767

AWUS43 KSGF 040921

AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

415 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVERNIGHT OVER 

PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THE SHOWERS 

DEVELOPED ALONG A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDED ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY 

SKIES...EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 60 DEGREES. 



THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OVERNIGHT WAS A MINOR EARTHQUAKE  

THAT OCCURRED AT 142 AM CDT.  THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED 15 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF CONWAY ARKANSAS AND MEASURED 4.4 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. 

REPORTS WERE RECEIVED THAT THE QUAKE WAS FELT WEAKLY TO MODERATELY 

...BY PERSONS IN OZARK...HOWELL...AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN 

MISSOURI. 



A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND 

SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO CENTRAL MISSOURI 

CLOSER TO A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY.



THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND IN 

ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE 

DESERT SOUTHWEST.  AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN PLAINS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY.  

COOLER AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL 

PASSAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK.  



IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS WEEKEND...BE ALERT FOR THE 

DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.  FLOATERS AND CAMPERS ON OZARK RIVERS 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND 

SIGNIFICANT WATER LEVEL RISES. BOATERS CAN EXPECTED GUSTY 

SOUTH WINDS UP TO 20 MPH. 





FOSTER    












767

AWUS43 KSGF 040921

AWSSGF

AREA WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

415 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVERNIGHT OVER 

PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THE SHOWERS 

DEVELOPED ALONG A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDED ACROSS 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  UNDER PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY 

SKIES...EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 60 DEGREES. 



THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT OVERNIGHT WAS A MINOR EARTHQUAKE  

THAT OCCURRED AT 142 AM CDT.  THE QUAKE WAS CENTERED 15 MILES 

NORTHEAST OF CONWAY ARKANSAS AND MEASURED 4.4 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. 

REPORTS WERE RECEIVED THAT THE QUAKE WAS FELT WEAKLY TO MODERATELY 

...BY PERSONS IN OZARK...HOWELL...AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN 

MISSOURI. 



A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND 

SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO CENTRAL MISSOURI 

CLOSER TO A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY.



THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND IN 

ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE 

DESERT SOUTHWEST.  AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN PLAINS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY.  

COOLER AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL 

PASSAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK.  



IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THIS WEEKEND...BE ALERT FOR THE 

DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS.  FLOATERS AND CAMPERS ON OZARK RIVERS 

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND 

SIGNIFICANT WATER LEVEL RISES. BOATERS CAN EXPECTED GUSTY 

SOUTH WINDS UP TO 20 MPH. 





FOSTER