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 Jul 23, 1:53 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 253 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED PULSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...A LITTLE EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY. THERE IS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF OBVIOUS SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING...BUT A WEAK 500MB INVERTED TROUGH IS MOVING WEST UNDERNEATH THE THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ARKLATEX...WHILE ANOTHER IMPULSE IS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NW IL. HIGHER TERRAIN ALSO LIKELY AN INFLUENCE ON CONVECTION OVER NW AR WHERE BETTER MIDLEVEL MOISTURE IS ALSO EVIDENT. TYPICAL MIDSUMMER LOW SHEAR/HIGH INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT WITH ML CAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG WILL LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE PULSE STORMS. OVERALL STORM COVERAGE SHOULD BE MINIMAL. SHORT TERM FORECASTER HAS ALREADY UPDATED GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONVECTION. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AT LEAST. TEMPERATURES/HEAT INDICES ARE PANNING OUT AS EXPECTED TODAY. WILL CONTINUE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THROUGH TOMORROW. HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE MONDAY...BUT WITH CORE OF THE UPPER RIDGE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA...TEMPERATURES MAY BE A BIT COOLER (OR LESS HOT). THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY FLATTEN OUT LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SHORTWAVE IMPULSES IN THE INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WILL EXERT AN INCREASING INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER BY MIDWEEK. GFS/NAM/ECMWF ALL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUE/TUE NIGHT TO BRING RELIEF TO THE HEAT AND HOPEFULLY A CHANCE FOR ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF ORGANIZED STORMS. THE RAIN IS DEFINITELY NEEDED. DSA && .AVIATION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. A COUPLE OF STORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR KSGF ALREADY SO HAVE AMENDED TAFS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OTHER THAN LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS NEAR INTENSE STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR ALL COUNTIES OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS. .KS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...AND BOURBON. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 155 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100- 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- 155 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HIGHS ABOVE 100 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...HOWEVER...MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY. GIVEN THE STRONG DAYTIME INSTABILITY...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE EARLY PORTION OF THE WORK WEEK...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. FORTUNATELY...THIS WILL ALSO BRING COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY 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) DSA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 308 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 MOZ057-058-232100- MARIES-MILLER- 308 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARIES AND MILLER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF BELLE TO OSAGE BEACH. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IZZI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
428 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
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0413 PM TSTM WND DMG ST ANTHONY 38.17N 92.28W
07/23/2005 MILLER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE BLOCKING HIGHWAY A NEAR ST. ANTHONY
SAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
440 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
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0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 E JANE 36.55N 94.21W
07/23/2005 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE COVERING HIGHWAY K
SAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
503 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0430 PM TSTM WND DMG IBERIA 38.10N 92.32W
07/23/2005 MILLER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 42
0442 PM TSTM WND DMG ST ANTHONY 38.17N 92.28W
07/23/2005 MILLER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS PIONEER ROAD NEAR ST. ANTHONY
SAWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
515 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0446 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S DIXON 37.99N 92.10W
07/23/2005 PULASKI MO CO-OP OBSERVER
TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 28 JUST SOUTH OF DIXON
SAWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 517 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 KSZ101-232315- CHEROKEE- 517 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 512 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TREECE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PURCELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF CHETOPA TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURG...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR COLUMBUS BY 525 PM CDT. NEAR WEIR BY 540 PM CDT. NEAR WEST MINERAL BY 555 PM CDT. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IZZI
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees and power poles in the city of Lamar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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