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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 12:59 PM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 159 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... UPDRAFTS ARE STARTING TO INITIATE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND WOULD SUSPECT THAT OTHER AREAS OF INITIATION WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PARTICULARLY OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI (VERNON...ST. CLAIR...BARTON COUNTIES)...WHERE OUTFLOW FROM THE EAST KANSAS CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO INTERACT WITH THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS (BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE) COUNTIES MAY BE IN A GOOD AREA FOR INITIATION AS WELL. AS EXPECTED...THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE...AND PRIME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LATEST ANALYSIS WOULD SUGGEST THAT 100MB CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO VALUES BETWEEN 1500 - 2500 J/KG. WEAK WIND FIELDS THROUGH THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN INDICATE THAT SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED STORMS REMAINS VERY LIMITED. HOWEVER...LARGE AMOUNTS OF CAPE WILL STILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR LOCALIZED MICROBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LARGE CAPE VALUES WITHIN THE -10 TO -30 LAYER WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. DUE TO EXISTING WEAK WIND FIELDS...STORM MOTIONS WILL LIKELY BE SLOW. SLOW STORM MOTIONS ALONG WITH HIGH VALUES OF MOISTURE IN PLACE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. OUR SERVICE HYDROLOGIST WILL BE INTERROGATING ANY FLASH FLOOD ISSUES THAT MAY UNFOLD. CRAMER && .DISCUSSION... SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED ACROSS KANSAS...AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS FEATURE MAY NOT IMPACT EASTERN KANSAS OR SW MISSOURI UNTIL WEDNESDAY AS IT SHIFTS THROUGH. IN THE MEANTIME...A HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...WHICH MEANS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN ALMOST EVERY PERIOD THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD DECENT RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY DURING THE FRONTS PASSAGE THROUGH THE OZARKS. BY WEDNESDAY...THE FRONT WILL ASSUME MORE OF AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTATION...AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TEMPORARILY STALL OUT SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. GIVEN THE UNSEASONABLY HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT WITHIN THIS AIRMASS...LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUIDANCE HAS BEEN COMING IN COOLER WITH TEMPERATURES FOR BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WHICH MAKES SINCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER EXPECTED. WENT AHEAD AND TRENDED TEMPS IN THAT DIRECTION. DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE FRONT STALLS OUT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...STORMS COULD BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. LOOKING DEEPER INTO THE EXTENDED PERIODS...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE OVERALL UPPER AIR PATTERN IS GOING TO TRANSITION INTO A TYPICAL JUNE AND JULY STRUCTURE. SUB TROPICAL HIGH REALLY BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...WHICH INDUCES A RIDGE OVER THE ENTIRE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR NORTHWEST FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS THE NATIONS MIDSECTION...PUSHING THE FRONT INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. A DRIER AIRMASS WILL RESULT OVER THE OZARKS...DECREASING RAIN CHANCES AND CLOUD COVER. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH WILL BEGIN TO MIGRATE EAST...WHICH WOULD SUGGEST PRETTY HOT TEMPERATURES BY LATE NEXT WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK. BUT UNTIL THEN...TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS. CRAMER && .AVIATION... FORECAST CONCERNS FOR THE 18Z TAFS CENTER AROUND STORM POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON. WITH DEWPOINT TEMPS LEVELING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND TEMPS RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S...EXPECT CUMULUS BASES TO END UP AROUND 4000-4500 FEET. MODIFYING OUR LATEST SOUNDING WITH CURRENT CONDITIONS SHOWS CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REACHED. WITH NO STRONG FOCUSING MECHANISM OVER THE REGION...DIDNT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE TEMPO THUNDER AT THIS TIME...BUT DID MENTION VICINITY THUNDER FROM 19Z TO 01Z. MAIN FRONT WILL DRIFT INTO JOPLIN VICINITY TUESDAY MORNING. BUT WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE ON THUNDER BEFORE ADDING TO TAF. TERRY && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1255 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301430- 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- 1255 PM CDT MON MAY 29 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: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. DISCUSSION: THE LATEST FORECAST ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL TAKE SHAPE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SHEAR REMAINS VERY WEAK AND SUMMER LIKE...HOWEVER...STRONG INSTABILITY WILL COMPENSATE FOR THE LOW SHEAR AND BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALIZED MICROBURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST OF AN ANDERSON...TO SPRINGFIELD...TO VERSAILLES LINE. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ALSO...GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE THAT THE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING...ALONG WITH THE LOW SHEARED ENVIRONMENT...ANY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVES SLOWLY OVER A LOCALIZED AREA COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SEVERAL PERIODS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF A FRONT WHICH WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR OBSERVATIONS OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. && 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
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0603 PM TSTM WND DMG TUNAS 37.85N 93.03W
05/29/2006 DALLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
SMALL TREE DOWN ON GRIFFITH RD REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
634 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
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0530 PM TSTM WND GST TUNAS 37.85N 93.03W
05/29/2006 E60 MPH DALLAS MO EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
642 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0638 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
05/29/2006 M0.75 INCH GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY SPRINGFIELD PD ON GRAND AND SUNSHINE.
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IZZIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
702 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
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0645 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N LEBANON 37.74N 92.66W
05/29/2006 LACLEDE MO EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
705 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0645 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
05/29/2006 E1.00 INCH GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL REPORTED AT WEST BYPASS AND KEARNEY
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LDOOLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
710 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0709 PM HAIL SPRINGFIELD 37.20N 93.29W
05/29/2006 E1.50 INCH GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL REPORTED AT WEST BYPASS AND 44
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LDOOLEYThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed two large trees in front of the court house.
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