Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, 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

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220830-

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

...A NEW TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 2 AM...

...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 3 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTH
OF A ROLLA TO WAYNESVILLE TO STOCKTON LINE AND WEST OF A SALEM TO
GAINESVILLE LINE UNTIL 2 AM. THE WATCH INDLUDES THE CITIES OF
SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...LEBANON...AND BRANSON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND
NORTH OF A NEVADA TO ROLLA TO SALEM LINE UNTIL 3 AM. THIS INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF CAMDENTON...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...NEVADA...WARSAW....AND
VERSAILLES.

RIDDLE

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO VALID TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
926 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

...A NEW TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 3 AM...

...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI
UNTIL 3 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTH
OF A ROLLA TO WAYNESVILLE TO STOCKTON LINE AND WEST OF A SALEM TO
GAINESVILLE LINE UNTIL 3 AM. THE WATCH INDLUDES THE CITIES OF
SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...LEBANON...AND BRANSON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND
NORTH OF A NEVADA TO ROLLA TO SALEM LINE UNTIL 3 AM. THIS INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF CAMDENTON...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...NEVADA...WARSAW....AND
VERSAILLES.

RIDDLE
/CORRECTION TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 3 AM/

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220735-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1232 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 500 AM...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM
NORTHERN MISSOURI ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS INTO OKLAHOMA. AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OZARKS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WAS UNSTABLE...THUS STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP.  HAIL...HIGH WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE AREA WITH THE
BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A
PINEVILLE IN MCDONALD COUNTY TO SPRINGFIELD AND ROLLA LINE. TO THE WEST
OF THIS LINE...PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING EVEN THOUGH THE
REGION HAD BEEN SUFFERING THROUGH A DRY SPELL FOR MOST OF THE MONTH.

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KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220825-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
121 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI...
...TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR
TANEY...WEBSTER...WRIGHT AND LACLEDE COUNTIES...
..TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI...

THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
SINCE SUNDAY EVENING HAD STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE
SLIGHTLY...DIMINISHING THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUS THE
TORNADO WATCH AREA HAD BEEN SHIFTED EASTWARD...WITH THE WATCHES IN
EFFECT EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO LEBANON AND SALEM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC
DEVELOPMENT...CONTINUED IN THESE AREAS.

ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT HAD DECREASED FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI...PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS TO DEVELOP.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUED IN
EFFECT THROUGH 500 AM CDT THAT INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JOPLIN...MONETT
...SPRINGFIELD...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...MARSHFIELD...LEBANON...0ROLLA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD AND VIENNA.

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