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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Springfield, MO

May 3, 2006Greene County, Polk County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2006, 7:44 PM CDT for Greene County, Polk County, Missouri. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, MO, Polk County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 7:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Walnut Grove, MO	TIN ROOF ON HOUSE BLOWN OFF
May 3, 8:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ash Grove, MO	TREES AND POWER POLES SNAPPED IN ASH GROVE
May 3, 8:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Ash Grove, MO	SEVERAL TREES DOWN...SOME AS LARGE AS TWO FEET IN DIAMETER.
May 3, 8:18 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 S Willard, MO

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 1050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 040044
TORSGF
MOC077-167-040145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0081.060504T0044Z-060504T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 742 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  EVERTON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF GREENFIELD. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
  TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR WALNUT GROVE BY 800 PM CDT.
  NEAR WILLARD BY 820 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF CAVE SPRINGS...SACVILLE...GLIDEWELL AND EBENEZER ARE
ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

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 3747 9364 3729 9365 3721 9325 3746 9321

$$

DSA

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 040059
SVSSGF

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

MOC077-167-040145-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-060504T0145Z/
GREENE MO-POLK MO-
759 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POLK AND GREENE COUNTIES
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO..  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASH GROVE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GREENFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR WILLARD BY 820 PM CDT.
  NEAR I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 80 BY 845 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF BOIS DARC...CAVE SPRINGS...GLIDEWELL AND EBENEZER ARE
ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3747 9359 3720 9360 3715 9325 3745 9325

$$

DSA

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 040117
SVSSGF

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

MOC167-040126-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-060504T0145Z/
POLK MO-
816 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 811 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3734 9359 3712 9359 3711 9329 3730 9320

$$

MOC077-040145-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-060504T0145Z/
GREENE MO-
816 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM
CDT...

AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO..  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLARD...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
REPUBLIC...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 70 BY 830 PM CDT.
  NEAR BROOKLINE BY 840 PM CDT.
  NEAR SPRINGFIELD BY 845 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF BOIS DARC IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

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 3734 9359 3712 9359 3711 9329 3730 9320

$$

DSA

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 040147
SVSSGF

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

MOC077-040156-
/O.EXP.KSGF.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-060504T0145Z/
GREENE MO-
846 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

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

THE LINE OF STORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER GREENE COUNTY AND PUSHED 
SOUTH THROUGH THE SPRINGFIELD AREA PRODUCING WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF 
WIND DAMAGE...HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WINDS REPORTED OVER 60 MPH WITH 
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.


LAT...LON 3734 9359 3712 9359 3711 9329 3730 9320

$$

DSA

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, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE AND AVIATION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
615 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST RADAR TRENDS.

REGIONAL 88D IMAGERY SHOWING SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG THE SFC COLD
FRONT FROM SE KS THROUGH CENTRAL MO. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THIS
WILL BE THE MAIN AREA TO RECEIVE RAINFALL AND HAVE UPPED POPS TO
CATEGORICAL FROM VERNON TO PHELPS COUNTIES AND POINTS NORTHWARD.
HAVE ALTERED POPS ACROSS SE ZONE THIS EVENING AS CONVECTION WILL BE
MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE...RAISING BACK TO LIKELY TONIGHT AS THE
COLD FRONT SAGS INTO THIS AREA. RAIN CHANCES ACROSS SW QUARTER OF
MISSOURI RATHER DIFFICULT. FOR THIS EVENING...THE FRONT WILL REMAIN
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS AREA...HOWEVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CONTINUE
TO SPORADICALLY FIRE. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD...THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN
WILL BE WITH THE FRONT AND HAVE OPTED TO MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS FOR
TONIGHT.

SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE BEST JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS
SE KS AND W MO. DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS A BIT BETTER HERE...AND THE
ATMOSPHERE IS MORE PRISTINE AS COMPARED TO AREAS OVER THE EASTERN
OZARKS (WHICH HAVE BEEN WORKED OVER BY PREVIOUS STORMS). MLCAPES
WILL REMAIN IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG RANGE THIS EVENING AND 700-500
LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LARGE HAIL RISK. LOCALIZED DAMAGING
WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TORNADO RISK IS LOW...AND WILL BE
ISOLATED TO THE MOST INTENSE STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

GAGAN

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE
SFC...A COLD FRONT IS DRAPED FROM NEAR IRK TO COU TO CNU. THE
AIRMASS HAS BECOME MODESTLY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF THE FRONT. TEMPS IN
THE UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S HAVE RESULTED
IN MLCAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG...GIVE OR TAKE. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD
FRONT...SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ARE SCATTERED ABOUT THE AREA.
ALOFT TWO UPPER DISTURBANCES ARE NOTED...WITH ONE OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS AND THE OTHER MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.

TO THIS POINT...THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN OUR FOCUS MECHANISM
WITH BROAD UPPER SUPPORT FROM THE DISTURBANCES ALOFT. EFFECTIVE DEEP
LAYER BULK SHEAR OF 30-35KT IS ENOUGH TO ORGANIZE CONVECTION INTO
CLUSTERS/BANDS. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE DEEP
LAYER SHEAR VECTOR AND AS A RESULT...HAVE SEEN A TENDENCY FOR
REGENERATIVE/SLIGHTLY BACKBUILDING CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONT AND
VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THIS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED FLOODING
RISK. WITH 700-500MB LAPSE RATES AROUND 7C AND 2000 J/KG MLCAPE
EXPECTED IN THE WARM SECTOR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SEVERE
WEATHER RISK WILL CONTINUE. SHEAR IS REMINISCENT OF SUMMER...WET
BULB ZERO HEIGHTS MORE LIKE SPRING. THUS PRIMARY RISK IS LARGE
HAIL...SECONDARY RISK IS LOCALIZED WIND.

TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE
SOUTHWARD AND SETTLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY SUNRISE. GIVEN
SEEMINGLY CHAOTIC NATURE TO CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...HAVE MAINTAINED
LIKELY POPS...AS A FEW AREAS MAY REMAIN DRY TONIGHT. TEMPS WILL FALL
INTO THE 50S NORTH OF THE SFC FRONT TONIGHT...HANGING AROUND 60 NEAR
THE FRONT. A FEW MORE DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE W/E ACROSS THE AREA
THUR AND THUR NIGHT. HAVE KEPT HIGHEST POPS (LIKELY) CONFINED TO THE
SOUTHER TIER OF COUNTIES...TAPERING TO LOWER CHC OVER CENTRAL MO.
TEMPS ARE ADMITTEDLY TRICKY THUR AND THUR NIGHT...DEPENDENT ON CLOUD
COVERAGE AND RAIN DISTRIBUTION. BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME IS FOR
HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70 THUR AFTERNOON WITH LOWS
BACK INTO THE 50S THUR NIGHT.

FRI AND FRI NIGHT...LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE ACTION
AS SFC FRONT LOOKS TO SETTLE OVER NORTHERN ARK. HAVE CUT BACK ON
POPS WITH LOW END CHC ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES TAPERING TO
SLIGHT CHC OVER CENTRAL MO. HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S WITH
LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S.

SAT THROUGH WED...MED RANGE GUIDANCE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN...HOWEVER THERE ARE
CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES IN HANDLING SMALLER SCALE FEATURES EMBEDDED
THEREIN. THE FIRST ISSUE IS FOR THE WEEKEND WHERE THE ECMWF HAS
BECOME RATHER PESSIMISTIC MAINTAINING CLOUDS AND SHOWER POTENTIAL.
THE GFS ENS AND UKMET SUGGESTS LINGER RAIN CHANCE EARLY SATURDAY
WITH CLEAR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. GIVEN RUN-TO-RUN
CONSISTENCY FROM THE GFS ENS AND UKMET...HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW THESE
SOLUTIONS.

IN SPITE OF DIFFERENCES FOR THE WEEKEND...CONSENSUS REMAINS FOR
ANOTHER TROUGH PASSAGE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. ENSEMBLE
SPREAD CONTINUES TO REMAIN HIGH DURING THIS TIME FRAME AND
CONFIDENCE IN PIN-POINTING THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS FEATURE
REMAINS ON THE LOW SIDE. MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE FORECAST FOR
MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY WITH LOW END CHC POPS AND A RETURN TO AVERAGE
TEMPS.

GAGAN

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 00Z TAFS...FORECAST CONUNDRUM REMAINS THE BELIGERENT
CONVECTION JUST TO THE NORTH OF SGF AND JLN. THE COLD FRONT
RESPONSIBLE FOR FOCUSING THIS CONVECTION IS SLOWLY SAGGING TO THE
SOUTH. FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE EVENING...TSRA SHOULD REMAIN
TO THE NORTH OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHEAR AXIS
ALOFT IS ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...SO THE PROGRESSION OF THE
FRONT WILL BE SLOW. THEREFORE...WILL HOLD TSRA POTENTIAL TOWARD
MIDNIGHT OR THEREAFTER. CIGS/VIS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION WILL REMAIN
VFR...WITH MVFR CIGS ON TAP THURSDAY.

GAGAN

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

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

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 1:32 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 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, 6:54 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 N LIBERAL             37.57N 94.52W
05/03/2006  E0 MPH           BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ESTIMATED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, May 3, 6:57 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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

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

0655 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 W IRWIN               37.59N 94.34W
05/03/2006                   BARTON             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, May 3, 6:58 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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

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

0655 PM     HAIL             2 S NEVADA              37.81N 94.35W
05/03/2006  E0.88 INCH       VERNON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NICKEL HAIL FROM NEVADA TO
            VERNON COUNTY LINE

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, May 3, 7:07 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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

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

0706 PM     TORNADO          2 W IRWIN               37.59N 94.32W
05/03/2006                   BARTON             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, May 3, 7:16 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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

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

0706 PM     HAIL             7 N LAMAR               37.60N 94.28W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       BARTON             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 71

&&

LDOOLEY

Local storm report, May 3, 7:34 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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

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

0733 PM     HAIL             GREENFIELD              37.42N 93.84W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       DADE               MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DADE COUNTY 911 REPORTED QUARTER HAIL IN TOWN

&&

LDOOLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade	63 min
May 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Wright	6 hr
May 3, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	39 min
May 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade	6 hr
May 3, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	47 min
May 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene	6 hr
May 3, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	45 min
May 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas	51 min
May 3, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Wright	46 min
May 3, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	47 min
May 3, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	57 min
May 3, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	45 min
May 4, 4:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 18 more	11 hr
May 4, 6:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	6 hr
May 4, 7:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone, Taney	6 hr

Nearby

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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.