Runoff from melting winter precipitation produced flooding.
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Runoff from melting winter precipitation produced flooding.
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 Mar 22, 5:54 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
654 AM CDT MON MAR 22 2010
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL ACROSS THE AREA UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND
THE PASSING SURFACE LOW. LIGHT PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO FALL OVER
THE EASTERN OZARKS THAT WILL END THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE WEST REPLACING THE PASSING SURFACE LOW. UNDER THIS
HIGH PRESSURE...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 40S
TODAY. THESE WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT MELTING OF
THE EXISTING SNOWPACK...ADDING MOISTURE TO THE BOUNDARY LAYER. AS A
RESULT...FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM EVEN MORE FOR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S. THIS WILL
PRODUCE DRAMATIC MELTING AND INCREASE THE LIKELY HOOD OF FLOODING
FROM RUNOFF. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING...BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS.
KARDELL
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MID LEVEL
CLOUDS WILL CLEAR OUT OF KBBG EARLY THIS MORNING...OTHERWISE CLEAR
SKIES ARE EXPECTED. MAY SEE SOME LIGHT FOG DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT...BUT THE AMOUNT OF VISIBILITY RESTRICTION REMAINS
UNCLEAR. WENT WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES FOR STARTERS.
SCHAUMANN
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR MOZ055>057-066>069-
077>080-088>091-093>095-101>104.
KS...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 558 AM CDT MON MAR 22 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-231200- 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- 558 AM CDT MON MAR 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF WARMING TEMPERATURES AND THE RECENT SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL THREAT FOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 65. SOME LARGER STEM CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME LOW LYING FLOODING. PATCHY FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PATCHY FOG WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF FLOODING DUE TO MELTING SNOW PACK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. .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) WFO SGF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
528 AM CDT MON MAR 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 AM FLOOD 2 E WINDYVILLE 37.71N 92.89W
03/22/2010 DALLAS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROUTE OO NEAR THE NIANGUA RIVER UNDER TWO FEET OF WATER.
&&
JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
751 AM CDT MON MAR 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM ICE STORM 4 N CRANE 36.96N 93.57W
03/21/2010 STONE MO PUBLIC
DELAYED CWIP REPORT. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS UP TO 3 INCHES IN
DIAMETER DOWN. POWER WAS OUT FOR A TIME.
&&
JSSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two feet of water was reported over Route OO near the Niangua River.
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