Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Springfield, MO

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 200129
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
829 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

MOC185-200200-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0270.000000T0000Z-090620T0200Z/
ST. CLAIR MO-
829 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY...

AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OSCEOLA...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSCEOLA AND LOWRY CITY BY 835 PM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF ICONIUM AND HARPER ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. THIS ALSO INCLUDES WESTERN PORTIONS OF TRUMAN LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. WHILE NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE.

&&

LAT...LON 3821 9352 3804 9351 3802 9352 3801 9374
      3800 9381 3800 9382 3799 9389 3800 9389
      3821 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 252DEG 23KT 3808 9375

$$

SCHAUMANN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
637 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...

.UPDATE...

A WEAK FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
AT LATE AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT HAD NEARLY STALLED ON THE PERIPHERY
OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN MINIMAL ACROSS MISSOURI AND KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT STORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT NORTHEAST OF
KANSAS CITY. DESPITE A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THERE WAS
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING OR LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE
TO AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. THE SPRINGFIELD 00Z SOUNDING
SHOWED THAT MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM WHICH WILL
ALSO BE AN INHIBITING FACTOR TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A FEATURE OF INTEREST WAS A SMALL DISTURBANCE
RIDING AROUND THE RIDGE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS FEATURE
ALONG WITH A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET MAY BE ENOUGH TO SPARK
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI LATER TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A LOW RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE.

FOSTER

&&

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FOCUS IN THE SHORT TERM WILL BE WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT AND THEN BACK TO TEMPERATURES REST OF THE
SHORT TERM INTO THE EXTENDED.

CURRENTLY UPPER TROUGH PUSHING ACROSS THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS
WHILE A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST IOWA
INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SOME ELEVATED SCATTERED STORMS AFFECTED
BOURBON COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING AS AN EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE LIFTED
NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS. SURFACE BASED CAPES OF 2500 TO
3000 J/KG OCCURRING OVER CWA SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. DEW POINTS WERE IN
THE MID 60S ON THE PLATEAU AND LOW TO MID 70S IN SURROUNDING AREAS.

SURFACE FRONT WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION IN OUR CWA
TONIGHT. QUESTION IS HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE FRONT MAKE IT. UPPER
FLOW NOT EXPECTED TO HELP FRONT MAKE IT TOO FAR SOUTH OF THE I-70
CORRIDOR AND SO WOULD EXPECT MAIN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO REMAIN
NORTH OF THE CWA INTO OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES. ANOTHER FLY IN
OINTMENT WOULD BE MESOSCALE VORT DOWN IN TEXAS ATTM. GFS BRINGS
THIS INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND COULD BE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. ANY STORMS THAT WOULD DEVELOP COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.

UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY
BUT MAY HAVE SOME REMNANT CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING
THE MORNING HOURS. ANY REMAINING SURFACE BOUNDARIES COULD SPARK
ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON CONVECTION AS WELL SO HAVE LEFT SMALL POPS IN
FOR THE DAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO HEAT BACK UP INTO THE 90S AS THE RIDGE
STARTS BUILDING BACK INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD (MON THROUGH FRI)...

UPPER RIDGE IN CONTROL OVER THE MID AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
REGION WITH THERMAL CAP EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE OVER THE CWA AT THE
ONSET OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.  ENERGY FROM THE WESTERN TROUGH WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN CANADA BY
MIDWEEK ALLOWING FOR RIDGE TO BEGIN RETROGRADING WESTWARD.  SURFACE
FRONT COULD DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA BY THURSDAY.  MAY NEED TO
INTRODUCE POPS BY THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT IF MODELS CONTINUE ON THIS
PATH.

LINDENBERG

&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD TERMINALS
THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY DEVELOP MAINLY NORTH OF THE
TERMINAL SITES TONIGHT ALONG A FRONT THAT WILL STALL ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSOURI. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL AGAIN DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP AT THE SURFACE ON
SATURDAY.

FOSTER

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-202300-
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-
557 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL.

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURG KANSAS TO ROLLA MISSOURI.

DISCUSSION:

A WEAK FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH AND STALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI
TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE
FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT CALLED A
CAP WILL INHIBIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH INTO THE
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING SATURDAY MORNING AS THE
FRONT REMAINS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S WITH
HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES LATE
THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
 IS NOT LIKELY.

&&

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)

FOSTER