1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 23, 2:00 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 200 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2003 .DISCUSSION... TWAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION AS A STRONG COLD FRONT HAD SWEPT ACROSS THE REGION. QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT WATCHING THUNDERSTORMS ORIGINALLY DEVELOP ABOVE MID 30F SURFACE AIRMASS OVER ERN KS/NRN OK...AND EVENTUALLY OUTRUN THE COLD FRONT...BECOMING SURFACE BASED ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE INSTABILITY AXIS OVER SW MO. QUITE THE WAKEUP AS 55 MPH TSTM GUSTS SENT EARLY MORNING TEMPS FROM THE UPPER 60S INTO THE MID 30S WHERE THEY STAND NOW. MEANWHILE...FORWARD MOTION OF POST-FRONTAL RAIN AXIS HAS NEARLY CEASED OVER ERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS UPPER FLOW ORIENTATION HAS BECOME PARALLEL TO LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE. WILL CONTINUE CATEGORICAL RAIN CHANCES TO AROUND 00Z OVER THESE AREAS. OTHERWISE...CHANCES FOR WINTERY PRECIPITATION HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FORECAST ALTHOUGH A FEW SYTROFOAM-LIKE SNOW PELLETS WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF PRECIPITATION SHIELD EARLY THIS MORNING WHERE WEAK MID LEVEL INSTABILITY WAS STILL PRESENT ABOVE A RAPIDLY COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER. FOR TONIGHT...CLOUDS WILL BE SLOW TO ERODE AS DEEP CYCLONIC FLOW CONTINUES AROUND STACKED LOW OVER WISCONSIN. EXPANSIVE STRATO-CUMULUS DECK OVER ERN KS/WRK MO DECK REMAINS NICELY JUXTAPOSED AGAINST FRESH SNOW PACK OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS...MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH WITHOUT HELP OF SURFACE OBS. CLOUD COVER WEST OF UPPER JET STREAK APPEARS TO BE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN...SO WILL CLEAR OUT WRN CWA FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVENING. STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS UP OVERNIGHT...CERTAINLY PREVENTING ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT...BUT WILL ALSO ACT TO KEEP TEMPERATURES A TAD WARMER THAN WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXPECTED GIVEN AMOUNT OF DRY AND COLD AIR ADVECTION. TEMPS TO BOTTOM OUT AROUND 20...MAYBE A FEW TEENS NW...HOWEVER GROWING SEASON HAS LONG SINCE ENDED DESPITE RECENT WARM SPELL AND NO NPW IS REQUIRED. AFTER ANOTHER VERY CHILLY DAY TOMORROW...SURFACE RIDGE TO SLIDE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT WITH RETURN FLOW QUICKLY RESUMING BY TUESDAY MORNING. ORGANIZED AREA OF MID-HIGH CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL SPILL INTO THE AREA TUESDAY...SO HAVE KEPT SKIES FAIRLY CLOUDY. OTHERWISE...FAIR SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TO PREVAIL FROM TUESDAY ONWARD THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WEAK UPPER TROUGH TO SWING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...INDUCING MODEST WARM AIR/MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM THE GULF UP THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION. AXIS OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND BEST VERTICAL MOTION SHOULD REMAIN JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...BUT HAVE KEPT A LOW CHANCE POP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE SHOULD THIS SYSTEM AMPLIFY A BIT FURTHER. && .AVIATION... MVFR TO LOCALLY IFR CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY RISE BUT REMAIN NEAR 2000 FEET THROUGH 00Z FROM SPRINGFIELD TO JOPLIN. MAY EVEN SEE A FEW BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST SHORTLY AT JLN. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOWER TO IMPROVE FARTHER EAST TOWARD WEST PLAINS AND VICHY WHERE A STEADY RAIN AND LOWER CEILINGS WILL LINGER INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. VERTICAL THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES REMAIN VERY CONDUCIVE TO ICING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AND SEVERAL PIREPS ALREADY RECEIVED. PILOTS USE CAUTION. SKIES WILL SLOWLY CLEAR FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS EXCEEDING 25 KNOTS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS EVENING. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. BOOKBINDER
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: ALTHOUGH THE GROWING SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED...MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE TO DATE. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE TEENS TO AROUND 20 DEGREES OVERNIGHT...PERSONS ARE URGED TAKE REQUIRED MEASURES TO PROTECT ANY AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS AND TO BRING PLANTS INSIDE. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials observed several trees downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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