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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 18, 3:50 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 350 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN IS ONGOING FLOODING AND POTENTIAL THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT TODAY. IN THE VERY NEAR TERM...THE BACK EDGE OF MAIN PRECIPITATION SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH 50-60KT 850MB JET IS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MO. CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE NUMEROUS ROADS/LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN THE WEST PLAINS AREA. A VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVER NEAR WINONA IN SHANNON COUNTY JUST CALLED IN WITH 3.70 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR (ABOUT 2 AM) WITH THIS EVENT. IT WILL BE A LAST SECOND CALL AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH ONGOING FLOOD WATCHES...AND IT WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR EAST THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD HAS PROGRESSED. NEXT CONCERN IS CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT FOR TODAY. COLD FRONT NOW OVER EASTERN KS AND CENTRAL OK WILL GRADUALLY PUSH EAST TODAY. MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DIG ESE WITH PROGS CLOSING OFF A 500MB LOW AND MOVING IT EAST THROUGH AR LATE TODAY/EARLY TONIGHT. MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURES COOL TO -18 TO -19 DEG C BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WITH ANY SFC HEATING AT ALL...AND MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH...WILL LIKELY SEE CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT. BEST SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING AND PROBABLY THE HEAVIEST QPF WILL BE ALONG THE ARKANSAS LINE. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY...WOULD NOT BE AT ALL SURPRISED TO SEE SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WITH LOWERING WBZ HEIGHTS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE FORECAST IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. LARGE 500MB RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA WED AND THU. TEMPERATURES WILL BE UNSEASONABLY WARM TO END THE WEEK. THE LATEST ECMWF AND THE 00Z GFS MOVE A NASTY LOOKING SYSTEM ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THU AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE FRI NIGHT. INITIALLY THE GULF WILL BE BLOCKED...BUT AS SYSTEM MOVES EAST LATE SAT...RAPID MOISTURE RETURN INTO THE AREA COUPLED WITH A GREAT SYNOPTIC SCALE SETUP COULD GIVE US A QUICK SHOT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOLLOWED BY WINTERLIKE TEMPERATURES LATE SAT AND SUN. A LOT CAN CHANGE...AND ORDINARILY WOULDNT FOCUS TOO MUCH ON SOMETHING THIS FAR OUT...BUT THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THIS STRONG SYSTEM. && .AVIATION... DRY SLOT WORKING ITS WAY INTO SOUTHWEST MO ATTM AND ARE SEEING VFR CONDITIONS AT THE KSGF AND KJLN...BUT WILL LIKELY SEE LOWER CEILINGS AGAIN LATER TODAY WITH THE NEXT WAVE OF PRECIPITATION. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 9 AM. KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 9 AM. WFO SGF
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-181200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 753 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: REGIONWIDE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DISCUSSION: A SURFACE WARM FRONT REMAINED STALLED JUST SOUTH OF THE BOSTON MOUNTAINS OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS...AND AS A RESULT...THE LACK OF INSTABILITY WILL KEEP ANY THUNDERSTORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY RANGE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES IN MANY AREAS ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION...AND TOTAL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY APPROACH TWO TO THREE INCHES BEFORE SUNRISE. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF BOOKBINDER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0331 AM CDT TUE NOV 18 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 AM GAINESVILLE MO FLOOD
11/18/03 OZARK SHERIFF OFFICE INDICATED
THAT NUMEROUS ROADWAYS
AND LOW WATER CROSSING
WERE FLOODED. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0120 AM WILLOW SPGS MO FLOOD
11/18/03 HOWELL WIDEPSREAD FLOODING
ACROSS THE COUNTY.
NUMEROUS ROADWAYS AND LOW
WATER CROSSINGS UNDER
WATER. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0120 AM AVA MO FLOOD
11/18/03 DOUGLAS SEVERAL HIGHWAY AND ROADS
FLOODED AND CLOSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The Springfield radar (KSGF), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several downed trees were observed over rural eastern Polk County from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5335240.