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 5, 10:55 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1155 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .UPDATE... A CLUSTER OF CONVECTION LINGERED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AT MIDDAY. SURFACE PRESSURE AND WIND FIELDS DEPICTED A DIFFUSE SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. HOWEVER CONVECTION WAS LOCATED FARTHER NORTH ALONG A THERMAL/MOISTURE BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THIS BOUNDARY CORRELATED WITH AXIS OF MODEST 850 MB CONVERGENCE AS DEPICTED BY PROFILERS AND RIBBON OF 12-14 DEGREE C 850 DEWPOINTS. EXPECT FOCUS OF AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR ALONG AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 44 WHERE THE THERMAL GRADIENT EXIST. MODERATE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OF THIS BOUNDARY. CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL MAY ALSO RECEIVE SOME MODEST UPPER SUPPORT AS THE AREA MAY BE INFLUENCED BY THE ENTRANCE REGION OF THE 250 MB JET. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND MODEST SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL INHIBIT SEVERE POTENTIAL. HOWEVER STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE PULSE TYPE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DOWNBURST WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. FOSTER && && .AVIATION... SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH BASES GENERALLY AROUND 5 KFT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. I WILL CONTINUE WITH CB CLOUD REMARKS IN THE SPRINGFIELD AND JOPLIN TAFS AND MONITOR TRENDS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WHERE SHOWERS OCCUR. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE NORTHEAST BUT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM SCATTERED STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED VARIABLE AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH TONIGHT. FOSTER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-061100- 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 FRI AUG 5 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: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 THOUGH MID EVENING. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE AN ISOLATED WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL SMALLER THAN NICKELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN ISOLATED WITH MOST AREAS REMAINING DRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) IZZI
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several small trees across northern portions of Forsyth. Several other downburst winds contributed to downed trees in rural areas near Forsyth.
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