River Flood Warning 25, NWS Springfield, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
640 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CHALLENGES TODAY DEAL WITH RAIN AMOUNTS TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING BOUNDARY FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WAS THE FOCUS OF THIS
MORNINGS CONVECTION AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AND
MOVED NORTH THROUGH THE CWA. RADAR SHOWING SOME WEAK SHOWERS
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. A LOT OF CLOUDS OVER THE CWA AND CONVECTION
FROM THIS MORNING HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE SOME THIS MORNING.
UPPER LOW CONTINUES OVER DESERT SOUTHWEST AND LOTS OF GULF
MOISTURE HAS SURGED NORTH INTO EAST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. DEW POINTS
IN THE MID 60S ACROSS TEXAS AND MID 50S IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LOOKING AT MODEL SOUNDINGS...IT LOOKS LIKE ALL CONVECTION IN THE
CWA WILL BE ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON. LCLS GET PRETTY LOW DOWN NEAR
THE ARKANSAS LINE...BUT EVEN HERE CONVECTION SHOULD BE ELEVATED.
DID CONTINUE MENTION OF ISOLATED TORNADOES DOWN NEAR THE STATE
LINE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. LOOKS THOUGH THAT THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION
THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOW 60S ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WE GET ANY SUN BREAKS TO ALLOW MORE
HEATING TO BREAK THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION...THE SITUATION MAY
RAPIDLY CHANGE.

HEAVY RAIN GETS GOING TONIGHT AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA. MODEL SOUNDINGS FOR THIS TIME SHOW
PWATS AROUND 1.5 INCHES OVERNIGHT. UPPER WINDS LOOK TO BE PARALLEL
TO THE FRONT WHICH WOULD BE A GOOD SETUP FOR TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS. FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY
TUESDAY AS MORE GULF MOISTURE GETS PULLED UP ALONG THE FRONT. BOTH
GFS AND WRF SHOWING IMPRESSIVE 6 HOURLY QPF FORECASTS BASICALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR FROM 12Z THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. BELIEVE GOING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED
5 INCHES WE HAVE GOING IN THE WATCH STILL LOOKS GOOD. MAY NEED TO
START SHAVING OFF COUNTIES NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 44 FROM
THE WATCH AFTER TUESDAY MORNING AS THEY WILL MOST LIKELY GET THEIR
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TONIGHT. BUT WILL WAIT AND SEE WHERE THE
AXIS OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL SETS UP BEFORE PULLING ANY COUNTIES.

DID GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE
FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST. MAY NEED TO EXTEND EVEN FURTHER INTO
WEDNESDAY AS UPPER LOW IS SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS AND WE GET
SOME WRAP AROUND MOISTURE.

CLAYCOMB

LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

WEATHER DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY A
SERIES OF WEAK PULSES OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE
REGION AS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN TRANSITIONS FROM RIDGING TO MORE
ZONAL FLOW AND BACK TO CENTRAL CONUS RIDGING. THE FIRST IMPULSE
WILL PUSH THROUGH EARLY ON FRIDAY BUT THE CWA WILL LIKELY REMAIN
DRY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM NICELY IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM BUT COOL
BACK DOWN IN THE WAKE OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON FRIDAY.

THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL CUT OFF THE GULF FLOW AND MOISTURE
WILL BE SLOW TO RETURN IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. THE 00Z GFS
INDICATED A WELL DEVELOPED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WOULD FORM
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM JET ENERGY
BEGAN TO PHASE A BIT. THE 12Z GFS RUN CONTINUES TO USHER IN A
SHARP SHORT WAVE TROUGH COUPLED WITH A LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE
JET...BUT HESITATES TO DEVELOP SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS. WITH THE
ECMWF PLAYING A ROLE IN BETWEEN THE TWO GFS RUNS...OPTED TO DO THE
SAME WITH THE FORECAST...MENTIONING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
QUITE SHARPLY WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION...GOOD MIXING...AND 850
TEMPS APPROACHING -4C ON SUNDAY. SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM AGAIN BY
LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS ANOTHER...POTENTIALLY BETTER
DEVELOPED...STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PLAINS.

BARJENBRUCH

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 00Z TAF PACKAGE...RAINFALL BEGINNING TO EXPAND ACROSS THE
REGION AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE TAF CYCLE. VIS/CIG LEVELS REMAIN VFR FOR THE MOMENT...BUT
THIS WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE THIS EVENING. AS THUNDERSTORMS EXPAND AND
FILL IN ACROSS THE AREA...MVFR VIS/CIG WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. IFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO FILTER IN AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES JLN AROUND MIDNIGHT...SGF AFTER 09Z. LOW LEVEL WIND
SHEAR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT AS A STRONG LOW LEVEL
JET PERSISTS ACROSS THE AREA. IFR CIGS AND MVFR VIS WILL BE THE
GENERAL RULE FOR MOST OF THE REGION TUESDAY. RAIN LOOKS TO EXIT
THE JLN AERODROME TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL LINGER LONGER AT
THE SGF AERODROME. VIS/CIG RESTRICTIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AFTER
THE END OF THE VALID TAF CYCLE.

GAGAN

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MOZ055>058-
     066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.

KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
809 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-190115-
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-
809 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

 THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS
 ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. SIGNIFICANT
 WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THIS
 EPISODE OF HEAVY RAIN.

 LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT DURING
 THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. INSTABILITY WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO INCREASE
 THROUGH THE NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SPREADS IN FROM THE GULF.
 THIS INSTABILITY MAY BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE
 STORMS.

 THERE IS A VERY LOW RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
 THIS RISK IS DEPENDENT UPON THE POSSIBILITY OF LOW LEVEL
 INSTABILITY DEVELOPING...WHICH WOULD ENABLE STORMS TO BECOME BASED
 WITHIN LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS
  THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PUSH SOUTHEAST.
  WIDESPREAD FLOODING APPEARS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH
  FOR THE MOST RECENT DETAILS REGARDING THE INCREASING THREAT FOR
  SERIOUS FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

  A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IF THE
  FRONT IS SLOWER TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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)

CRAMER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
636 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

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

0600 AM     LIGHTNING        4 N LEBANON             37.74N 92.66W
03/17/2008                   LACLEDE            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LACLEDE EMERGENCY MANAGER WAS NOTIFIED BY A CATTLE
            RANCHER THAT THREE COWS HAD BEEN KILLED FROM A LIGHTNING
            STRIKE.

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DCRAMER