Scattered thunderstorms produced isolated areas of heavy rainfall which caused minor flooding of a few low water crossings.
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Scattered thunderstorms produced isolated areas of heavy rainfall which caused minor flooding of a few low water crossings.
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 Sep 22, 10:15 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1115 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 .UPDATE... HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE AND CHANCE POPS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. REMNANT COLD POOL/OUTFLOW FROM MORNING CONVECTION HAS BECOME ENTRENCHED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRIDE THIS DOME INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT AS MUCH COVERAGE AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS MORNING...BUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS PLAUSIBLE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ALSO LOWERED TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF CATEGORIES ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. SCHAUMANN && .DISCUSSION... THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE ANTICIPATING THE EVOLUTION OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS EXPECTED TO DIVE OUT OF CANADA AND IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS PASSING OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT THE FAR EASTERN OZARKS AND WILL DIE OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES TO THE EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 80S. A FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A STEADY WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. A MUCH COOLER AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S FOR THE WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO DIVE INTO TO THE AREA OUT OF CANADA. MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AT THIS HOUR REGARDING THE STORM POSITION AT THIS TIME. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY...HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST AT THIS TIME. KARDELL && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 627 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010/ FOR THE 12Z TAF PACKAGE...TWO POCKETS OF SHRA WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MO THIS MORNING...THIS WILL DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING WITH A MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK BECOMING SCT WITH TIME. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE GUSTY AT JLN/SGF FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...THE ONLY SENSIBLE WEATHER HAZARD OF NOTE WILL BE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. GAGAN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1130 AM CDT WED SEP 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- 1130 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...LIMITED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE LIGHTNING RISK IS LIMITED. THE FLOODING RISK IS LIMITED. DISCUSSION... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON THURSDAY. AN EPISODE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. .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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Behrenburg Road near Cole Camp was reported as flooded and impassable.
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