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 Aug 13, 10:48 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1148 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST LOOKS RIGHT ON TRACK AND MADE ONLY SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO MAX TEMPS. PULSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ERUPTING ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO DIURNAL HEATING AND A TROPICAL LIKE AIRMASS IN PLACE. THE 12Z SOUNDING INDICATED GOOD POTENTIAL FOR PULSE SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MICROBURSTS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARD. CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS IN THE GRIDS COVERS THIS WELL AND DECIDED TO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ONGOING WEATHER AND POP GRIDS. MIXED LAYER CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 J/KG WITH DOWNDRAFT CAPES ON THE ORDER OF 1000 J/KG...WHICH IS SUFFICIENT FOR WET MICROBURSTS. STAY TUNED. && .AVIATION... LIKE YESTERDAY...UPDRAFTS ARE GOING UP AT RANDOM AROUND THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT. NONE OF WHICH APPEAR TO BE AFFECTING THE RUNWAY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WILL LEAVE THUNDER OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE TAF IN THE SHORT TERM...AND INCLUDE A VCTS. HOWEVER...FLIGHT CONDITIONS ARE BOUND TO DETERIORATE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO...AS A FRONT IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW...MOST LIKELY AFFECTING THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE JOPLIN AIRPORT WILL BE AFFECTED BY STORMS SOONER THAN SPRINGFIELD...AND WILL ADVERTISE THIS IN THE TAFS. && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. CRAMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141000- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 600 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS APPROACHING 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 NEAR A STALLED FRONT. FURTHER SOUTH...THE STORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED OR SCATTERED IN NATURE. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE STALLED FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT...AS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) SAW
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:56 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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