1 flash flood, 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 Apr 6, 1:43 PM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 243 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... WILL BE MONITORING SOUTHERN MISSOURI CLOSELY FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CLEARING FROM ARKANSAS HAS PUSHED INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALLOWING RAPID DESTABILIZATION TO OCCUR. AN AXIS OF 1500 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE IS NOW APPROACHING THIS AREA. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - THURSDAY NIGHT)... UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO CAUSE ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RESULTED FROM DAYTIME HEATING UNDERNEATH THE COLD CORE CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SURFACE BASED CAPES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP A COUPLE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SINCE WET-BULB ZERO HEIGHTS ARE RANGING FROM 7000-7500 FEET. DECENT UPDRAFTS SHOULD YIELD AREAS OF HAIL...MAINLY UNDER AN INCH IN DIAMETER. CONTINUED THE LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. THE LOW GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST OVER ARKANSAS TONIGHT AND SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ETA HAS PRECIP EXITING THE REGION PRIOR TO OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE...THEREFORE CUT PRECIP CHANCES OUT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DESPITE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL WARM INTO THE 60S. LONG TERM (FRIDAY - TUESDAY)... THE WEEKEND FORECAST LOOKS SPECTACULAR WITH NO RAIN CHANCES AND MILD TEMPERATURES. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE NATIONS MID SECTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE 70S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTH. ANOTHER CLOSED OFF SYNOPTIC SCALE CYCLONE...SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW HAS BECOME THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE EXTENDED. THE ECMWF HAS COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH YESTERDAYS GFS RUN WHICH BRINGS THIS SYSTEM INTO THE PLAINS BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL EXPERIENCE SOME DRYING IN THE MEAN TIME AS A COLD FRONT SAGS ACROSS THE GULF. THIS WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKS SYSTEM TO WORK WITH. THE GFS HAS LEANED TOWARD A WARM CONVEYOR BELT CONNECTION FROM THE GULF INTO THE OZARKS BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD BE THE EARLIEST THAT PRECIP WOULD AFFECT THE REGION...AND THEN SCATTERED CHANCES AS THE LOW MOVES OVERHEAD TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY EVEN INTO WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. CRAMER && .AVIATION... A STRONG UPPER LOW AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR NEAR THE UPPER LOW WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH EITHER VFR OR MVFR CEILINGS. LOCALIZED IFR VISIBILITY IS POSSIBLE IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MO OZARKS. STRATUS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY BEFORE A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IN CEILINGS TOWARD THURSDAY EVENING. DSA && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 705 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071100- 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. 705 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAUSING MINOR FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS ARKANSAS TONIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES...HOWEVER MOST OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINLY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY SEE THE MOST RAINFALL WHERE THE RAIN IS CYCLING AROUND THE LOW AND TRAINING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. LINDENBERG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 352 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 MOZ079-062145- POLK- 352 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POLK COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLEASANT HOPE...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. IF THIS STORM DOESNT WEAKEN...IT WILL BE... NEAR BOLIVAR BY 425 PM CDT. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IZZI
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:55 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorms caused flash flooding to occur over a low water crossing on Highway 215.
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