Hail in Missouri, April 23, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
245 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

.DISCUSSION...

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 18Z TAFS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A
WEAK BOUNDARY NOTED ON SATELLITE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES.  FOR NOW
CONTINUED TREND FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH MAIN THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS MCS MOVES IN.  WILL LIKELY SEE
CEILINGS DROP INTO THE 3000 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE IN...OTHERWISE LOOK FOR VFR CEILINGS TO PERSIST.

LINDENBERG

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

WFO SGF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
117 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241815-
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-
117 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

  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 THIS EVENING.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
 AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR
 TORNADOES FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM WARSAW TO SPRINGFIELD TO
 BRANSON AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING.

  DISCUSSION:

 LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
 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 THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR
 SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING TORNADOES. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
 WITH MOST OF THE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE 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 MAY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 65
  AFTER 6 PM 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)

CRAMER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1201 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

MOZ077-088-089-231800-
BARTON-DADE-JASPER-
1201 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARTON...DADE AND JASPER COUNTIES
UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JASPER...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF LAMAR...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR GOLDEN CITY BY 1210 PM CDT.
  NEAR LOCKWOOD BY 1225 PM CDT.
  NEAR GREENFIELD BY 1235 PM CDT.
  5 MILES NORTH OF EVERTON BY 1245 PM CDT.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LINDENBERG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1258 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

MOZ090-231900-
GREENE-
1258 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 50...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 60 BY 110 PM CDT.
  NEAR I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 70 BY 130 PM CDT.
  NEAR I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 80 BY 145 PM CDT.
  NEAR SPRINGFIELD BY 150 PM CDT.
  NEAR STRAFFORD BY 200 PM CDT.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LINDENBERG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
101 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     HAIL             MILLER                  37.21N 93.84W
04/23/2006  E0.88 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   PUBLIC

&&

JAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
127 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0126 PM     HAIL             BOIS DARC              37.26N 93.51W
04/23/2006  E0.88 INCH       GREENE             MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

JAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
208 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0155 PM     HAIL             1 NW FORSYTH            36.70N 93.13W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       TANEY              MO   PUBLIC

&&

SCHULTZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
215 PM CDT SUN APR 23 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1249 PM     HAIL             MILLER                  37.21N 93.84W
04/23/2006  E0.88 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL

0100 PM     HAIL             HALLTOWN                37.19N 93.63W
04/23/2006  E1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PEA AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED

&&

SCHULTZ