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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 23, 7:12 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE AVIATION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 812 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... SLIGHT TORNADO POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY. 00Z SPRINGFIELD RAOB MODIFIED FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS WESTERN MISSOURI SUGGESTS 100MB MIXED LAYER CAPES ON THE ORDER OF 1600 J/KG WITH A 0-3 STORM RELATIVE HELICITY OF 270 M2S2...AND A 0-1KM SRH ESTIMATED AT AROUND 150 M2/S2. VERY LITTLE INHIBITION REMAINS WHILE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 60S WITHIN AREAS OF THE OSAGE PLAINS SHOULD ALLOW STORMS TO BECOME ROOTED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LAYER EVEN AFTER SUNSET. CRAMER .DISCUSSION... PREVIOUS DISCUSSION 245 PM. A SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE MIGRATING THROUGH THE LONGER WAVE RIDGE HAS TRIGGERED SOME CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. CAPE FIELDS ARE RATHER LIMITED DUE TO THE LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE AND GOOD AFTERNOON HEATING. LAPSES RATES AND INSTABILITY WAS HOWEVER BEGINNING TO INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS...WHICH SHOULD BE THE INITIAL AREA OF FOCUS FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION. STALLED OUT FRONT REMAINS POSITIONED FROM CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHILE A LARGE SCALE UPPER CYCLONE HAS GRADUALLY SHIFTED EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN. FORCING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THIS SURFACE FRONT AND UPPER CYCLONE WILL CREATE ACTIVE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. THESE STORMY CONDITIONS WERE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - TUESDAY MORNING)... HEIGHT FALLS FROM APPROACHING UPPER CYCLONE WILL STRENGTHEN A SURFACE LOW OVER KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. IN RESPONSE TO THIS DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW...LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND CREATE ENHANCED PRESSURE ADVECTIVE PROCESSES TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE STALLED OUT FRONT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS ACTIVITY BECOMING AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF STORMS. FORWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS WOULD SUGGEST AND EASTWARD COMPONENT IN A STORM COMPLEX MOVEMENT OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...GIVING WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LIKELY INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS WAS THE MODEL OF CHOICE...WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THE SURFACE LOW BECOMES POSITIONED OVER EASTERN KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOST OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR. IF CLOUDS CAN THIN OUT WITHIN THIS WARM SECTOR...STRONG INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...FUELING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR A VARIETY OF HAZARDS INCLUDING TORNADOES IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TO LIKELY. LINGERING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION. HIGHER CHANCES FOR TUESDAY MORNING WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH LESSER CHANCES ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY)... COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALLOW THE FRONT TO RACE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO...SHUTTING DOWN ANY MOISTURE RETURN FOR A FEW DAYS. BECAUSE OF THE GULF POTENTIALLY GETTING SCOURED OUT...I WAS RELUCTANT TO GET TOO CARRIED AWAY WITH RAIN CHANCES FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. KEPT ONGOING WX AND POPS IN THE GRIDS FOR NOW...BUT WOULD THINK THE GFS QPF OUTPUT FOR THESE PERIODS WILL LIKELY LESSEN WITH FUTURE RUNS. WITH FULL SUNSHINE...I WENT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS EACH DAY. WITH DRY SOILS FROM THE ONGOING DROUGHT...GUIDANCE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY TOO HIGH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. CRAMER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND A PORTION OF THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD THROUGH THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS. CURRENT TIME LINE INDICATES THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MOVING INTO FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AFTER 05Z IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER. SOME EARLY INDICATIONS (REGIONAL RADAR) OF A BOWING SEGMENT DEVELOPING WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF WICHITA THIS EVENING. THIS MAY BE THE KEY IF THEY CAN MAINTAIN ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX (MCC/MCV) AND MOVE ACROSS THE OZARKS OVERNIGHT. IF THIS HAPPENS...LOW IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...HAVE CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY AFTER 5Z FOR KJLN...AND 6Z FOR KSGF. JLT && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 829 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-250130- 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- 829 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM WARSAW TO SPRINGFIELD TO BRANSON TONIGHT. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LARGEST COVERAGE IN STORMS AND THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO FORT LEONARD WOOD. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR TORNADOES FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM WARSAW TO SPRINGFIELD TO BRANSON. DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER KANSAS THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE A STALLED OUT FRONT REMAINS POSITIONED FROM CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL INTERACT WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT TO CREATE SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO INCREASING WIND SHEAR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH MOST OF THE STORMS LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 THIS EVENING BEGINNING AT 900 PM. && 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) CLAYCOMB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1007 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006
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1005 PM HAIL 2 E HERMITAGE 37.94N 93.28W
04/23/2006 E1.00 INCH HICKORY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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GCLAYCOMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1013 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006
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1002 PM HAIL NEVADA 37.84N 94.35W
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PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1017 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006
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1015 PM HAIL 2 S CROSS TIMBERS 38.00N 93.23W
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PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1115 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006
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1110 PM HAIL UNIONTOWN 37.85N 94.97W
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PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1120 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006
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1118 PM HAIL MACKS CREEK 37.97N 92.97W
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PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1136 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006
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1126 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW GIRARD 37.55N 94.89W
04/23/2006 CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
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PMThe Tulsa radar (KINX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree south of Hallowell.
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