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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Springfield, MO

May 3, 2006Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2006, 1:40 PM CDT for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2006, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oregon County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 1:57 PM CDT	TORNADO 0	14 Ese Alton, MO	F0 TORNADO LOCATED BY NWS STORM SURVEY. TRACK BEGAN THREE MILES EAST OF RIVERTON NEAR COUNTY ROAD 152 JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160 AND MOVED TWO MILES EAST. INTERMITTENT MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND ALONG THE 20 YARD WIDE PATH.
May 3, 2:20 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	10 E Alton, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 17 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 3, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 031840
TORSGF
MOC149-031945-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0075.060503T1840Z-060503T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
140 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTON...OR 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF THAYER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  OREGON COUNTY.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3673 9129 3660 9136 3650 9132 3650 9115
      3672 9112

$$

CRAMER

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 031905
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
205 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

MOC149-031945-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060503T1945Z/
OREGON MO-
205 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GATEWOOD...OR 20 MILES WEST
OF DONIPHAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OREGON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WILDERNESS.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AS WELL.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3679 9122 3667 9128 3663 9113 3680 9112

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 031916
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
216 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

MOC149-031945-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060503T1945Z/
OREGON MO-
216 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GATEWOOD...OR 20 MILES WEST
OF DONIPHAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OREGON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WILDERNESS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3679 9122 3665 9125 3663 9113 3680 9112

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 031930
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
230 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

MOC149-031945-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060503T1945Z/
OREGON MO-
230 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GATEWOOD...OR 21 MILES WEST
OF DONIPHAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OREGON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF WILDERNESS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3677 9122 3664 9124 3663 9113 3680 9112

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 031951
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
251 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

MOC149-032001-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060503T1945Z/
OREGON MO-
251 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OREGON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 247 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN OREGON COUNTY.

IF SEVERE WEATHER WAS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

LAT...LON 3677 9122 3664 9124 3663 9113 3680 9112

$$

CRAMER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, 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 this tornado warning went out at May 3, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1153 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE INCREASING FROM CENTRAL
MISSOURI BACK INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  ANOTHER AREA OF
CONCERN IS ALONG THE OZARK PLATEAU FROM SPRINGFIELD OVER TO
TEXAS...DENT...AND SHANNON COUNTIES WHERE VISIBLE SAT SHOWS ENHANCED
CU DEVELOPING.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A COUPLE OF
RESIDUAL CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES POSITIONED ALONG THE PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED AREAS.  DECENT HEATING HAS DESTABILIZED THE AIRMASS OVER
SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WHERE 0-1KM COMPUTED CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO
AROUND 1500-2000 J/KG.  AN 18Z RAOB WILL BE RELEASED AT AROUND NOON
TO ASSESS CAP STRENGTH...BUT 12Z SGF RAOB AND SHORT TERM MODEL
ANALYSIS WOULD SUGGEST WEAK INHIBITION ACROSS THE AREA.  THEREFORE
MODEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG ANY SMALL SCALE BOUNDARY
MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR STORM INITIATION.  ANOTHER POTENTIAL TRIGGER
IS LOCATED ACROSS KANSAS IN THE FORM OF AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE.
THIS MAY ALSO AID IN DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
MODEST LARGE SCALE ASCENT SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION.

12Z SGF RAOB ANALYZED STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSES RATES FROM THE TOP OF
THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION UP TO AROUND 550 MB.  THIS HAS YIELDED LARGE
NORMALIZED CAPES WITHIN THE -10 TO -30 LAYER (HAIL GROWTH LAYER).
DEEP AND LOW LEVEL SHEAR VALUES ARE QUITE WEAK FOR THE TIME OF
YEAR...HOWEVER...STRONG INSTABILITY SHOULD COMPENSATE FOR THE WEAK
SHEAR FOR A FEW ORGANIZED STORMS.  -20 HEIGHTS ARE BELOW 20000 FEET
AND WET-BULB ZERO LEVELS ARE AROUND 9000 FEET...THEREFORE...LARGE
HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...POTENTIALLY UP TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.  AN ISOLATED SEVERE WIND
GUST CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL.

CRAMER

.DISCUSSION...

SHORT TERM DISCUSSION (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...

MCS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN CONFINED TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WHERE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES HAVE AIDED
CONVECTION. OUR AREA WAS LIKELY STABILIZED SOMEWHAT BY OUTFLOW
FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON MCS OVER EASTERN OK.

ANOTHER BATCH OF SCATTERED STORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI WITHIN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF AN 850 MB THETA E AXIS.
THIS AREA OF CONVECTION LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BUILD SOUTHEAST INTO OUR
NORTHEAST COUNTIES BRIEFLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING. OTHERWISE
EXPECT MAIN SHOW FOR OUR AREA TO BE WITH MCS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM LINCOLN TO
SALINA.

CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO LOWER POPS TOO MUCH WITH MOIST AXIS AND
COLD FRONT APPROACHING TODAY. HOWEVER HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS FOR THE
MORNING...WITH MAINLY LIKELY POPS GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
INCREASING CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES
FROM YESTERDAY/S VALUES...ESPECIALLY OVER OUR WESTERN ZONES...WHERE
CONVECTIVE CLOUD DEBRIS WILL HAVE GREATEST IMPACT.

FOR TONIGHT WILL KEEP PRECIP GOING THROUGH TONIGHT AS COLD FRONT
TRAVERSES THE AREA. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR STILL LOOKS PRETTY
WEAK...HOWEVER STILL SEE HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL POTENTIAL AS PWATS
INCREASE TO OVER 1.25 INCHES...K INDICES EXCEED 30 AND CAPES
APPROACH 2000 J/KG.

COLD FRONT SLOWS TO A CRAWL OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OK
ON THURSDAY AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE PARALLEL TO THE FRONT. WILL
CARRY HIGHEST POPS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER COUNTIES THROUGH
THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. PWATS REMAIN WELL OVER AN INCH...SO EXPECT
HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60.

TERRY
&&

PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...

MED RANGE GUIDANCE AND ENSEMBLES ARE IN GENERALLY AGREEMENT DURING
THIS TIME FRAME. SHORTWAVE RIDING WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN JUST IN TIME
FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE ANOTHER TROUGH APPROACHES BY THE BEGINNING OF
NEXT WEEK. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. BELOW AVERAGE...BUT PLEASANT... TEMPS ARE ON TAP WITH LOWS
MAINLY IN THE 40S (A FEW UPPER 30S NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF
POSSIBILITY) AND HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S. BY MONDAY...A DISTURBANCE
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. TIMING/STRENGTH OF THIS FEATURE UP TO
DEBATE THIS EARLY IN THE GAME...PARTICULARLY GIVEN INCREASING
ENSEMBLE SPREAD. THUS HAVE INTRODUCED LOW END POPS AND RETURNED
TEMPS TO NEAR AVERAGE.

GAGAN

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 12Z TAFS...WILL CONTINUE TO BACK TIMING ON CONVECTION FROM
THE 06Z TAFS. COLD FRONT IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS APPEARS TO BE
SLOWING SOMEWHAT. LOOKS LIKE SOUTHERN MISSOURI STABILITY IS BEING
IMPACTED SOME BY MCS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AS WELL.
STARTING TO SEE SOME LIGHTNING STRIKES UP AROUND KMCI...BUT THAT
SHOULD ONLY REACH INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SO WILL MOST
LIKELY BACK TIMING FOR CONVECTION TO GET GOING DOWN THIS WAY UNTIL
AFTERNOON. WILL PROBABLY TWEAK TAFS TO GO PREDOMINANT SHOWERS WITH
SOME TEMPO TSTMS. ONCE SHOWERS GET GOING...CEILINGS SHOULD BECOME
PREDOMINANTLY MVFR...SO WILL KEEP WITH CEILINGS OF 1000 TO
2000 FEET EXPECTED AND VISIBILITIES.

CLAYCOMB

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 1:32 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
132 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-041845-
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-
132 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND TORRENTIALL RAINFALL.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

  A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN AND
  CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...THE AIR HAS BECOME WARM
  AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD FRONT...THERE ARE NUMEROUS
  OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SCATTERED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
  THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THESE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE AMPLE LIFT
  THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

  CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
  ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE
  PRIMARY RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLF BALLS. THE STRONGEST CLUSTERS OF STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT
  DEVELOP. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH AND
  EAST WILL RESULT IN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FALLING IN A
  SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
  AREA THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTH INTO THE REGION. A FEW
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL BE
  POSSIBLE ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...FARTHER TO
  THE NORTH SMALLER HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO
  TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
  EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

GAGAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1233 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1233 PM     HAIL             6 S SALEM               37.56N 91.54W
05/03/2006  E1.25 INCH       DENT               MO   PUBLIC

            HALF DOLLAR AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

SCHULTZ

Local storm report, May 3, 12:51 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1251 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1251 PM     HAIL             WEST PLAINS             36.73N 91.85W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       HOWELL             MO   POST OFFICE

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL

&&

SCHULTZ

Local storm report, May 3, 12:55 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1255 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 PM     HAIL             WEST PLAINS             36.73N 91.85W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       HOWELL             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SCHULTZ

Special weather statement, May 3, 1:07 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
107 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

MOZ066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031915-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
107 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
282 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 30 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

CAMDEN                HICKORY               PHELPS
PULASKI               ST. CLAIR

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

DENT                  HOWELL                OREGON
SHANNON               TEXAS

IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

BARRY                 BARTON                CEDAR
CHRISTIAN             DADE                  DALLAS
DOUGLAS               GREENE                JASPER
LACLEDE               LAWRENCE              MCDONALD
NEWTON                OZARK                 POLK
STONE                 TANEY                 VERNON
WEBSTER               WRIGHT

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALTON...ANDERSON...APPLETON CITY...
AURORA...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...BUFFALO...CABOOL...CAMDENTON...
CARTHAGE...CASSVILLE...EL DORADO SPRINGS...EMINENCE...FORSYTH...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...GAINESVILLE...GALENA...GREENFIELD...
HERMITAGE...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...KIMBERLING CITY...LAMAR...
LEBANON...MANSFIELD...MARSHFIELD...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...NEOSHO...NEVADA...NIXA...OSAGE BEACH...OSCEOLA...
OZARK...PINEVILLE...REPUBLIC...ROGERSVILLE...ROLLA...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON...THAYER...THEODOSIA...WAYNESVILLE...
WEST PLAINS...WILLOW SPRINGS AND WINONA.

WFO SGF

Local storm report, May 3, 1:11 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
111 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1240 PM     HAIL             DARIEN                  37.52N 91.59W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       DENT               MO   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGE TO VEHICLES FROM HAIL

&&

SCHULTZ

Local storm report, May 3, 1:25 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
125 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0113 PM     HAIL             AKERS                   37.38N 91.55W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       SHANNON            MO   PUBLIC

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SCHULTZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Morgan	39 min
May 3, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	61 min
May 3, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	63 min
May 3, 12:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dent	22 min
May 3, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	63 min
May 3, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	76 min
May 3, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	36 min
May 3, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas	57 min
May 3, 1:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	6 hr
May 3, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	43 min
May 3, 2:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Oregon	6 hr
May 3, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	6 hr
May 3, 3:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Vernon	72 min
May 3, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	56 min
May 3, 6:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	53 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2006 Every tornado warning in 2006 Tornadoes in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.