Rainfall amounts in excess of three inches occurred over portions of southern and central Missouri.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Rainfall amounts in excess of three inches occurred over portions of southern and central Missouri.
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 Nov 15, 12:26 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1226 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... EXTENDED FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...ACTUALLY HAVE DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE GFS AND ECMWF THROUGH THIS PERIOD (JUST SOME TIMING ISSUES). THE UPPER LEVEL LOW NOW MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA WILL FINALLY LIFT NORTH...MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THU. PATTERN TRANSITIONS TO A MORE ZONAL FLOW DURING THIS TIME. ONE FAIRLY WEAK SHORTWAVE IS EXPECT TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THU/FRI WITH ONLY A WEAK SFC TROUGH/SFC LOW DEPICTED. COULD SEE SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIP WITH THIS...BUT A MUCH STRONGER SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO OR THROUGH THE PLAINS BY SAT AND SUN WITH A MORE SIGNIFICANT FROPA. HAVE CHANCES FOR PRECIP/TSTMS DURING THIS TIME. DSA && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...STORM SYSTEM NOW BECOMING FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION WITH MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. EXPECT VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS TO FALL TO IFR LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST. SOME EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN BANDS THOUGH EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BE ISOLATED IN NATURE. HATCH && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1245 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161845- 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- 1245 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY MONDAY. HOWEVER..SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. .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) DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
112 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
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..REMARKS..
1245 PM HEAVY RAIN WACO 37.25N 94.60W
11/15/2009 E1.75 INCH JASPER MO CO-OP OBSERVER
COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER NOTED SEVERAL LOCAL COUNTY
ROADS IN THE WACO AND ASBURY AREA HAD 3-4 INCHES OF WATER
FLOWING OVER THEM BUT WERE STILL PASSABLE.
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DSAThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several low water crossings were reported flooded throughout the county.
Several low water roads and bridges were flooded across the county.
Several low water roads and bridges were flooded across the county.
Flash flooding developed following two to three inches of rain. While driving on private property, a 75 year old man died after he attempted to drive his pickup truck across AB Creek that was estimated to be four feet deep. Two other occupants were able to escape the vehicle downstream.
Route C, west of Highway 65 was closed due to flooding.
Route P, south of Highway 64 was closed due to flooding.
Several low water bridges were flooded including the intersection of McCasplain Road and Route 135.
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, Dallas | 2009-11-15 | 75 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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