Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Springfield, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
230 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

1ST PD FCST PROBLEMS...CHC HVY PCPN/SVR WX.

WL MKE QUICK AFD...CWA UNDER TORNADO WATCH

DPS QUICKLY SHOT UP INTO THE MID 50S OVR FA WITH TMPS IN MID/UPPER 70S.
GETTING TCU OVR SGF ATTM SO CAP HAS BROKE.  8MA SHOWG 40 KTS LLJ IN WRN
OK. SCT RW/TRWS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOPE OVR NRN ZONES.

MODELS SHOWING BROAD TROF MOVG E THRU FCST PD...WITH RIDGE BUILDG OVR
WRN US.

SGF CU 055/065 040/068 073 07+52
JLN CU 056/066 042/070 075 07+52

SS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
255 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS SUNDAY EVENING.

THE TORNADO WATCH WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...JASPER...VERNON...
BARTON...ST CLAIR...CEDAR...NEWTON...MC DONALD

LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WITH A WARM FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS
ARKANSAS WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLNOIS BY MONDAY
MORNING. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI THE WARM FRONT IN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI
ALLOWING FOR VERY MOIST ND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION.

THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY STRONG STRETCHES FROM NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO TO VICHY. MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 25 PH.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER
4OO PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THIS AREA FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

W. MOORE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
329 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THIS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT 330 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 30 MILES NORTH
OF LEBANON TO JUST NORTH OF ROLLA MISSOURI. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND
POSSIBLE HAIL WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME TOWNS IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WILL BE VIENNA AT 340 PM CDT AND ST. ELIZABETH
AT 345 PM CDT.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA JUST TO THE NORTH OF TULSA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH
AND WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF MC DONALD...NEWTON AND JASPER BY
430 PM CDT AND THE COUNTIES OF CHEROKEE IN KANSAS BY 400 PM CDT.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERS.ONS IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THRESTENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

W. MOORE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
405 PM CDT SUN APR 21 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

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO MISSOURI
TONIGHT. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS SYSTEM WAS BRINGING WARM AND MOIST
AIR INTO THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  IN ADDITION...THE WINDS IN
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WERE INCREASING.  THUS...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXISTS THIS EVENING OVER
THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...AND THE WIND
PROFILE SUGGESTS THAT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH 900 PM CDT. THE WATCH AREA EXTENDED TO THE
WEST OF A LINE FROM ROLLA TO HOUSTON AND GAINESVILLE.  THE CITIES OF
SPRINGFIELD...BRANSON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...BOLIVAR...CAMDENTON...MONETT
...CASSVILLE AND NEVADA ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH 600 PM...WITH THE ACTIVITY THEN SPREADING
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI AFTER 600
PM CDT.  THE WEST PLAINS AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI IS NOT EXPECTED
TO SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL AFTER 800 PM CDT.

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION.

MS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
450 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0440 PM    GIRARD                    KS   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96   CRAWFORD                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
                                          60-65 MPH WINDS FROM
                                          SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT^