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Isolated strong to severe storms produced isolated hail, wind damage and flooding.
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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 18, 1:38 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 238 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 Key Messages: 1. Showers and thunderstorms continue today, may get some strong/severe storms in far eastern counties late this morning into mid afternoon. 2. Windy conditions behind the low pressure system today. 3. Elevated fire weather conditions on Sunday. 4. Additional showers and thunderstorms Monday-Wednesday. May have an excessive rainfall risk with several waves of precipitation. .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 238 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 Low pressure was currently centered over northeast Oklahoma early this morning. Showers have been occurring since mid evening over the area ahead of the low, with additional convection occurring in the cyclonic flow of the low itself. Temperatures remain very mild over the area with readings from the mid 50s to low 60s, with dew points in the low to mid 50s over the area. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 238 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 For today, we are expecting the low to track northeast and across the forecast area during the day today. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to spread across the area with the low. By late morning, instability may be enough to support some stronger convection over south central MO, where a marginal hail and wind risk will exits through the mid afternoon. On the back side of the low, we are expecting gusty northwest to north winds spreading across the area from west to east during the day. Wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph will be possible at times. This will also usher in colder air, with temperatures likely dropping into the 40s during the afternoon. Highs will likely be from mid morning into midday. Rain chances will persist into the evening behind the low with rain chances diminishing from west to east. Lows tonight are expected to range from the lower 30s to the upper 30s. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 238 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 A much drier air mass will move into the area on Saturday with plenty of sunshine expected. This will help temperatures climb back into the lower to middle 60s for highs. As we head into Sunday, we'll see afternoon humidity levels dip into the 25 to 35 percent range over the area. We'll also have the pressure gradient tighten up over the area with the surface ridge slipping to the southeast of the area and low pressure developing over the Rockies in advance of the next upper level trough. So, southerly winds will also increase. The combined gusty winds with low RH values will bring about some elevated fire weather conditions during the afternoon and early evening on Sunday. Afternoon highs will climb back into the low 70s...we'll above normals for this time of year. The upper level trough will continue to shift east Sunday nighth and begin to close off over the 4 corners region, while a strong low level jet sets up over our area and will begin to pump moisture directly from the Gulf of Mexico into the plains. Showers and thunderstorms will likely spread back into the area starting Monday ahead of the low. The heaviest rain will likely occur Monday into Monday night, before we start to get a dry slot entering into the area as the low pushes closer to the region from the west. Precipitation chances will continue as the low lifts northeast across the area on Tuesday night into Wednesday. We currently have the heaviest rain axis over south central MO where there are highest probabilities of receiving over an inch of rain and still some chances of rainfall in excess of 2 inches. Will need to continue to monitor this system and low track for the potential of excessive rainfall as we head through the weekend. There is more uncertainty as we head into the middle to later part of next week as this low gets cut off from the main flow and hovers over the central U.S. for much of the remainder of the work week. As a result, ensembles show a large range for temperature solutions in the later half of the work week and we have opted to maintain the NBM deterministic solution for now which is at or below the NBM 50th percentile. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night) Issued at 1200 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 For the 06z TAFS, surface low pressure was located southwest of the area over OK. Some shower activity has already affected SGF/BBG areas in advance of the low, with additional convective activity more concentrated closer to the low circulation. This is the activity which will move into the 3 TAF areas overnight into Friday as the low begins to lift northeast into southwest MO. Ceilings will continue to lower and we may actually see some IFR conditions develop for a time, but we are mostly expecting MVFR conditions overnight and on Friday with the convection. There will be a lower risk of some lightning embedded within the overall shower activity, but instability is fairly low and the lightning coverage doesn't appear to be all the great. Winds will become gusty, especially on the back side of the low with a northwest to north wind at 20 to 26 kts at times for the gusts. Behind the low, a lighter rain will still be possible for the remainder of Friday and into some of Friday evening. Drier air will eventually work into the area behind the low, but that will arrive later in the evening and overnight, or outside of this TAF period. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...Lindenberg SHORT TERM...Lindenberg LONG TERM...Lindenberg AVIATION...Lindenberg
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 324 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-190830- 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- 324 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited hail risk. Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited lightning risk. Limited non thunderstorm wind risk. DISCUSSION... Some wind gusts today and tonight will be over 30 mph. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible today. Some of the storms by late morning into the mid afternoon will have the potential of becoming strong to severe over south central MO, with hail to the size of quarters and wind gusts up to 60 mph the main risks. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Some elevated fire weather conditions will be possible Saturday into Monday as a much drier air mass moves into the area. Additional thunderstorms will be possible late Monday into Tuesday of next week along with the potential of heavy rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/sitrep This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Lindenberg
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
314 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022
MOZ101-102-180845-
Barry MO-McDonald MO-
314 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of eastern McDonald and
southern Barry Counties through 345 AM CDT...
At 313 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Bella Vista to near Rogers. Movement was
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Roaring River State Park... Big Sugar Creek State Park...
Cassville... Seligman...
Exeter... Butterfield...
Washburn... Wayne...
Powell... Rocky Comfort...
Ridgley...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9440 3675 9416 3675 9366 3650 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0813Z 227DEG 30KT 3654 9431 3646 9420 3638 9415
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PerezSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
345 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022
MOZ102-103-180915-
Barry MO-Stone MO-
345 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southwestern Stone
and Barry Counties through 415 AM CDT...
At 345 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Washburn to near Seligman to near Gateway.
Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Roaring River State Park... Table Rock Lake...
Cassville... Shell Knob...
Seligman... Exeter...
Butterfield... Washburn...
Golden... Emerald Beach...
Eagle Rock... Chain-O-Lakes...
Arrow Point... Jenkins...
Wayne... Mcdowell...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9394 3652 9395 3660 9406 3688 9381
3674 9357 3651 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 229DEG 34KT 3663 9396 3656 9388 3645 9386
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
PerezSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
412 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022
MOZ090-094-095-102>104-180945-
Barry MO-Greene MO-Taney MO-Lawrence MO-Christian MO-Stone MO-
412 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Taney, Christian,
Stone, eastern Barry, southern Lawrence and southern Greene Counties
through 445 AM CDT...
At 412 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles west of Mount Vernon to 11 miles
southwest of Galena to near Grandview. Movement was northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Springfield... Nixa...
Ozark... Republic...
Branson... Lake Taneycomo...
Table Rock Lake... Table Rock State Park...
Bull Shoals Lake... Monett...
Aurora... Battlefield...
Mount Vernon... Hollister...
Silver Dollar City... Kimberling City...
Forsyth... Marionville...
Clever... Merriam Woods...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 40 and 48, and near
mile marker 69.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9371 3706 9404 3723 9313 3655 9277
3651 9277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 218DEG 37KT 3709 9393 3671 9365 3647 9366
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
TerryPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
504 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 AM HAIL CAPE FAIR 36.73N 93.51W
03/18/2022 E0.70 INCH STONE MO BROADCAST MEDIA
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MMTThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:06 UTC.
3 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs of 5 to 6 inches were reported down.
Penny sized hail was reported.
State Highway AB at Wolf Creek was closed due to flooding.
State Highway FF at Hunter Creek was flooded and impassable.
Highway Y at Cowskin Creek was flooded and impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2022
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: 1012737, 1012736, 1012733, 1012734, 1012735.