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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 5, 5:56 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 656 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 .DISCUSSION... ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... QUESTIONS REMAIN ON COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. INITIALLY ACTIVE LINE OF MULTI-CELLULAR CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HAD EVOLVED INTO SCATTERED DISCRETE SUPERCELLS IN TULSA AREA...AND NOW HAS SHOWN A RAPID DOWNWARD TREND IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES AS STORMS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE WELL EAST OF DRYLINE FORCING SOME 70 MILES FURTHER WEST. PRIOR TO ANVIL OVERSPREAD...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THAT AN EXTENSIVE STABLE LAYER EXISTED OVER THE ENTIRE REGION AS DENOTED BY ELONGATED WEST-EAST CLOUD STREETS PERPENDICULAR TO LOW LEVEL FLOW. INITIAL PERUSAL OF 00Z SOUNDING SHOWS THAT SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT HAS ACTED TO REMOVE IMPRESSIVE INVERSION THAT WAS PRESENT ON THE 18Z SOUNDING...HOWEVER SOME DEGREE OF INHIBITION REMAINS. ABSENCE OF FURTHER HEATING AND HOMOGENEOUS DEWPOINT READINGS ALONG SSE TRAJECTORIES INTO MUCH OF ARKANSAS WOULD SUGGEST THAT LITTLE IF ANY THERMODYNAMIC IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...LOW LEVEL KINEMATIC FIELDS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS STRONG PRESSURE FALLS COMBINE WITH EXPECTED BACKING AS SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO TRACK TO THE SSE. DESPITE LARGE CURVING 0-2KM HODOGRAPHS...IT WOULD APPEAR UNLIKELY THAT THIS HELICITY WOULD SUPPORT TORNADIC STORMS GIVEN THE LACK OF AVAILABLE LOW LEVEL CAPE. FURTHERMORE...NAM/RUC SOUNDINGS SHOW THAT MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BACK RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING AS STACKED LOW APPROACHES... SUGGESTING THAT STORMS MAY FURTHER WEAKEN AS UPDRAFTS BEGIN TO COLLIDE AND OVERALL FORCING DECREASES. ALSO FAVORING AGAINST TORNADIC POTENTIAL IS THE REALIZATION OF COLD CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS EMANATING FROM SUBSTANTIAL DRY AIR WHICH REMAINS ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER. OBSERVATIONS FROM EMPORIA KANSAS TO NE OKLAHOMA SHOW THAT TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES WITH ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. IN SUMMARY...OVERALLS TRENDS WOULD SUGGEST THAT SUBSEVERE CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS MAY BE THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING...WITH ONLY A MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL THREAT OWING TO DIMINISHING MLCAPE AND BACKING UNIDIRECTIONAL SOUTHERLY FLOW WHICH WILL RAPIDLY REMOVE ANY POTENTIAL FOR ROTATING STORMS. EQUIPMENT: WITH STORMS NOW DIMINISHING...EXPECT THAT KSGF RADAR SHOULD BE BACK UP SHORTLY. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS...EL TECHS HAVE RECEIVED PARTS AND MAY HAVE RADAR BACK IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. .KS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM ALL ZONES. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 721 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-061100- 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. 721 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEWSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE LIMITED TO EXTREME SOUTHWEAST KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DISCUSSION: INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A SURFACE DRYLINE OVER OKLAHOMA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAD MOVED EAST INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS OVER FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING. EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER OVER THE OZARKS HAD LIMITED THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY PRESENT...AND THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHOWN AN OVERALL WEAKENING TREND. HOWEVER... AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING...THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR ALOFT AND MODEST WIND FIELDS MAY ALLOW SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH A LESSER THREAT FOR MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THIS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS LATER THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY PROGRESSES OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE COMMON WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS. BOOKBINDER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
832 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL JOPLIN 37.08N 94.52W
04/05/2005 0.88 INCH JASPER MO CO-OP OBSERVER
NICKEL HAIL ON THE WEST SIDE OF JOPLIN
TERRYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 842 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 MOZ088-060230- JASPER- 842 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOPLIN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR ORONOGO BY 850 PM CDT. NEAR PURCELL BY 900 PM CDT. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 852 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>103-060250- BARRY-BARTON-BOURBON-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD-DADE-GREENE- HICKORY-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-NEWTON-POLK-ST. CLAIR-STONE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...FORT SCOTT...JOPLIN...MONETT... MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OZARK...PITTSBURG... SPRINGFIELD AND STOCKTON. 852 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 124 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9:00 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS... WITH HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE OR WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. BOOKBINDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 906 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 MOZ101-102-060245- BARRY-MCDONALD- 906 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARRY AND MCDONALD COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT... AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAVETTE TO PEA RIDGE TO PRAIRIE CREEK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR SELIGMAN BY 920 PM CDT. NEAR WASHBURN BY 925 PM CDT. NEAR EXETER BY 930 PM CDT. NEAR CASSVILLE BY 935 PM CDT. WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IZZI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 921 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 MOZ079-060315- POLK- 921 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OR PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR PLEASANT HOPE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES EAST OF BOLIVAR BY 930 PM CDT. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS JUST REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN THE FAIR GROVE AREA. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
927 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0902 PM LIGHTNING REPUBLIC 37.12N 93.48W
04/05/2005 GREENE MO EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...THEN BLOWN OVER IN THE
YARD OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
TERRYThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a farm store. Most of the damage occurred to the store building, however, a stock tank was blown about one quarter of a mile from where it was stored.
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