LINDENBERG
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR MOZ082-088-090>098-
101>106.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR KSZ101.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 105 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281200- 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- 105 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS... THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING... ISOLATED TORNADOES... AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MID EVENING. DISCUSSION: A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA ALONG AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL THEN PUSH EAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS LINE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ALTHOUGH UNLIKELY...THERE IS A SMALL THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GIRARD KANSAS TO URBANA TO VICHY MISSOURI LINE. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND THE FRONT WAVES BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THROUGH MID EVENING. && 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) SCHAUMANN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
835 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0806 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NNW FORT SCOTT 37.89N 94.74W
04/27/2009 BOURBON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RUNNING OVER LOW WATER BRIDGE AT 205TH ST AND
POPLAR RD.
&&
BARJENBRUCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
845 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 W FULTON 38.01N 94.76W
04/27/2009 BOURBON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOOD WATERS OVER HIGHWAY 31 AT 195TH ROAD AND 165TH ROAD
WEST OF FULTON.
&&
BARJENBRUCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 AM CDT MON APR 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 AM HEAVY RAIN FORT SCOTT 37.84N 94.71W
04/27/2009 M2.39 INCH BOURBON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
2.39 INCHES MEASURED AND STILL RAINING.
&&
BARJENBRUCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1229 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 N XENIA 38.04N 94.99W
04/27/2009 BOURBON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER RESCUE CONDUCTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF YALE ROAD
AND 65TH STREET.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1237 PM CDT MON APR 27 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E UNIONTOWN 37.85N 94.94W
04/27/2009 BOURBON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE AREA AROUND INTERSECTION OF 85TH AND MAPLE UNDER
TWO FEET OF WATER.
&&
JSSThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of Highway WW was flooded at its intersection with Big Buffalo Creek.
The Little Osage River flooded a section of Highway V north of Stotesbury.
Flooding occurred along a few creeks in northwest Benton County. One fatality occurred when a rancher was checking on his cattle and was swept into a flooded creek.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Benton | 2009-04-27 | 64 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2009
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: 159929, 159930, 159932.