Hail in Missouri, April 24, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
655 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

QUICK ADJUSTMENT MADE TO THE MORNING FORECAST FOR THE CONVECTION
THAT HAS HELD TOGETHER MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT.
RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THAT MORE CONVECTION IS FIRING ALONG A SURFACE
BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STARTING TO APPEAR ON
RADAR ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA STATE LINE. WITH RAIN STILL MOVING
THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...I WENT AHEAD AND UPPED POPS THIS
MORNING TO CATEGORICAL. STILL EXPECT OUR BEST CHANCE OF ANY SEVERE
WEATHER TO ARRIVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE OCCLUDED LOW MOVES
INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

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330 AM...
THIS MORNINGS FOCUS IS ON THE CONTINUING PRECIPITABLE WEATHER MOVING
THROUGH EAST KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.

THE OVERNIGHT RAINS HAVE COME TO AN END ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNING
AREA THIS MORNING...EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. WHAT
RAIN IS CURRENTLY LEFT IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL HAVE MOVED
EAST...OUT OF OUR AREA OF CONCERN...BY SUNRISE. CURRENT RADAR
TRENDS...AND MODEL OUTPUT FROM THE RUC AND META...INDICATE THAT
THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS
WILL RESULT FROM US BEING IN BETWEEN THE PRECIP FOCUSING VORT LOBES
ROTATING AROUND THE OCCLUDED LOW MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.
THUNDERSTORMS GOING UP IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS THIS MORNING ARE PROGGED TO WEAKEN AND OR FALL APART AS THEY
MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS MISSOURI. THEREFORE I HAVE CONTINUED TO GO
WITH ONLY OF CHANCE OF THUNDER FOR THIS MORNING. THIS MIGHT NEED
QUICK ADJUSTMENTS LATER THIS MORNING AS WE SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE
CONVECTION HOLDS TOGETHER.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKELY
AS THE OCCLUDED LOW SINKS THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. AS THE LOW SINKS INTO THE OZARKS...SO WILL THE COOLEST
500MB TEMPS AND INSTABILITIES. HOWEVER...THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH
WRAPPED UP MOISTURE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT IN NORTHERN MISSOURI THAT
PRECIP...IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...WITH
500MB TEMPS AS COOL AS -18C THIS AFTERNOON...AND AT LEAST MARGINAL
DIRECTION SHEAR DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...MINI
SUPERCELLS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE DETERMINING FACTOR WILL
BE INSTABILITIES...AND AT THE MOMENT THE MODELS KEEP ALL THE GOOD
SURFACE/MID/UPPER LEVEL INSTABILITIES TO OUR SOUTH. THOUGH WITH COOL
UPPER LEVEL TEMPS HAIL COULD BE A PROBLEM AROUND AND SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER REGARDLESS.

LOOKING INTO THE WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND SOME
BEFORE ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW DRAGS A WEAK COOL FRONT THROUGH
NORTHERN MISSOURI SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDER STILL LOOKS
OKAY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH THE RETURN MOISTURE COULD BE A
PROBLEM. OTHERWISE MID AND LONG RANGE MODELS AGREE THAT THE UPPER
LEVEL WAVE DRAGGING THE FRONT THROUGH WILL BE FAR ENOUGH NORTH THAT
OUR CHANCE OF THUNDER FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY CAN BE REMOVED.

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323 PM...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER AROUND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD. IN GENERAL...WE HAVE MADE NO MAJOR CHANGES TO
THE GOING FORECAST.

THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER CENTRAL KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA STILL
MAKING SLOW PROGRESS EASTWARD. CHANCES FOR SHRA/TSRA SHOULD
GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER BEST THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL SOUTH AND WEST OF FORECAST
AREA TONIGHT.

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER EASTERN COLORADO FORECAST TO MOVE
SLOWLY OUT INTO THE PLAINS TOMORROW. MODEL TRAJECTORY OF LOW WOULD
TAKE IT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. THURSDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING APPEARS TO BE FORECAST AREAS BEST SHOT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. AS IS USUALLY THE
CASE...AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FROM COMPLEX OVERNIGHT WILL BE A
PLAYER INTO COVERAGE/SEVERITY OF ACTIVITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

WILL SEE BRIEF COOL DOWN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BEFORE THE NEXT
CHANCE FOR SHRA/TSRA EARLY NEXT WEEK.  HAVE NOT DEVIATED TO MUCH
FROM GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

MJM

.EAX...
KS...NONE.
MO...NONE.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-251100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
100 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 70 AND SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. SOME OF THESE MAY BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THESE STORMS ARE
IN RESPONSE TO A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...AHEAD OF
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT
AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS
TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
FROM INTERSTATE 70 AND SOUTH.

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