An Arctic front moved into the area and produced a line of thunderstorms with heavy rain across extreme southeast Kansas which caused isolated flash flooding.
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An Arctic front moved into the area and produced a line of thunderstorms with heavy rain across extreme southeast Kansas which caused isolated flash flooding.
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 Nov 24, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 330 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL DEAL WITH ONGOING CONVECTION AND THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THEN ATTENTIONS TURNS TO AN ARCTIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT...THEN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. CURRENTLY...SURFACE WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED BACK INTO THE AREA AND GENERALLY EXTENDS FROM GAINSVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO EL DORADO SPRINGS THIS AFTERNOON. TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER 50S ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WHILE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE 70S ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS WEST OF THE FRONT. DEWPOINTS ARE ALSO STREAMING BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE WARM FRONT...AS VALUES HAVE RISEN INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. AS A RESULT OF THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS INSTABILITY HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN CWA. MLCAPE VALUES HAVE INCREASED INTO 250 TO 700 J/KG BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. WIND SHEAR IS VERY STRONG AS 0-6KG BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE GREATER THAN 70KTS ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH WILL BE SIGNIFICANT TO PRODUCE ORGANIZED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE QUESTION IS DO WE HAVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY WITHOUT STRONG FORCING TO MAINTAIN STORMS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE IF STORMS CAN MAINTAIN THEMSELVES AND NOT GET SHEARED APART. STORMS ARE STARTING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CWA GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MCCUNE KANSAS TO STOCKTON MISSOURI LINE. A FEW OF THIS STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. THE SHEAR VECTORS ARE ORIENTATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT TRAINING OF STORMS MAYBE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DO NOT EXPECT WIDE SPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...BUT THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. THE COLD FRONT IS BEGIN TO SURGE TO THE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL STEADILY PUSH TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE CWA THIS EVENING. THIS FRONT WILL BE QUITE STRONG...SO THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FORCING TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT. EXPECT A LINE OF STORMS TO DEVELOP NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN CWA BY THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS THEN SWEEP TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE MAIN RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS. IF ANY STORMS CAN DEVELOP AND REMAIN AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE WILL BE A LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADO RISK DUE TO THE STRONG WIND SHEAR. WOULD EXPECT THE FRONT TO UNDER CUT THE FRONT AS IT PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR WHICH WILL LIMIT THE HAIL AND TORNADO RISK...HOWEVER THERE COULD REMAIN A WIND RISK INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. THIS EVENING AND DURING THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD END PRETTY QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT. HOWEVER...THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AS IT EXITS THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND LIFT FROM THE UPPER LEVEL JET THAT REMAINS OVER THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT. SO...EXPECT POST FRONTAL PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE 850MB FRONT WILL LAG BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT SO WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRESENT ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TOMORROW...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE STILL QUESTION ON THE EXACT LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF ANY WINTRY WEATHER. THE 850MB FRONT WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR A SLEET SNOW RISK BEFORE IT ENDS THURSDAY EVENING. AGAIN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT WITH HIGHS ONLY EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE 30S ON THURSDAY WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLDER AIRMASS WHICH WILL ALLOW WIND CHILLS TO DROP INTO THE TEENS TO THE SINGLE DIGITS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE ARE EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. WISE && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...ACTIVE WEATHER PERIOD THROUGH THE FORECAST EXPECTED. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE ONGOING AT THE ONSET OF THE TAFS AT ALL 3 LOCATIONS WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT STRONG COLD FRONT. LOW CEILINGS AND DENSE FOG HAVE DEVELOPED IN ADVANCE OF A NORTHWARD SURGING WARM FRONT THIS MORNING AND MAY PERSIST INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND SHIFT EAST OVERNIGHT. A SHARP WINDSHIFT WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT AND LIKELY IFR CEILINGS PERSISTING. ANOTHER WAVE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY MORNING WHICH WILL LIKELY BRING MORE PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY AND COULD BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AS 850 FRONT WILL LAG BEHIND THE INITIALLY SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 417 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-252230- 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- 417 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...SIGNIFICANT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE LIGHTNING RISK IS SIGNIFICANT. THE THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK IS ELEVATED FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. THE HAIL RISK IS ELEVATED FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS. THE TORNADO RISK IS ELEVATED. THE NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK IS LIMITED. THE FREEZING RAIN RISK IS LIMITED. THE EXTREME COLD RISK IS LIMITED. THE FLOOD RISK IS LIMITED. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING INTO SUPERCELLS...AND WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY DEVELOPING SOUTH AND WEST OF A FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO GREENFIELD TO CASSVILLE MISSOURI LINE. THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR TORNADOES ACROSS THIS PORTION OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS OR LARGER ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ANY AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE STORMS TRACKING ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION. STORMS SHOULD THEN TRANSITION INTO A SQUALL LINE AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT ACCELERATES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF EXTREME WIND SHEAR AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. AS THIS ARCTIC COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION...BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND USHER IN A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS. WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A LIGHT WINTRY MIX...WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE ON THANKSGIVING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED... WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO ELEVATED OBJECTS INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILLS IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL CONTINUE FROM THANKSGIVING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ALONG AND NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO HERMITAGE MISSOURI LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THEN IT MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM MID EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && 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) WFO SGF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 259 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 KSZ097-MOZ066-077-242130- CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-VERNON MO- 259 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD...NORTHWESTERN BARTON AND SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CST... AT 254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GIRARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CROWEBURG...MULBERRY AND ENGLEVALE BY 305 PM CST. ARCADIA AND BURGESS BY 310 PM CST. OSKALOOSA AND HANNON BY 315 PM CST. BRONAUGH AND VERDELLA BY 320 PM CST. MOUNDVILLE BY 325 PM CST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. LINDENBERG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0416 PM HAIL 8 N MONTEVALLO 37.84N 94.11W
11/24/2010 E0.88 INCH VERNON MO AMATEUR RADIO
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SRUNNELSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
452 PM CST WED NOV 24 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0449 PM HAIL 2 W WEAUBLEAU 37.89N 93.58W
11/24/2010 E1.00 INCH HICKORY MO AMATEUR RADIO
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SRUNNELSThe Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Six to eight inches of water was on Highway 166 approximately one quarter to one half miles west of town.
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