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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 4:35 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 435 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 .UPDATE... LATEST RUC FIELDS INDICATE FAIRLY DECENT INSTABILITY OVER EASTERN OK AND WEST CENTRAL AR WITH MUCAPES 1000-1500 J/KG. HOWEVER...INSTABILITY BECOMES PALTRY AS YOU HEAD NORTH INTO MO...BUT STILL HAVE MUCAPES OF ABOUT 1000 J/KG ALONG THE AR STATE LINE. WELL DEVELOPED BOW ECHO IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA QUICKLY DECAYED AS IT MOVED INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLIER. 0-6KM SHEAR STILL VERY IMPRESSIVE...60-70KTS PLUS...BUT BETTER PARAMETERS SUCH AS NEAR SURFACE BASE INSTABILITY ARE SOUTH OF THE REGION. AREA IS PRESENTLY GETTING WORKED OVER BY ELEVATED CONVECTION...WITH A SECOND WAVE NOW OVER NORTHEAST OK MOVING THIS WAY. GIVEN LOW-MODERATE CAPE BUT HIGH SHEAR ENVIRONMENT...WE MAY SEE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY WITH THE TAIL END OF ANY LINES OF CONVECTION OR WITH SMALL BOWS. BETTER LOW LEVEL HELICITY RESIDES OVER THE EASTERN CWA WHERE LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE STRONGER AND MORE BACKED CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. ALL-IN-ALL MORE WORRIED ABOUT HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY OVER MY EASTERN COUNTIES WHERE AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES FELL LAST NIGHT. IN CONCERT WITH LSX AND PAH (THANKS TO THOSE OFFICES FOR THE COORDINATION)...HAVE ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR SHANNON...HOWELL...AND OREGON COUNTIES. THESE AREAS HAVE SEEN MORE PRECIP OVER THE WINTER THAN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA...SO THE DROUGHT NOT AS MUCH OF A FACTOR IN THAT DECISION. DSA && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... 210 AM... BOW ECHO OVER EASTERN OK IS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO NW AR...AND SEVERE TSTM WATCH IS OUT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MO UNTIL 14Z. COLD FRONT CAN BE SEEN RADAR OVER THE WESTERN CWA ATTM...BUT PROGRESS SHOULD GRADUALLY SLOW AS STRONG UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE OK/TX PANHANDLES MOVES EAST AND SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT. ALREADY SEEING THAT OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN OK. SOME CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT AT TIMES...AND WOULD EXPECT ACTIVITY ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS MIDLEVEL COOLING HELPS WEAKEN WHAT IS LEFT OF THE CAP. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WHILE INSTABILITY IS NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE...WIND PROFILES LOOK EXTREMELY FAVORABLE...WITH 55 KTS OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR (70KTS AT 500MB BY 12Z). STORMS WILL HAVE STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS TO TAP INTO AS WELL. AS SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MO EARLY THIS MORNING...BACKED LOW LEVEL WINDS OVER SOUTHERN/SOUTH CENTRAL MO MAY WILL ENHANCE LOW LEVEL HELICITY. 0-1 KM SHEAR ALREADY AROUND 40 KTS NEAR THE MO/AR BORDER. IF STORMS CAN BE ROOTED NEAR THE BOUNDARY LAYER...TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST IN EITHER DISCRETE CELLS OR EMBEDDED WITHIN ANY LINES OF CONVECTION. STILL LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL GRADUALLY EVOLVE INTO A SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN OVER THE WESTERN OZARKS. EASTERN OZARKS HAVE BEEN IN AREA OF STRONG MOISTURE TRANSPORT TONIGHT AND HAVE SEEN SOME DECENT RAINFALL. OREGON COUNTY HAS HAD CLOSE TWO AN ESTIMATED TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST SIX HOURS. WILL NEED TO WATCH HYDRO SITUATION IN THE EASTERN CWA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STILL TALKING TO NEIGHBORING WFOS ABOUT A FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MO FOR TODAY. LOOKS AS THROUGH THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF LIGHT-MODERATE RAIN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER SYSTEM TODAY THE TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. DRY FRIDAY...THEN ACTIVE PERIOD CONTINUES WITH A LONGWAVE TROUGH OUT WEST AND DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. IN GENERAL...RAINFALL EVENT(S) THIS WEEKEND FAVOR THE EASTERN CWA...WITH THE NAM MORE BULLISH ON RAINFALL FARTHER TO THE WEST. TWEAKED FORECAST PERIODS OVER THE WEEKEND...BUT HAVE NOT MADE ANY BIG CHANGES. MAIN 500MB TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST THROUGH THE LOWER MO RIVER VLY LATE MON/TUESDAY TIME FRAME WITH A DRY FORECAST AFTER THAT. DSA && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GUSTY WINDS AT SGF FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE FORECAST. JLN WILL BE CLOSER TO LOW AND WILL LIKELY NOT EXPERIENCE AS HIGH OF WINDS. SHOULD SEE MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORMS FIRING ALONG THE RED RIVER WITH UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IT INTO THE FORECAST AREA AFTER 09-10Z BRINGING DOWN CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS. WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR DURING THE MORNING AS LOW SHIFTS OVER THE AREA. RAIN SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AT JLN/SGF WITH CEILINGS CONTINUING AROUND 1500 FEET THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF FORECAST. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 AM FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MO. FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR SHANNON...HOWELL..AND OREGON COUNTIES. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
201 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-091200-
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-
201 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW MAY BE SEVERE WITH:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PUSHING
INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS LIKELY AFFECTING AREAS EAST OF CASSVILLE.
DISCUSSION:
THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPED ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LATE LAST EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THESE STORMS PUSHED INTO EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL
CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI BETWEEN
230 AM AND 4 AM. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS AS THEY SHIFT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY
THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCURRING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY
MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OCCUR OVER THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF A DISTURBANCES AFFECT
THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI EAST
OF CASSVILLE AFTER 230 AM.
&&
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)
LINDENBERG/FOSTER/IZZIThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a few roofs and knocked down power poles in a rural area southwest of Winona.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5493755.