Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Springfield, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
305 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996

FCST PROB THIS EVENING WILL BE IF STORMS WILL FIRE ALONG CDFNT AS IT
PUSHES THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING.  CURRENTLY STG/SVR STORMS FORMING
EAST AND SOUTH OF AN OUTFLOW BNDRY LOCATED FROM NR BRANSON TO JUST EAST
OF TBN.  BEST INSTABILITIES ACROSS E OK WITH -8 TO -10 LIS.

FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH W COUNTIES BY MID EVENING AND SHOULD SEE
REDEVELOPMENT ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY THEN HOWEVER WOULD EXPECT BEST
STORMS OCCURRING ACROSS E SECTIONS OF CWA ALONG AND AHEAD OF OUTFLOW
BNDRY AIDED BY UPR LVL S/WV.

SGF EB 057/075 051/072 051 05521

LINDENBERG

MOZ055>058-061935-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1132 AM CDT THU JUN 6 1996

...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

HEAVY RAINS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE WHICH FELL ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT
HAVE DIMINISHED INTO LIGHT SHOWERS.  FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO
OCCUR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER A COLD FRONT LOCATED ACROSS KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING AND STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON.  MORE
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AGAIN AT THAT TIME AND WILL FALL ON ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR FLASH FLOODING.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR AN AREA WHICH IS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING BE READY TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER YOUR AREA
LATER TODAY.

LINDENBERG

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071800-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996

THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS   BOURBON     CHEROKEE   CRAWFORD

IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI

BARRY           DALLAS        LACLEDE        OREGON         STONE
BARTON          DENT          LAWRENCE       OZARK          TANEY
BENTON          DOUGLAS       MARIES         PHELPS         TEXAS
CAMDEN          GREENE        MCDONALD       POLK           VERNON
CEDAR           HICKORY       MILLER         PULASKI        WEBSTER
CHRISTIAN       HOWELL        MORGAN         SHANNON        WRIGHT
DADE            JASPER        NEWTON         ST CLAIR

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WERE LOCATED
ACROSS MISSOURI AND KANSAS FROM THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WHICH MOVED
THROUGH OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING.

AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY UNSTABLE WITH DEW
POINTS IN THE MID 60S AND LOW 70S APPROACHING SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THESE CONVERGENT OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.  MEANWHILE AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS SWINGING THROUGH NORTHWEST KANSAS AND WILL
INTERACT WITH THE SURFACE FEATURES TO ENHANCE THE LIFT.

SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND WITH A FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN MISSOURI AS THESE STORMS
DEVELOP.

LINDENBERG

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-070135-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
133 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8PM CDT.  THE WATCH COVERS THE AREA
GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44 AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
SRPINGFIELD...BRANSON...WEST PLAINS...ROLLA...LEBANON AND HOUSTON.

STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WATCH AREA AND CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LINDENBERG