Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 2, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
130 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2004

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST CONCERNS: DENSE FOG THIS MORNING...SHOWERS/THUNDER THIS
AFTERNOON AND FROST POTENTIAL MONDAY MORNING.

VIS/FOG SATELLITE PICTURE SHOWING AN ENHANCED AREA OF LOW CLOUDS/FOG
DEVELOPING OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AS OF 1 AM. GROVE OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS ALREADY AT A QUARTER OF A MILE.
WILL MAKE SOME CALLS THIS MORNING AS TO WHETHER TO ADD A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY...OR LEAVE PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE ZONES INSTEAD.

UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE ALREADY PRODUCING A BAND OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND
SOME WEAK REFLECTIVITY RETURNS OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN
KANSAS. MODELS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING AN INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE
AND QPF AMOUNTS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS...AND THIS SEEMS
REASONABLE DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER SHORT WAVE...SHARP 50H
TEMPS...AND STEEP LAPSE RATES BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE FORECAST
AREA. CROSS SECTIONS OVER THE AREA DOES INDICATED ENOUGH INSTABILITY
TO PRODUCE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO.

ANYWAY...THIS SHORT WAVE QUICKLY MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY THIS
EVENING WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN ITS WAKE. LATEST MODEL INFORMATION
FOR MONDAY MORNING MAY INDICATE ENOUGH MIXING IN LOW LEVELS TO KEEP
SURFACE WINDS FROM DECOUPLING. HOWEVER...GRADIENT IS NOT STRONG AND
ANY COLD AIR ADVECTION ENHANCEMENT SHOULD KEEP AS LEAST THE
SHELTERED VALLEYS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID
30S. WILL KEEP PATCHY FROST IN THE ZONES...BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL
NEED TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SEE IF A FROST ADVISORY
IS WARRANTED.

THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW BECOMES LESS AMPLIFIED BY MID WEEK.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTHERN
MISSOURI BY TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY. HAVE INCREASED CLOUD COVER A
BIT...BUT WITH THE UPPER FLOW WNW...AND BECOMING INCREASINGLY
WESTERLY...DONT BELIEVE THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI AT THIS TIME.

NO CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH THE MAIN JET AXIS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE...DONT SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION AFTER TOMORROW THROUGH THE NEXT 5 TO 7 DAYS.

JLT

&&

.AVIATION...

HAVE ALREADY ADDED SOME FOG TO THE KSGF AND KJLN TAFS FOR THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD. OTHERWISE...FOG SHOULD BURN OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY SUN
MORNING...BUT DIURNAL CUMULUS SHOULD QUICKLY DEVELOP LATE IN THE
MORNING. HAVE ADDED A PROB30 FOR SHOWER ACTIVITY SUN AFTERNOON.
CLOUD BASES SHOULD GENERALLY BE VFR DURING THAT TIME.

DSA

&&

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

WFO SGF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2004

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031023-
BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-
DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE-
LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS-
POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON...
MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK...
PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS.
100 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2004

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

  WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND

  PATCHY FROST TONIGHT

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...ENDING OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI BY EARLY EVENING.

PATCHY FROST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 AM IN LOW LYING
AREAS OVERNIGHT.

  DISCUSSION:

COLD AIR ALOFT COUPLED WITH LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL JET OF
STRONGER WINDS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON.  WHILE THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ONLY LIMITED
RAINFALL...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO DRY AIR ALOFT.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: AREA SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS INDICATE FLOOD
WATERS FROM OVER THE WEEKEND HAVE MOSTLY FALLEN BACK TO NORMAL
LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION.  RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON
IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO MINIMIZE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE
OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WHICH MAY OCCUR TODAY.  HOWEVER...IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE USE NORMAL COMMUNICATION PROCEDURES
TO RELAY INFORMATION.

RUNNELS/WATSON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
150 PM CDT SUN MAY 02 2004

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

0143 PM     DOWNBURST        (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT   37.15N 94.50W
05/02/2004                   JASPER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HERMAN LUMBER CO. AT 15TH AND
            RANGELINE. SIGN WAS BLOWN DOWN AND CAR WINDOWS BLOWN
            OUT. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.

0147 PM     DOWNBURST        (JLN)JOPLIN MUNI ARPT   37.15N 94.50W
05/02/2004                   JASPER             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUR CAR WINDOWS BLOWN IN AT 15TH STREET WAL-MART.

FEH