Heavy rainfall from slow moving thunderstorms caused isolated flash flooding.
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Heavy rainfall from slow moving thunderstorms caused isolated flash 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 Oct 9, 10:58 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1158 PM CDT Thu Oct 9 2014
.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1147 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014
A west to east training line of thunderstorm over southeast
Kansas has developed along low level convergence in the 925-850mb
levels. This convection will continue to spread east over an area
roughly along the Hwy 60 corridor in southern MO over the next few
hours. Heavy rain and flooding will be possible during this time.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday)
Issued at 257 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014
It's shaping up to be a very active next several days across the
region. An area of thunderstorms associated with a frontal
boundary is sinking south through the CWA at early afternoon.
Enough instability has developed south of this line for a few
stronger cells, and while an isolated severe storm is possible,
severe potential won't be too widespread.
This front should slow with time, stalling out somewhere between
U.S. 60 and the Arkansas state line. This afternoon's convection
should actually weaken a bit late this afternoon as some of the
instability is lost. Then this evening into tonight, LLJ-forced
ascent should increase across the boundary, resulting in a
re-intensification and/or new development of widespread rain and
thunderstorms across the region. Along with this increase in lift,
deep moisture will continue to increase considerably as a slug of
moisture associated with the remains of Hurricane Simon moves into
the region from the west. This combination of increasing moisture
and lift, along with a slowing/stalled frontal boundary, will yield
considerable rainfall amounts during the overnight hours tonight.
Widespread 2-3 inches, with higher local amounts, can be expected by
morning. The highest amounts can be expected where
individual thunderstorms train.
Moderate to heavy rain will continue into Friday. Am expecting
activity to become a little more showery in nature heading into
tomorrow afternoon, as the air mass begins to transition from more of
a subtropical to cold season profile, as a colder air mass moves south into
the area as the front sinks further south into Arkansas. While an
embedded thunderstorm or two is possible tomorrow afternoon,
lightning will likely become less common with time. With that front
sinking south a bit later tomorrow, expect to see temperatures fall
during the afternoon hours.
There are some indications that rain will actually increase in
intensity once again Friday night into Saturday morning as the final
piece of this subtropical wave moves into and through the region.
Temperatures on Saturday look quite cool, with low to mid 50s
expected for highs. Once that wave passes late Saturday, we should
finally see a break in the rainfall, at least for a short time.
Storm totals by the time this first round of rainfall ends will be a
widespread 3 to 4 inches, with some locations perhaps topping 5".
The heaviest rain right now looks to be across southwestern Missouri
and southeastern Kansas, largely due to the better lift across that
region tonight. With those rainfall totals expected, it probably
goes without saying that the Flash Flood Watch will continue
unchanged at this time. Along with the flash flood potential, the
widespread nature of the rainfall will result in significant rises
on area rivers.
.LONG TERM...(Sunday Night through Thursday)
Issued at 257 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014
Medium range models in much better agreement today with the
forecast from Sunday night through Monday night. A rather sharp,
deep long wave trough will develop over the nation's mid section
and rain will quickly develop across the region Sunday night. Once
again, rainfall amounts will be hefty given a moist air mass in
place. One to two inches of rainfall looks to be a good bet. The
exact placement of the heaviest rainfall axis is still a bit hard
to pinpoint, but at this point it looks like it will be close to
the Missouri Ozarks. Given the expected rainfall across the region
the next couple of days, additional hydro problems are expected
with this system.
This large trough will shift east of the area on Tuesday with a
cooler air mass moving into the region. The remainder of the week
looks to be rather nice for mid October. Near average temperatures
in the mid week time frame will gradually warm to above average by
the end of the week with little (if any) chance for rainfall.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday Night)
Issued at 1147 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014
For the KSGF/KJLN/KBBG tafs: Periods of thunderstorms will continue
to move through the area in the near term as a sfc front remains
well south of the area. Lowering ceilings have generally been the
rule as winds back to the northeast, but ceilings will likely
improve for a time in heavier showers. In general kept tafs ifr or
mvfr with ceilings and visibility through the entire taf period.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Saturday morning FOR MOZ055>058-
066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Saturday morning FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&
MESOSCALE...DSA
SHORT TERM...Boxell
LONG TERM...Gagan
AVIATION...DSAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 842 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-110145- 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- 842 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY WHERE STRONGER STORMS ARE ABLE TO TRAIN FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN AN OVERALL ELEVATED RISK OF FLOODING OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED ELEVATED RISK FOR FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY RESULTING IN A LIMITED RISK FOR FLOODING. .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
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:49 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There was 3 feet of water flowing over Highway K7 north of Columbus.
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