Severe Thunderstorm Warning 476, NWS Springfield, MO

156 
WWUS53 KSGF 202313
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
613 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

MOC009-043-109-209-202330-
/O.CON.KSGF.SV.W.0476.000000T0000Z-110820T2330Z/
CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-STONE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
613 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...NORTHERN STONE...NORTHEASTERN BARRY AND
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES...

AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
TRACK A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CRANE...OR 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF AURORA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AURORA...BILLINGS...BOAZ...CLEVER...
CRANE...ELSEY...EXTREME SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD...GALENA...HOBERG...
HURLEY...MARIONVILLE...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA AND VERONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3696 9391 3712 9385 3711 9361 3710 9360
      3710 9345 3709 9327 3675 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 303DEG 26KT 3690 9362
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

KARDELL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
259 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

.DISCUSSION...

SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)

ACCORDING TO THE VARIOUS MESOSCALE MODELS AVAILABLE...THE BEST
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS WILL BE FROM 21Z TO 03Z WITH
INITIATION AROUND THE 20Z TIME FRAME. PINPOINTING INITIATION
LOCATION REMAINS TOUGHEST...AND STILL PREFER AREAS ALONG/NORTHWEST
OF THE I44 CORRIDOR AND ALONG/WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 FOR INITIATION.
SEVERE POTENTIAL/COVERAGE LOOKS BETTER ALONG/SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY
60 CORRIDOR WHERE THE BETTER INSTABILITY RESIDES. TO THE
NORTH...STILL CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS...EXPECTATIONS
ARE FOR A LOWER COVERAGE/RISK. PRIMARY RISKS CONTINUE TO BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. WILL NEED TO MONITOR HAIL
POTENTIAL FOR SIZES LARGER THAN QUARTERS AS NAM SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
PRETTY DECENT MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES.

STORMS SHOULD EXIT TO THE EAST AND SOUTH DURING THE LATE EVENING
HOURS WITH SOME CLEARING EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. EXPECTING NEAR
PERSISTENCE LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. SUCH
VALUES WOULD SUPPORT A RISK OF PATCHY FOG GIVEN CROSS OVER
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S...ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET
A DECENT SWATH OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. WILL REMAIN
CONSERVATIVE FOR THE TIME BEING AND ALLOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
JUST HOW WIDESPREAD RAINFALL CAN GET THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. ON
SUNDAY...LOOKS TO BE A QUIET DAY ACROSS THE REGION AS WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN THE REGION IN A BACK DOOR FASHION. A LIGHT
NORTHEAST WIND AND SLIGHT CUT IN HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED WITH NEAR
AVERAGE HIGHS FOR LATE AUGUST.

GAGAN

LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)

THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL KEEP THE WEATHER PATTERN ACTIVE FOR THE
OZARKS WITH PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE
WILL MOVE ACROSS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND SHOULD DEVELOP ANOTHER
ROUND OF CONVECTION. ANOTHER VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE MIDWEST TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING WITH ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ON TAP FOR THE OZARKS. THE MAIN THREAT
WITH ANY STRONG STORMS WILL BE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER WARM BEING SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR
LATE AUGUST.

BY MIDWEEK...A WEAK FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND A SURFACE HIGH WILL
BUILDS IN FOR LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO BUILD EAST ACROSS THE OZARKS. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR A LESS ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN AND RAIN CHANCES WILL BE
NULL FOR THE END OF THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT PAR FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR.

GRIFFIN

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 1251 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011/

FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. SEVERAL FACTORS COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT
JLN/SGF/BBG AERODROMES. A LINGERING BOUNDARY LEFT IN THE WAKE OF
THIS MORNING/S STORMS...ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT ALONG THE I70
CORRIDOR AND AN INCOMING SHORTWAVE ALOFT FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
SHOULD INSTIGATE TSRA DEVELOPMENT BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS.
ACTIVITY SHOULD BE INITIALLY SCATTERED...BUT EXPAND INTO A
CLUSTER ALONG THE INCOMING COLD FRONT AS WE HEAD INTO THIS
EVENING. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF TSRA
FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AT JLN/SGF/BBG. THERE IS A
RISK OF VIS/CIG RESTRICTIONS TO AS LOW AS IFR BENEATH THE CORES OF
THESE STORMS. OUTSIDE OF THESE STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE
NORM. THERE IS A RISK OF LIGHT FOG (MVFR) TOWARD SUNRISE SUNDAY AT
SGF/BBG ASSUMING RAINFALL IS OBSERVED AT EACH SITE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GAGAN

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
103 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-211815-
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-
103 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED FLASH FLOOD RISK.
  ELEVATED EXTREME HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 103
DEGREES IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR...
WITH HIGHEST VALUES EXPECTED ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL BE A FOCUS FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS INITIATION
IS PREFERRED FOR AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
CORRIDOR AND ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING.

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FROM THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
MID EVENING HOURS. THE BETTER RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
RESIDE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR WHERE THE
GREATEST INSTABILITY WILL BE LOCATED. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
RISKS ARE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE EASTERN OZARKS...THERE IS
A LIMITED RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
OSCEOLA TO WEST PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXIT SOUTHERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY INTO
NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PUSH THROUGH THE
REGION.

HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND MUCH OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS EACH AFTERNOON FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED IN AREAS ROUGHLY ALONG AND
 NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND ALONG AND WEST OF THE
 HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE
 NEEDED ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS
 EVENING.

&&

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
520 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

MOZ088-094-202245-
JASPER MO-LAWRENCE MO-
520 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN
JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SARCOXIE...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MONETT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND
50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE FREISTATT...HOBERG...LA RUSSELL...
MILLER...MOUNT VERNON...SARCOXIE AND STOTTS CITY.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 47 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...
INCLUDING SARCOXIE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3702 9406 3705 9408 3705 9412 3713 9414
      3724 9380 3701 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 262DEG 15KT 3709 9405

KARDELL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
544 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

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

0540 PM     HAIL             2 S STOTTS CITY         37.07N 93.95W
08/20/2011  E1.25 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AT THE MASSIE SUPER
            STOP GAS STATION.

&&

MGRIFFIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011

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

0546 PM     HAIL             FREISTATT               37.02N 93.90W
08/20/2011  E1.75 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. HAD
            ANOTHER PUBLIC CALL OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON I-44 IN THE
            SAME AREA.

&&

MGRIFFIN