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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 13, 4:50 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 550 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND MAINTAIN STRONG TO SEVERE INTENSITY FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. INCREASING UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IN THE EXIT REGION OF THE 250 MB JET WAS AIDING THE EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE NEAR 2000 J/KG WITH VALUES NEAR 3500 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND WALL CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR APPROACHING 45 KTS WAS ALLOWING THE STORMS TO ORGANIZE WITH SOME CELLS BECOMING SUPERCELLUAR IN NATURE. 0-3 HELICITIES WERE NEAR 150 WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS 15 TO 20 DEGREES. HOWEVER DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS NEAR A SAGGING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WERE LOWER. ALTHOUGH THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT PERFECT...AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE SUBTROPICAL JET COUPLED WITH STRONG MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE WILL SUPPORT HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE A GREATER RISK WHERE STORMS TRAIN REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. A FLOOD WATCH WILL NOT BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME...BUT THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED. FOSTER && .DISCUSSION... A CHANGE IN THE DRY WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS PERSISTED ACROSS THE AREA THE PAST FEW WEEKS WAS UNDERWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A LONGWAVE TROUGH STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL CANADIAN PROVINCES INTO THE WESTERN U.S. WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM WESTERN IOWA THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE AROUND 1500 J/KG PROVIDING SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY. THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH EAST WHILE THE SUBTROPICAL BRANCH OF THE JET STREAKS INTO THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE OZARKS TONIGHT AND BECOME WEST TO EAST ORIENTED UNDERNEATH AN INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. GOOD INFLUX OF MOISTURE...FRONTAL SCALE FORCING...AND INCREASING SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR...A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET...AND INCREASING LIFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COUPLED JET SUGGEST CONVECTION MAY EVOLVE INTO A LINEAR MCS THAT WILL MIGRATE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL MAINLY OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING AT THE HEIGHT OF INSTABILITY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES AND 850 MB DEWPOINTS NEAR 14 DEGREES C COMBINED WITH AMPLE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT SUGGEST LOCALLY RAINFALL IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN WHERE TRAINING CELLS DEVELOP. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. A SERIES OF MINOR SHORTWAVES WILL RIDE EASTWARD OVER THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. SOME QUESTION TO THE EXACT TRACK...TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE DISTURBANCES. HOWEVER THESE SYSTEMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ISENTROPIC ASCENT SHOULD KEEP THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO THURSDAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN PERCENTAGES WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT. THE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE. RAIN CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF LATER THURSDAY AS THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF SHORTWAVES PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. SOME QUESTION ABOUT POSSIBLE RAIN CHANCES THIS WEEKEND AS RETURN FLOW SETS UP. IT APPEARS WARM AIR ADVECTION PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOCUSED TO OUR NORTH AND WEST IF IT DEVELOPS AT ALL. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOSTER && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. STORMS WILL APPROACH THE JOPLIN TERMINAL BETWEEN 00Z AND 03Z AND THE SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL BY 04Z. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ASSOCIATED GUST FRONTS. MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR STORMS WITH CEILINGS NEAR 2500 FEET AND VISIBILITIES LOWERED TO NEAR 3 MILES OR LOWER IN HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. FOSTER && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
430 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141800-
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-
430 PM CDT TUE SEP 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 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44
THROUGH 7 PM. THE STORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION:
THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH SLOWLY
EAST OUT OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH
INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
WHICH WILL INCREASE THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK.
THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
DURING THE EVENING. THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST
MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO SALEM THROUGH 10 PM.
THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS
MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WHERE RAIN AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED TWO INCHES IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
&&
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)
FOSTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
451 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0451 PM HAIL COLLINS 37.88N 93.63W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH ST.CLAIR MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
508 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM TORNADO ARMA 37.53N 94.70W
09/13/2005 CRAWFORD KS PUBLIC
INTERMITENT TOUCHDOWNS FROM 4 N OF GIRARD TO 2 NW OF
ARMA. PRELIMINARY REPORTS.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
516 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0516 PM HAIL 4 W PITTSBURG 37.83N 93.37W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH HICKORY MO PUBLIC
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
546 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 2 N LIBERAL 37.60N 94.53W
09/13/2005 1.75 INCH BARTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
614 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 PM HAIL IRWIN 37.58N 94.30W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH BARTON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
0610 PM HAIL 1 W IRWIN 37.58N 94.32W
09/13/2005 2.75 INCH BARTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND SEVERAL INCHES DEEP.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL SHELDON 37.67N 94.30W
09/13/2005 1.75 INCH VERNON MO AMATEUR RADIO
FEHThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Downburst winds damaged a few power lines and knocked over trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, September 2005
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