1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 11, 5:49 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 549 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006 .UPDATE...MESOSCALE DISCUSSION. WAT VAP IMAGERY AND RUC INITIALIZATIONS OF MID LEVEL VORTICITY CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT AN ELONGATED SHEAR AXIS ORIENTED FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SEVERAL IMPULSES ARE RIDING THIS SHEAR AXIS AND SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM EXTREME NE OK/NW TX THROUGH SPRINGFIELD AND OSAGE BEACH AND POINTS TO THE EAST. THE SEVERE RISK WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND ANOTHER CONVECTION WATCH MAY BE NEEDED PAST THE 8PM EXPIRATION. GAGAN && .PREV DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING)... SURFACE TROUGH/DRYLINE CURRENTLY EXTENDS SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA ACROSS IOWA AND INTO NW MO AND SE KS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO ADVECT WARM AND INCREASINGLY MOIST AIRMASS NORTHWARD INTO THE CWA LATE THIS MORNING WHICH IS ALLOWING THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. 12Z KSGF SOUNDING DID SHOW THE PRESENCE OF A FAIRLY PRONOUNCED ELEVATED MIXED LAYER FROM 850-650MB...WHICH WILL CREATE A MODERATELY STRONG CAP THAT WILL NEED TO BE OVERCOME THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CONVECTION CAN INITIATE. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST OF OUR LONGITUDE THIS AFTERNOON LOOK FOR SURFACE WINDS TO BEGIN TO VEER MORE TO THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE SOME. DESPITE THE LESS THAN STELLAR CONVERGENCE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A FAIRLY WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA WHICH COULD ACT TO ENHANCE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IN CONJUNCTION WITH MODEST SURFACE CONVERGENCE COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO BREAK THE CAP. IF THE CAP DOES INDEED BREAK...THEN INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR IS NOT PROGGED TO BE ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AS SURFACE WINDS VEER AROUND TO SSW/SW...WHICH COMBINED WITH ONLY MODERATELY FAVORABLE LCLS/DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS MEANS THE THREAT OF TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON WHILE NOT ZERO IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH EITHER. IF ANY SUPERCELL CAN SUSTAIN A SIGNIFICANTLY DEVIANT RIGHTWARD MOTION...THEN THAT WOULD ENHANCE SR INFLOW AND THE SUBSEQUENT TORNADO THREAT. UPDATED HWO HAS BEEN ISSUED. IZZI/FOSTER LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH EXTENDED)... THE LEAD IMPULSE THAT BRINGS US CONVECTION THROUGH TONIGHT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNRISE SUNDAY AS THE NEXT MUCH STRONGER SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OUR CWA WILL BE WELL WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR WHICH SHOULD BE CHARACTERIZED BY MODERATE INSTABILITY BUT SHOULD BE MODERATELY CAPPED OFF BY ELEVATED MIXED LAYER ADVECTING EASTWARD INTO THE AREA. CURRENTLY APPEARS AS THOUGH FORCING WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND ALLOW FOR SEVERE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER EASTERN KANSAS BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON. SHEAR VECTOR ORIENTATION WITH RESPECT THE DRYLINE SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR DISCRETE CELLS INITIALLY...WITH A TRANSITION TO MORE LINEAR CONVECTION POSSIBLE AS CONVECTION MOVES EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING. SURFACE LOW IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY FILL DURING THE DAY WITH SURFACE FLOW VEERING AROUND TO MORE SOUTHWESTERLY WHICH WILL LESSEN THE 0-1KM SHEAR. NONETHELESS... STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL ONLY WEAKEN SLIGHTLY DURING THE DAY SO LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR APPEARS AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER POTENTIAL NEGATIVE FACTOR IS THE LARGE TEMP/DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS WHICH COULD BE APPROACHING 20F BY AFTERNOON AS HIGHS SOAR INTO THE LOWER 80S. GIVEN THE LARGE T/TD SPREADS AND THE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN STELLAR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR HAVE TONED DOWN THE TORNADO WORDING A BIT. DRYLINE AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO MARCH STEADILY EASTWARD SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA. BRIEF SHOT OF COOLER/DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF SUNDAYS SYSTEM. UPPER FLOW THEN PROGGED TO FLATTEN OUT AND BECOME MORE ZONAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH ONLY MINOR IMPULSES RIPPLING QUICKLY THROUGH THE FLOW. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR/SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH NO BIG COOL DOWNS IN SITE. IZZI && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF PACKAGE CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND CONTINUING CONVECTION ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. TSRA CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER NE OK AND RAPIDLY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THE AXIS OF THIS CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED JUST TO THE EAST OF KJLN AND THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT KJLN SHOULD REMAIN JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CONVECTION THIS EVENING. HAVE EXTENDED DURATION OF TSRA AT KSGF THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING AS CELLS REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE AREA. CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION WILL REMAIN AT VFR...WITH IFR VIS AND MVFR CIGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVECTION. THE AXIS OF PRECIP SHOULD SHIFT TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A LULL IN ACTIVITY FROM THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST PART OF SUNDAY. HAVE RAMPED UP WIND SPEEDS AFTER 15Z SUNDAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30KT. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS/CB AFTER 22Z...ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT MUCH OF THE TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD BE JUST AFTER THE VALID TAF TIME. GAGAN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
130 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121900-
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-
130 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
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 THUNDERSTORMS...THE STRONGEST MAY PRODUCE:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM ALONG AND
EAST OF AN OSCEOLA TO JOPLIN LINE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING
EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
DISCUSSION:
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ALONG A DRYLINE STRETCHING ACROSS
FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT
WILL ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL NOT BE OVERLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE
COMPLETELY RULED OUT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY NIGHT.
SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR ARE FORECAST TO BE PRESENT
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING
SEVERAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER AND DAMAGING
WINDS. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY FORECAST...THERE
WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER WINDS IN
THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE CURRENTLY DO NOT APPEAR AS
THOUGH THEY WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR AN OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED
AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF A
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.
&&
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)
IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
739 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 AM HAIL REPUBLIC 37.12N 93.48W
03/11/2006 E0.25 INCH GREENE MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
&&
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
744 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 AM HAIL WINDYVILLE 37.71N 92.93W
03/11/2006 E0.75 INCH DALLAS MO PUBLIC
&&
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
745 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0743 PM HAIL ROUND SPRING 37.28N 91.41W
03/11/2006 E1.00 INCH SHANNON MO PUBLIC
&&
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
746 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG ROCKAWAY BEACH 36.70N 93.16W
03/11/2006 TANEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH
&&
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
749 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG ROCKAWAY BEACH 36.70N 93.16W
03/11/2006 TANEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE BLOWN INTO HOUSE NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG BRANSON 36.64N 93.22W
03/11/2006 TANEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
POWERLINES DOWN ON NORTH SIDE OF BRANSON ALONG HIGHWAY
248
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG BRANSON 36.64N 93.22W
03/11/2006 TANEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF ROOF TORN OFF A MCDONALDS RESTAURANT AT HWY 248
AND GRETNA ROAD. A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES FROM THIS
INTERSECTION ALSO REPORTING ROOF DAMAGE.
0620 PM HAIL PLEASANT HOPE 37.46N 93.27W
03/11/2006 M0.75 INCH POLK MO PUBLIC
0638 PM HAIL 8 E SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.14W
03/11/2006 M0.75 INCH GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
WALL CLOUD REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0702 PM HAIL REPUBLIC 37.12N 93.48W
03/11/2006 E0.25 INCH GREENE MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
0714 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
03/11/2006 E1.00 INCH GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL LASTED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES
0718 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
03/11/2006 E0.88 INCH GREENE MO PUBLIC
PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED COVERING THE GROUND AT
WEST BYPASS AND NICHOLS.
0721 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
03/11/2006 E1.00 INCH GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION
OF DIVISION AND GRANT
0743 PM HAIL WINDYVILLE 37.71N 92.93W
03/11/2006 E0.75 INCH DALLAS MO PUBLIC
&&
SCHULTZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
750 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
03/11/2006 E1.75 INCH GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NORTHEAST SPRINGFIELD
&&
SCHULTZThe St Louis radar (KLSX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:51 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado caused weak tree damage in a rural section of Phelps County south of Rolla.
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