Training thunderstorms from a slow moving storm system produced flooding across the region.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Training thunderstorms from a slow moving storm system produced flooding across the region.
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 26, 2:19 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 319 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL DEAL WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...THEN ATTENTION TURNS TO WARMER AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...A RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. A COOL AND DRIER AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE COOLED INTO THE MID TO LOW 30S ACROSS THE AREA. SOME PATCHY FOG MAY DEVELOP AS THE GROUND REMAINS QUITE MOIST FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BE WIDESPREAD AND ANY FOG THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL BURN OFF QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PUSHING ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS BY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A VERY NICE DAY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINATE. SKIES SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY AS HIGHS WARM INTO THE UPPER 50S TO THE MIDDLE 60S THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...IT WILL DEEPEN AND CLOSE OFF. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN ACROSS THE AREA RESULTING IN BREEZY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE LOW THEN SHOULD TRACK EAST GENERALLY NEAR THE MISSOURI ARKANSAS BORDER ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE WILL TRY TO RETURN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE QUALITY AND HOW MUCH MOISTURE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT AVAILABLE TO GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY AHEAD OF AND NORTH OF THE LOW. THERE WILL LIKELY ALSO BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY IN PLACE TO GENERATE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS RAINFALL. AGAIN... THINK MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WHICH SHOULD LIMITED THE SEVERE POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...WITH THE LOW TRACKING OVER THE AREA...THERE WILL BE GOOD SHEAR AND A COLD CORE. SO CANNOT RULE OUT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RAIN WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS RAIN WRAPS AROUND THE LOW. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS GENERALLY IN THE HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE AREA. GIVEN THE SATURATED GROUNDS FROM THE RECENT RAINS AND SNOW MELT...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS IT WILL LIKELY NOT TAKE MUCH RAIN TO GET STREAMS TO RISE. AFTER THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION LATE THIS WEEKEND...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK AND WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN DRY AND WARM WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA. WISE && .AVIATION... FOR THE O6Z TAFS...SKIES HAVE CLEARED WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS. PATCHY GROUND FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR SUNRISE WITH A MOIST GROUND...LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATURES NEARING CROSS OVER TEMPS. SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING TO ABOVE 8 KNOTS AT ALL TAF SITES IN RESPONSE TO A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING IN THE PLAINS. AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY...THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL FURTHER INCREASE BRINGING THE POTENTIAL OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR NEAR THE AERODROMES. WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD AND AT MARGINAL SPEEDS...HAVE OPTED TO NOT MENTION IN THE TAF AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ADDITIONS OF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IN FUTURE TAF ISSUANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANGLE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 509 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271015- 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- 509 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ON THURSDAY WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS RAINFALL AS SATURATED GROUNDS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY ALSO EXIST FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway O was closed just south of the intersection of Highway D and Highway 96.
Highway O was closed just south of the intersection of Highway D and Highway 96.
Highway Z was closed due to flooding north of the intersection of Highway Z and Highway H.
Highway AB was closed due to flooding east of Highway 5.
Highway H was closed due to flooding near the intersection of Highway H and Highway J.
Highway CC was closed due to flooding three miles east of Highway C.
Highway CC was closed due to flooding three miles east of Highway C.
Highway C was closed due to flooding from three miles west to four miles west of Highway 65.
Highway C was closed due to flooding from three miles west to four miles west of Highway 65.
Highway P was closed one mile south to two miles south of Highway 64.
Highway Y was closed from near Highway 5 to five miles west of Highway 5.
Highway EE was closed due to flooding one mile east of Highway AD.
The Outer Road near Highway 71 was closed three miles south of Highway 26.
Highway 95 was closed three miles east of Highway N.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2010
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: 220524, 220525, 220526, 220527, 220528, 220529, 220530, 220531, 220532, 220533, 220534, 220535, 220536, 220537.