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 Sep 14, 12:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 158 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 .DISCUSSION... NOT TOO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT IN THE SHORT TERM. WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA WITH EVEN SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. COULD SEE A COUPLE SHOWERS LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT LOSE OF HEATING SHOULD PUT THE KIBOSH ON ANY LINGERING ACTIVITY. COLD FRONT STILL FORECAST TO DROP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT SHOULD BECOME UNSTABLE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY UNCAPPED. UPPER LEVEL FORCING LOOKS WEAK...BUT LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KICK OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS SUN SETS THE ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BEGIN TO STABILIZE...SO BEST CHANCES OF SEEING PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH CHANCES DWINDLING SOUTH FROM THERE AS THE TIMING OF THE FROPA BECOMES INCREASINGLY LESS FAVORABLE. AFTER THE MODEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT...OUR AREA WILL RETURN TO THE SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY ACCUSTOMED TO. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY. WINDS WILL PICK UP FRIDAY AS PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN IVAN AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH SHOULD FRESHEN UP THE NORTHEAST WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE OZARKS. MUCH OF HOW THINGS PAN OUT IN THE EXTENDED WILL DEPEND ON WHAT EFFECTS THE VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL IVAN WILL HAVE ON THE OVERALL PROGRESSION OF WEATHER SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TYPICALLY STRONG HURRICANES THAT MEANDER NORTHWARD INTO THE MID LATITUDES HAVE A WAY OF REALLY SLOWING DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF SYSTEMS...AND REALLY DONT SEE ANY REASON WHY IVAN SHOULD BE ANY DIFFERENT. WITH THAT IN MIND...AND CONSIDERING THE KNOWN GFS BIAS TO BE MUCH TOO STRONG AND MUCH TOO QUICK WITH EARLY SEASON COLD AIR INTRUSIONS GENERAL CONSENSUS WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES HAS BEEN TO DISCOUNT LAST NIGHTS GFS RUN WITH ITS STRONG AND FAST COLD AIR INTRUSION. FOR OUR GOING GRIDS THAT MEANS NOT MANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST...WITH CONTINUATION OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND NO PRECIPITATION THROUGH DAY 7. IZZI && .AVIATION... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN CUMULUS FIELD OVER CENTRAL/WESTERN MO THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE UPDATED TWEB ROUTES FOR PRECIP UNTIL 02Z. THEREAFTER CONVECTION SHOULD DIE OUT RAPIDLY WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 KTS DEVELOPING JUST OFF THE SURFACE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. SO HAVE INCLUDED WIND SHEAR IN TAFS AND WESTERN TWEB ROUTES AFTER 02Z. TERRY && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-151100- 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 TUE SEP 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL AFFECT THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. IZZI
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees and a picket fence at a rural residence.
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