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 6, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 328 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... IN THE SHORT TERM... MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS LEAD TO SCATTERED TSRA ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE SMALL BUT HEAVY CORES AND POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS BEFORE THE STORMS DIMINISH BEFORE SUNSET. HEAT ADVISORY HAS VERIFIED NICELY WITH INDICES OF 105 TO 110 REPORTED ALONG THE MISSOURI KANSAS BORDER FROM JOPLIN TO NEVADA THEN EAST INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AREA. DESPITE WIDESPREAD 100 DEGREE HEAT...COLD FRONT HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MISSOURI AND KANSAS...AND WITH BOTH WRF AND GFS HOLDING ON TO THE FLAT UPPER RIDGE WITH THE EXPECTED FRONT TO SLOWLY EASE ITS WAY SOUTHWARD. WHILE GFS AND WRF ARE SIMILAR...GFS HAS OBVIOUS CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEM WITH SHORTWAVE CROSSING THE HIGH PLAINS AND LEADING TO POTENT MCS TONIGHT. HAVE TENDED TOWARD SLOWER AND DRIER WRF...WITH MOST...BUT NOT ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION REMAINING CLOSER TO THE WESTERLIES...OR NORTH OF THE SGF CWA THROUGH MONDAY. THE SGF CWA WILL SEE WIDELY SCATTERED TSRA THOUGH AS CAPES EXCEED 3000 AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FROPA EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS PUNCH AS IT REACHES THE MISSOURI BORDER LATE MONDAY. WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS THROUGH TUESDAY AS CONVERGENCE IS STILL EXPECTED TO LEAD TO MAINLY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY. IN THE LONGER TERM... HAVE INTRODUCED LOW POPS OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA LATE IN THE WORK WEEK AS THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE FRONT BECOMES RE-ENERGIZED AS THE TROF DIGS OVER WESTERN CANADA AND SHORTWAVES ROTATE OUT AHEAD OF THE TROF ALONG THE WESTERLIES. && .AVIATION... TAFS UPDATED FOR TSRA ACTIVITY NEAR KSGF WITH BASICALLY MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 2130Z...WITH VCTS TIL 00Z. ANTICIPATE ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH PRIOR TO SUNSET. JLT && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...HEAT ADVISORY NW OF A LAMAR TO WARSAW LINE 18-00Z TODAY. KS...HEAT ADVISORY 18-00Z TODAY. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 101 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071815- 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- 101 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUNNY SKIES AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DRIVE TEMPERATURES TO AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES WILL CLIMB STILL HIGHER WITH AREAS WEST OF A JOPLIN TO WARSAW LINE EXPECTED TO SEE INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL BE FEW...HOWEVER ANY STORM THAT DOES FORM WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAT WILL AGAIN BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD MONDAY...THOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE A TAD COOLER ON TUESDAY...THEN INDEX READINGS WILL LIKELY AGAIN TOP 100 ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .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) RUNNELS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
259 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
08/06/2006 GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF KEARNEY AND
DALE...KEARNEY AND ROGERS...AND KEARNEY AND DELWARE.
&&
JTAGGARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
303 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
08/06/2006 GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
8 TO 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT PAYNE GOLF
COURSE AT THE INTERSECTION OF 44 AND GLENSTONE.
&&
JTAGGARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
346 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG MARIONVILLE 37.00N 93.64W
08/06/2006 LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE
MARIONVILLE AREA.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT VERNON 37.10N 93.82W
08/06/2006 LAWRENCE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL TREES AND LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE
MOUNT VERNON AREA.
&&
JTAGGARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
427 PM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG BATTLEFIELD 37.12N 93.37W
08/06/2006 GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED POWERLINES AND
TRANSFORMERS.
&&
AFOSTERThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few small trees in the city of Mount Vernon.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5532447.