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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 1:57 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 257 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS STILL REVOLVE AROUND HEAVY RAIN CHANCES AND SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL. YET ANOTHER WEAKENING STORM COMPLEX MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL MO AND PORTIONS OF SE KS EARLIER TODAY. THERE IS STILL SOME ONGOING FLOODING ON THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE FORECAST AREA. OUTFLOW FROM THIS CONVECTION MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN MO LATE THIS MORNING/MIDDAY...ALONG WITH A FEW SCATTERED STORMS. EASTERN AREAS WILL NEED A LITTLE TIME TO RECOVER. WEAK ELEVATED CONVECTION IS ONGOING OVER SE KS...THE WESTERN EDGE BEING FED BY A 25 KNOT SOUTHWESTERLY 85H FLOW. COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN IA INTO EASTERN KS. AREA OVER SE KS IS RELOADING/DESTABILIZING ONCE AGAIN WITH MOISTURE CONVERGENCE EVIDENT NEAR A WEAK SURFACE LOW ALONG THE FRONT NEAR KICT...WITH DEVELOPING CUMULUS FIELD. 100 MB MEAN LAYER CAPES IN THIS AREA 2000-3000 J/KG WITH A WEAKENING OR NON EXISTENT CAP. DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRETTY GOOD FOR AUGUST AS WELL. IN SHORT...EXPECT TO SEE SOME STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER SE KS THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT EDGES EAST. STILL HAVE SOME DOUBTS AS TO HOW THIS WILL ALL EVOLVE...OR MORE TO THE POINT EXACTLY WHERE. STORMS WILL LIKELY ORGANIZE INTO ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX BY EARLY THIS EVENING...LIKELY AFFECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE MY HIGHEST POPS IN THESE AREAS. BEST MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO THE FRONTAL ZONE IS ALSO PROGGED TO BE OVER SOUTHERN MO. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE STILL PRETTY STOUT...NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS YESTERDAY. STILL IN THE 1.80 INCH NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN MO AND MAINTAIN THE FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. WE COULD PROBABLY PEEL OFF SOME OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES FROM THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH...BUT THESE AREAS HAVE HAD THE HEAVIEST RECENT RAINFALL. NOT REAL COMFORTABLE PULLING AN EXISTING WATCH FROM ANYWHERE QUITE YET. WILL TAPER RAIN OFF LATE TONIGHT...ONLY ONLY HAVING SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MO BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE REST OF FORECAST IS DRY. STILL WONDERING WHERE HURRICANE KATRINA WILL GO. SFC RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. IF KATRINA PASSES TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST REGION...SURFACE RIDGE WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE TO THE WEST KILLING ANY GULF MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO THE AREA. RAISED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE OVER THE WEEKEND...FAIRLY CLOSE TO MET/MAV GUIDANCE. AT LEAST DEWPOINTS/HUMIDITY WILL COME DOWN FOR A WHILE. DSA && .AVIATION... MCS CONTINUING TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST. MAIN AVIATION CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS THE PERSISTENT CONVECTION OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AT THIS TIME...STILL MOVING IN A GENERAL EASTERLY DIRECTION AND DISSIPATING OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AS IT MOVES INTO MORE STABLE AIR. SO WILL NOT CARRY TSRA IN EITHER THE KJLN OR KSGF TERMINALS. POTENTIAL STILLS FOR EXIST FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...WITH FOG A POSSIBILITY TOWARDS SUNRISE. GAEDE && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES THROUGH 6AM SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE EASTER MO OZARKS. .KS...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES THROUGH 6AM SATURDAY. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
326 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271100-
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-
326 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...GRADUALLY OVERSPREADING THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOST CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF A FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO WEST PLAINS
MISSOURI LINE.
DISCUSSION:
A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM IOWA TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY
RAIN MAY AGGRAVATE ALREADY ONGOING FLOODING OR HIGH WATER OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING...MAINLY SOUTHWEST
OF A FORT SCOTT TO WEST PLAINS LINE.
&&
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)
DSA/IZZISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 142 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 MOZ058-070>071-082>083-092-096>098-106-261945- DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MARIES-OREGON-PHELPS-PULASKI-SHANNON-TEXAS- WRIGHT- 142 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 747 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA... IN MISSOURI THIS CANCELS 10 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI MARIES... PHELPS... PULASKI... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DENT... HOWELL... OREGON... SHANNON... TEXAS... IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DOUGLAS... WRIGHT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALTON...AVA...CABOOL...EMINENCE... FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...MANSFIELD...MOUNTAIN GROVE... ROLLA...SALEM...THAYER...VIENNA...WAYNESVILLE...WEST PLAINS... WILLOW SPRINGS AND WINONA. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
443 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL 1 N HALLTOWN 37.21N 93.63W
08/26/2005 0.75 INCH LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
MMTThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Downburst winds destroyed a barn and uprooted several trees across western Greene County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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