A cluster of slowing moving thunderstorms produced localized very heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A cluster of slowing moving thunderstorms produced localized very heavy rainfall and 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 Aug 30, 1:49 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 249 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2015 .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Isolated showers and thunderstorms persisted over the Ozarks Region into the early morning hours. This activity was occuring in response to the presence of an upper level weakness. Additional thunderstorms are expected today as an upper level shear axis remains in place across southern Missouri. As temperatures warm into the 80s by mid day, most unstable capes will exceed 2,000 j/kg. With the lack of deep shear, we don't think there is much risk for severe storms. The shear axis doesn't move much into tonight. Therefore there should be a slight chance for some rain along or near this feature. Most locations will remain dry today and tonight. Overnight lows tonight will cool into the middle 60s. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Next week is looking warmer and drier than previously thought. While there are indications of an upper level weakness caught underneath a mean ridge, this feature could be too weak to focus much rain into the Ozarks. Therefore we are forecasting some very conservative rain chances for several days. Temperatures will warm as humidity increases this week with highs in the upper 80s on an afternoon basis. Look for dew points to persist in the middle to upper 60s. Therefore heat indices may try to push the middle 90s on some of these afternoons. Neither the GFS or the ECMWF indicate any signficant weather through the next several days. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday Night) Issued at 1150 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2015 A weak upper level disturbance will keep the threat for scattered showers and thunderstorms going across southern Missouri into Sunday. The best chance for storms through dawn will be around Branson where a TEMPO group was inserted. Meanwhile, confidence in MVFR fog has increased for the Joplin area. We have therefore gone with prevailing MVFR (versus the TEMPO group from earlier). There is still potential for IFR fog late tonight if enough clearing can take place. More thunderstorms will then be possible in the heating of the day Sunday afternoon. MVFR and brief IFR conditions can be expected around any storms. Surface winds will remain light through Sunday evening out of the southeast to south. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Cramer LONG TERM...Cramer AVIATION...Schaumann
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 437 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-310945- 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- 437 AM CDT SUN AUG 30 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED FOG RISK. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT A FEW AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. VISIBILITIES COULD FALL TO AROUND ONE MILE IN SOME SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAT INDICES COULD REACH THE MIDDLE 90S TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE) THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) CRAMER
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:50 UTC.
6 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The forest service weather observation site in eastern Taney County reported 3.34 inches of rainfall in a few hours.
Water from Brushy Creek was over State Highway 125.
A home on Grisham Lane was being evacuated due to rising water near Brushy Creek. The home and contents inside were flooded.
Several low water crossings were flooded across the western portion of Douglas County.
A farmer lost 20 cows and 2 large farming tractors that were washed away with the flood waters from Brushy Creek.
Cowskin Creek flooded State Highway Y near County Road 519.
Highway 125 was closed near Bradleyville because the bridge and road was washed out from Beaver Creek.
Over 4 inches of rainfall was reported in 3 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2015
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: 591825, 591819, 591820, 591821, 591822, 591823, 591824, 591826.