Isolated severe storms produced hail, wind and heavy rain which caused localized flooding.
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Isolated severe storms produced hail, wind and heavy rain which caused localized 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 Mar 6, 5:32 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 532 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 ...12Z Aviation Discussion Update... Key Messages: 1. Strong to severe storms possible this evening into the early overnight hours tonight. 2. Heavy rain with the potential for localized flooding this evening into early Monday. 3. Much colder to end the work week and begin the weekend. Potential of some winter weather. .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 442 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 Early this morning, a cold front was located across portions of the region extending through Fayetteville, AR to West Plains to the St. Louis metro. Some isolated elevated showers were located across northwest AR and southern MO along the front. This cold front should continue to settle to near the MO/AR border this morning. As we progress throughout the day today, a shortwave trough will progress across the southern plains and force a surface low pressure system currently over southern Oklahoma across the CWA late this afternoon and evening. The front near the MO/AR border will lift back northward into the area this afternoon and evening, with the surface low traversing along the front. Current indications are for the low pressure and warm front to track along the Interstate 44 corridor, though there is still some uncertainty regarding how far north the warm front actually reaches. Moisture will advect back into the area on the warm side of the frontal boundary, with surface dew points reaching the 50s to near 60 degrees over southern Missouri, particularly over south- central Missouri. Hi-res model guidance suggests generally 250-500 J/kg of MUCAPE developing near the Interstate 44 corridor by late this afternoon and evening, with higher amounts of 500-1000 J/kg south of Interstate 44 into south central Missouri. A few models even push some of the MUCAPE up to 1200-1500 J/kg over portions of far south-central Missouri this evening. From mid/late afternoon into evening, some scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop across the area, though a lack of surface based instability north of the warm front should keep those storm elevated. Meanwhile, thunderstorms developing in the warm sector south of the front, particularly across far south- central Missouri, could become surface based. With initial access to deep layer shear of 30-40 kts later increasing to 60-70 kts during the evening, these warm sector storms have the potential to develop into discrete supercells, with the potential for tornadoes given 0-1km surface helicity values of 300 to 400+. Large hail and damaging wind gusts would also be a concern should any supercells develop. One caveat will be storm coverage and cloud cover during the afternoon and their subsequent impact on these early severe chances. As the low pressure center moves northeast through the area during the evening, an attendant cold front will drag through on it's backside from west to east across the area generally from around 6PM through the 1AM timeframe. Thunderstorm development along this front during the evening will have access to the deep layer shear and instability mentioned above, with orientation of the deep layer shear relative to the front favoring development into an organized cluster of line segments along the front. If any strong to severe bowing segments form in this line of thunderstorms, damaging wind gusts and line-embedded tornadoes would be the primary severe thunderstorm threats. The severe thunderstorm threat will quickly end during the early overnight hours as the cold front/line of storms exits to the east of our CWA. The Day 1 SPC Convective Outlook highlights the area south of Interstate 44 for the highest severe storm potential with both the warm sector and cold front rooted storms late this afternoon and evening. In addition to the severe thunderstorm threat, heavy rainfall will be a concern this evening and tonight given the 50s to around 60 dewpoints along with PWAT values of 1-1.5 inches, which is near climatological records. The main area of concern will be for convective training primarily along and southeast of the Interstate 44 corridor, as highlighted in the "Slight Risk" portion of the WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook. The current forecast is for 1-2" of rainfall in this area. Most hi-res model guidance is isolated with any areas of greater than 2" rainfall potential. Additionally, soil moisture is below average north of the Interstate 44 corridor and around average south of the interstate. For these reasons, we held off on issuance of a Flash Flood Watch with this forecast update. However, some more localized flooding is possible, primarily for susceptible low water crossings and a few area creeks/rivers. Any localized flooding that develops could linger into Monday morning. Much colder air moves in behind this system on Monday. Some light snow or freezing drizzle will be possible early Monday morning near the Highway 54 corridor, but very minimal to no impacts are expected due to the very light precip and warmer ground temperatures. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 442 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 Monday-Wednesday: Generally zonal flow aloft will keep Gulf Moisture at bay, leading to dry weather during this period. High temperatures will gradually warm from the 40s on Monday into the 50s by Wednesday. Thursday-Saturday: Precipitation chances return from Thursday into Friday as an upper level trough digs across the central CONUS. The WPC Cluster Analysis and model ensembles show uncertainty in the timing of this system, so exact details are hard to come by with the current forecast. However, the EFI shows a strong signal for much colder temperatures on Thursday night into Saturday morning, so it is possible that some wintry precip could develop on Thursday night into Friday. This system will need to be closely monitored with future forecast updates. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Monday morning) Issued at 532 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 The cold front has moved to just south of the Missouri/Arkansas border this morning with some showers and embedded thunderstorms located along the front to the east of the KBBG aerodrome. MVFR to VFR ceilings were located at all the TAF sites and MVFR ceilings will continue today as low clouds continue overspreading the area. As the cold front moves back north into the area as a warm front this afternoon, conditions will deteriorate to IFR by late this afternoon into tonight as showers and thunderstorms move into the area from the southwest. Winds will turn east to southeasterly along and south of the front today, and then turn back to the northwest later this evening and tonight as a cold front moves west to east across the area. Thunderstorms will then end with the frontal passage tonight, with IFR ceilings lingering into Monday morning. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Rothstein LONG TERM...Rothstein AVIATION...Rothstein
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 456 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071100- 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- 456 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Elevated tornado risk. Limited hail risk. Elevated thunderstorm wind damage risk. Elevated lightning risk. Elevated excessive rainfall risk. DISCUSSION... Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely late this afternoon into early tonight. Heavy rain will lead to a localized flash flooding risk with this system, particularly for areas along and southeast of Interstate 44. Strong to severe storms will also be possible mainly during the 6pm to 1am timeframe, primarily south of Interstate 44. Some storms could become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 mph and a few tornadoes as the primary threats. Some large hail is also possible. Some lingering light snow or freezing drizzle will be possible along and north of the Highway 54 corridor tonight into early Monday. However, very minimal to no accumulations or impacts are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Unseasonably cold temperatures will be possible behind a cold front by Thursday night into Friday. Some wintry precipitation may be possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed later today or tonight for areas south of the Interstate 44 corridor. && 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 Rothstein
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:58 UTC.
3 hail, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A barn suffered minor to moderate damage from high winds near the Lenox area.
Quarter sized hail was reported.
Penny sized hail was reported via MPing.
Hail dollar sized hail was reported via MPing.
A tree was reported uprooted along Highway JJ.
Flooding was reported across Lakewood Loop at a low water area.
County Road O-420 at Jones Creek was flooded and impassable.
Highway TT at Crooked 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: 1001484, 1001480, 1001481, 1001482, 1001485, 1001488, 1001489, 1001490.