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, 2 hours 17 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 100 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141100- 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- 100 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE STORMS WILL BE CONCENTRATED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. DISCUSSION: A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 CLOSER TO THE FRONT. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...BUT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE STRONGER STORMS WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING TWO INCHES. LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD DEVELOP WHERE STORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. && 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) FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
205 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005
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0155 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SE NEVADA 37.79N 94.32W
08/13/2005 VERNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS DOWNED TREES.
CRAMERThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees across rural sections of eastern Lawrence County.
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