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 May 21, 8:39 PM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 939 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 .UPDATE... MCV CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SITUATED FROM ABOUT FORT SCOTT TO SPRINGFIELD TO WEST PLAINS. CONWAY PROFILER INDICATING H85 WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 10-15 KTS SINCE 00Z. AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION STILL REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPES STILL OVER 2000 J/KG. CONVECTION FIRING ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAVE TRIMMED BACK FLASH FLOOD WATCH ABOUT THREE TIERS OF COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN CWA. HAVE ALSO LOWERED POPS AS RAIN HAS NOT BECOME AS WIDESPREAD AS ANTICIPATED. WITH DEWPOINTS REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED OVERNIGHT LOWS UPWARD ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. GAEDE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MONDAY SOUTH OF A CASSVILLE TO BOLIVAR TO EMINENCE LINE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 105 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-221815- 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- 105 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 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: ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PETERSBURG KANSAS TO LEBANON TO EMINENCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER...ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM EARLY MORNING CONVECTION AND RESIDUAL DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION...WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL ALLOW FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL THREAT MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ONCE THEY DO GET GOING...WILL TEND TO TRAIN OVER AREAS AS THEY MOVE ALONG THE VARIOUS BOUNDARIES ALREADY IN PLACE. THIS COULD LEAD TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER A SMALL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS VERY POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE STORMS...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) CLAYCOMB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1013 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 MOZ090-091-220415- GREENE-WEBSTER- 1013 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREENE AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF MARSHFIELD TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...PEA SIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. GAGAN
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree near the intersection of Chesterfield and Butterfield.
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