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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

April 26, 2011Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2011, 5:40 PM CDT for Barry County, McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2011, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 26, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271200-
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-
350 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...SIGNIFICANT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ON AREA STREAMS...RIVERS
  AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN RESPONSE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

  ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES
  THE REGION. AT THIS TIME THE BETTER INSTABILITY AND SEVERE
  POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA IN ARKANSAS. HOWEVER...
  SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
  SOUTHERN MISSOURI GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44 WITH THE
  GREATEST POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE PRIMARY
  RISKS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS
  OVER 60 MPH. THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO
  SOUTH OF A CASSVILLE TO AVA TO SALEM LINE.

  THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO
  TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ACROSS
  SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO
  THE ONGOING SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED
  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
  POSE AN ELEVATED TO SIGNIFICANT RISK FOR MORE FLASH FLOODING.
  A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL WEDNESDAY
  MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  AFTER THE RAIN ENDS ON WEDNESDAY...RESIDUAL FLOODING OF
  CREEKS...STREAMS AND SEVERAL MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL LIKELY
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

  NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
  FRIDAY ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
  WEEKEND...WHICH COULD AGAIN CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING
  ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI GENERALLY
  SOUTH OF A CASSVILLE TO AVA TO SALEM MISSOURI LINE.

&&

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)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
540 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

MOZ101-102-262315-
BARRY MO-MCDONALD MO-
540 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN BARRY
COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES SOUTH OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANDERSON...CASSVILLE...EXETER...GOODMAN...
LANAGAN...PINEVILLE...POWELL...RIDGLEY...SELIGMAN...WASHBURN AND
WAYNE.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT INCLUDE ROARING
RIVER STATE PARK.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN MCDONALD AND SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTIES...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3650 9448 3675 9445 3671 9369 3653 9383
      3649 9388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 212DEG 42KT 3629 9434

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Laclede6 hr
Apr 26, 2:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 3 more66 hr
Apr 26, 2:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Benton, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Greene and 7 more37 hr
Apr 26, 2:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFJasper, McDonald, Newton37 hr
Apr 26, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone, Taney16 hr
Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Newton37 min
Apr 26, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone17 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.