Localized flash flooding occurred as a slow moving front interacted with a very moist air mass. This produced very efficient rain producing thunderstorms.
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Localized flash flooding occurred as a slow moving front interacted with a very moist air mass. This produced very efficient rain producing thunderstorms.
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 Jul 6, 5:16 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 616 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... TOUGH FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS AS MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH THE SYNOPTIC SCALE. THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR THE SMALLER SCALE...WHICH WILL PLAY A BIG PART IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MESOSCALE TYPE FEATURES WILL BEST BE ASSESSED IN THE 12 TO 24 HOUR PERIOD. THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN WILL UNDERGO CHANGES OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. LONG WAVE CHARTS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE INCREASING POSITIVE HEIGHT ANOMALIES JUST OFF THE WEST COAST. THIS WILL TEND TO VEER THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW FROM SOUTHWESTERLY TO WEST NORTHWESTERLY BY THE WEEKEND. POPS WERE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE NO PICNIC EITHER AS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE BIG IMPACTS. CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND THE REGIONAL PROFILER NETWORK INDICATE A SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. WE HAVE SEEN SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THIS CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT...PARTIALLY AIDED BY WEAK PRESSURE ADVECTION AND FAVORABLE POSITIONING OF AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT OR ABOVE TWO INCHES. VALUES DROP OFF VERY QUICKLY ONCE YOU GET INTO SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. TALL AND SKINNY CAPE IS PRESENT...MAKING FOR VERY EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS. NOT EXPECTING HUGE CHANGES IN THE OVERALL SENSIBLE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A SYNOPTIC SCALE FRONT WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE REGION ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. ALTHOUGH HEATING TODAY MAY BE SOMEWHAT SLOWED BY CLOUD COVER...STILL EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO WARM ENOUGH FOR CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES TO BE APPROACHED. THEREFORE EXPECT MORE SHOWER ACTIVITY AROUND. MAY SEE SHOWERS A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WEST CLOSER TO THAT SHEAR AXIS. ONE CHANGE THAT WILL BEGIN TO TAKE PLACE IS A SHIFT IN MOISTURE TRANSPORT. TRAJECTORIES WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHWESTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY ONCE WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY. MAY NEED TO WATCH FOR A FEW PRESSURE ADVECTION SHOWERS TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL BEGIN TO TRAVERSE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT THAT FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BEGINNING TO NUDGE EAST. THAT TEMPORARY SHIFT IN MOISTURE TRAJECTORY MAY THEN COME INTO PLAY AS IT INTERSECTS FAVORABLY WITH THAT FRONT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. CONTINUE TO PREFER SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THAT FRONT AS THE MAIN SYNOPTIC ENERGY/HEIGHT FALLS REMAIN TO OUR NORTH. THEREFORE KEPT CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY. BOTH THE 00Z GFS AND ECMWF PUSH THE FRONT TO AT LEAST INTERSTATE 40 BY THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH VEERING UPPER LEVEL FLOW SUPPORTS THIS PROGRESSION... CLIMATOLOGY DOES NOT. MAINTAINED LOW POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI FOR NOW. DO NOT SEE A BIG TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT DEW POINTS SHOULD COME DOWN SOME. GENERALLY FOLLOWED VERY CLOSE TO MODEL CONSENSUS FOR TEMPERATURES. SCHAUMANN && .AVIATION... 12Z TAFS... RATHER MESSY AVIATION FORECAST TODAY...WITH MAIN CONCERN BEING CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA ONGOING THIS MORNING...BUT WITH VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF A FOCUSING MECHANISM AT THE SURFACE...WILL BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN EXACT TIMING OR STRENGTH OF CONVECTION AT ANY GIVEN TERMINAL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE AS DIURNAL DESTABILIZATION TAKES PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...SO HAVE JUST MAINTAINED VCTS MENTION THROUGH THE DAY TO ACCOUNT FOR UNCERTAIN CHANCES. ANY SITE THAT DOES EXPERIENCE TSRA CAN EXPECT A DROP INTO MVFR CIGS AND VIS...AND THE CHANCE FOR PERIODS OF IFR IN THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST CONVECTION. OTHERWISE TODAY...WEAK SURFACE FLOW SHOULD KEEP WINDS OUTSIDE OF SHRA/TSRA LIGHT AND SOUTHERLY...AND SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON OPERATIONS. FOR TONIGHT...FEW TO SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA MAY REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. BOXELL && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 527 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071200- 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- 527 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...LIMITED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXTREME HEAT RISK FOR HEAT INDICES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. DISCUSSION... RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. RAINFALL WILL TEND TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD WEST OF A NEVADA TO JOPLIN LINE... WHERE THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A FRONT SLOWLY CROSSES THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. .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) SCHAUMANN
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:02 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood waters closed and damaged the road surface of 255th Street between Valley and Wagon roads.
About 90 to 120 feet of 130th Road between Kansas Road and Limestone Road was covered with water.
Numerous secondary roads within the Drywood Creek basin were flooded and impassable to motorists. The roads were south of Fort Scott and across rural southeast Bourbon County.
Flash flooding was reported near the intersection of Highway 39 and 50th Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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