Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Springfield, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
918 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION...

.UPDATE...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND ROUGHLY ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF
A LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KS TO OSCEOLA TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
SOUTH SOUTHWESTWARD MOVING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CLEARLY SEEN ON KSGF
WSR 88D IMAGERY. THE LOW LEVEL JET...BEST SEEN AROUND THE 925MB
THIS MORNING...REMAINS PERPENDICULAR TO THIS BOUNDARY RIGHT
NOW...THOUGH LOW LEVEL WINDS SHOULD VEER/WEAKEN WITH TIME LEADING
TO A TREND OF DECREASING ACTIVITY. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH RAINFALL
THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

WITH A MYRIAD OF BOUNDARIES AROUND AND TEMPS EXPECTED TO REACH
INTO THE UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TSRA IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44
CORRIDOR. SBCAPE SHOULD RISE ABOVE 3000 J/KG WITH MLCAPE IN EXCESS
OF 2000 J/KG...THUS THERE IS A CONCERN FOR SCATTERED SEVERE
STORMS WITH DOWNBURSTS THE PRIMARY ISSUE...HAIL IS A SECONDARY
CONCERN.

CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A CONCERN LATER TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY AS WE WILL LIKELY BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF AN MCS FROM
KS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TUE.

GAGAN

&&

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH POP CHANCES AND TIMING
IN THE SHORT TERM THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A VERY HIGH POSSIBILITY OF A
FORECAST BUST WITH BOTH TEMPERATURES AND POPS FOR TODAY.

CURRENTLY...SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS JUST TO
THE WEST OF TOPEKA THIS MORNING. COLD FRONT TO THE SOUTHWEST
BISECTING KANSAS FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. CONVECTION ON MOSAIC
RADAR CONCENTRATED OVER NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND SEEMS TO BE
PERCOLATING ON PREVIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. SOUTHWESTERN PORTION
OF THE CONVECTION BEING FUELED BY 25-30KT LOW LEVEL JET AS CAN BE
SEEN ON AREA PROFILERS. THIS JET SEEMS TO BE WEAKENING SOME OVER
THE PAST COUPLE HOURS AND WILL NEED TO WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN/IF
THE JET WEAKENS ANY FURTHER.

FOR TODAY...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES TO THE SOUTH TO MAKE ANY LAST MINUTE CALLS ON POPS AND
TEMPERATURES TODAY. FROM THE WRF THIS MORNING...INDICATIONS ARE
THAT THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL PICK UP AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND
SHIFT MORE WESTERLY...WHICH WOULD SHIFT CONVECTION FURTHER TO THE
SOUTH AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVE SOUTH. GFS ON THE OTHER
HAND...REALLY WEAKENS THE JET AND ANY CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ALONG THE FRONT AS IT STALLS OVER NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE WRF/HPC SOLUTION
AND BRING SHOWERS AND FRONT SOUTH INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL KEEP THE WET SOLUTION GOING. SHOULD THE GFS SOLUTION BEAR
FRUIT...CWA WILL REMAIN DRY AT LEAST UNTIL THIS EVENING AND
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB BACK INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S. TOOK A BLEND
OF WRF AND GFS TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY AND HAVE UPPER 80S/LOW 90S
FORECAST FOR HIGHS TODAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A
POSSIBILITY AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY OUR SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES WHERE WRF FORECAST CAPES APPROACH 3000 J/KG
AS THE LOW LEVEL CAP BREAKS. LOOK FOR HAZARDS TO BE MAINLY
CONVECTIVE WINDS AND HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL INCLUDE IN THIS
MORNINGS HWO.

ALL MODELS ARE SHOWING A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX FORMING TONIGHT
ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MOVING EASTWARD INTO THE SGF CWA
OVERNIGHT WITH SEVERE WEATHER THREATS TURNING TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
GFS...THOUGH PROBABLY CONVECTIVE LY CONTAMINATED...IS FORECASTING
SOME PRETTY HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS WITH THIS COMPLEX...ANYWHERE FROM 2
TO 4 INCHES WITH THIS COMPLEX. MM5...WRF AND HPC FORECASTS
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS...FORECASTING GENERALLY THREE QUARTERS TO AN
INCH OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. GIVEN RELATIVE DRY SOIL
CONDITIONS...DO NOT THINK A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS WARRANTED...BUT
DAY SHIFT MAY WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS LATER TODAY.

BACK IN NORTHWEST FLOW FOR WEDNESDAY AS FRONT SHIFTS TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN COOL AS SURFACE WINDS WILL BE
OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST THROUGH THURSDAY. GULF MOISTURE
BEGINS TO RETURN THURSDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST
AND WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY.

CLAYCOMB

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 12Z TAFS...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT ALL 3 TERMINAL
FORECAST POINTS LATER TODAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO THE
REGION. CURRENT CONVECTION TO THE NORTH EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD
THIS MORNING WITH REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT LATE THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY HAVE A TEMPO GROUP WITH
THUNDERSTORMS AND MVFR CONDITIONS DURING THE 18-00Z PERIOD...WITH
CONTINUING CB WORDING THROUGH AROUND 03Z.

LINDENBERG

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1252 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111800-
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-
1252 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WINDS TO 60 MPH
  QUARTER SIZED HAIL
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
  OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE
  OF STORMS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR.

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
  TONIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

 A COLD FRONT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI WILL
 SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
 HAVE DEVELOPED WELL AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
 MISSOURI OZARKS. STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA...WITH
 WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ACROSS EXTREME
 SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ADDITIONAL
 THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THESE
 STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS
 TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
 ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

 IN ADDITION...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL
 KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LINE
 OF STORMS WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AFTER 200 PM AND
 PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE
 FROM LAMAR TO OSCEOLA...AFTER 300 PM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS
 EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

 ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
 TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. STRONG
 STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...THOUGH THERE
 WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING AS HEAVY RAINFALL
 IS ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED.

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

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY
  MORNING WITH HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD TUESDAY
  MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE AREA AFTER
  MIDDAY TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST AS
  WELL AS FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON.

&&

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1133 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

MOZ090-101700-
GREENE MO-
1133 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY UNTIL NOON
CDT...

AT 1132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WILLARD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BATTLEFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GALLOWAY...GLIDEWELL...SPRINGFIELD...
TURNERS AND WILLARD.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 85 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

GAEDE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1212 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

MOZ082-092-101745-
WRIGHT MO-TEXAS MO-
1212 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT AND WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF DAWSON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MOUNTAIN GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENDAVIS...DAWSON...GRAFF AND HUGGINS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

GAEDE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1233 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

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

1231 PM     FLOOD            SPRINGFIELD             37.20N 93.29W
08/10/2009                   GREENE             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BENNETT STREET BETWEEN CAMPBELL AND SOUTH STREET FLOODED
            WITH BARRICADES. COMMERCIAL AND GLENSTONE UNDER WATER. NO
            BARRICADES AT THIS TIME. DIVISION AND FREEMONT ALSO
            FLOODED WITH 10 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD.

&&

MTERRY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1241 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

MOZ082-101815-
TEXAS MO-
1241 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM
CDT...

AT 1240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF CABOOL...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARROLL...CABOOL...CLEAR SPRINGS...ELK
CREEK...EUNICE...HARTSHORN...SIMMONS...SOLO AND YUKON.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

GAEDE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1246 PM CDT MON AUG 10 2009

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

1245 PM     HEAVY RAIN       FLEMINGTON              37.80N 93.50W
08/10/2009  M2.60 INCH       POLK               MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL SO FAR TODAY.

&&

MTERRY