Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Kansas City, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
430 AM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

MAIN CONCERNS ARE TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION FOR TODAY.

UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS POSITIVE TILT TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS IN
WESTERLIES FROM MN THROUGH NE AT 00Z WITH WEAK HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS
NORTHERN MO.  THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONGER HEIGHT FALLS TO THE
NORTH IS HELPING TO PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION.
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN OCCURRING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT.  COOL
FRONT HAS PROGRESSED TO ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF MISSOURI THIS
MORNING.  EARLIER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION IS ALSO HELPING
THE FRONT TO PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST.  SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE
BROKEN OUT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MO LAST COUPLE HOURS AND IS FITTING
THE 3 HOUR QPF FROM OUR LOCAL WORKSTATION ETA MODEL (WSETA) QUITE
WELL.

ETA AND AVN MODELS ARE HINTING AT CONTINUED MOVEMENT OF FRONT ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY.  ETA AND WSETA ARE INDICATING A WEAKENING OF SHOWER
ACTIVITY DURING THE MORNING HOURS.  THEN REDEVELOPING IT ALONG THE
FRONT AROUND MID-DAY.  I AM LEANING TOWARD THIS SOLUTION WITH LIKELY
POPS SOUTHERN 2/3S OF CWA.

TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE TOUGH.  WILL CONTINUE HEAT ADVISORY FOR
TODAY SOUTH OF A PAOLA TO BOONVILLE LINE AS COMPRESSIONAL HEATING
AND POOLING OF DEWPOINTS...WITH ENOUGH SUN TO GET THE TEMPERATURES
INTO THE MIDDLE 90S...WILL MAKE IT QUITE HOT AGAIN.  TIMING OF
FRONT...REDEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION AND AMOUNT OF CLOUDINESS WILL
PLAY HAVOC WITH HIGHS AND PLAY A ROLE IN THE NEED FOR THE HEAT
ADVISORY.  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERE AS INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL AND SHEAR IS WEAK.

AFTER TODAY...AREA COOLS SLIGHTLY WITH LOWER DEWPOINTS.  NEXT CHANCE
FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE LATE IN THE WEEK.  LOG WAVE RIDGE BUILDS
OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WITH EAST COAST TROUGH.  RESULT IS A
PERIOD OF NORTHWEST FLOW WHICH WILL ALLOW TRANSITORY SYSTEMS TO
MOVE ACROSS THE STATE.

BROWNING

.EAX...

KS...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES KSZ057...KSZ060.

MO...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MONDAY FOR ZONES MOZ043>046... MOZ053>054.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-231100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1257 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002

* HAZARDS EXPECTED -
A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A
PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI LINE.  TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE
90S AND HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE
AREA. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE.

* SPOTTER ACTIVATION -
NOT ANTICIPATED.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT ALONG A KIRKSVILLE TO KANSAS CITY LINE WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH WELL INTO THE 90S...AND COMBINED
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL ALLOW HEAT INDICES TO REACH ABOVE 105
DEGREES SOUTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE MISSOURI LINE. THE
COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR THE ATMOSPHERE
TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS COLD FRONT
ENCOUNTERS THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. WIND SHEAR WILL REMAIN WEAK...INHIBITING STORM
ORGANIZATION...AND WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR
LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF BRIEFLY
PRODUCING SEVERE HAIL AND POSSIBLY A WET MICROBURST.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
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