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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 12:56 AM CDT for Douglas County, Ozark County, Taney County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2026, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2026, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Taney County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 12:26 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:26 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 751 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-060100- 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- 751 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Marginal hail risk. Enhanced thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited lightning risk. Limited excessive heat risk. Elevated excessive rainfall risk DISCUSSION... The heat advisory has been allowed to expire, though temperatures tonight may still feel a bit uncomfortable. Severe storms have formed in northern Oklahoma and are expected to impact southwestern Missouri and southeast Kansas tonight. The most likely threats with these storms are lightning and damaging winds. These storms will also be capable of causing heavy rainfall and flooding concerns, especially where repeated rounds of heavy rainfall bring 2 or more inches of rain within 1-3 hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Additional storm chances (20-50%) will be possible across the area at times from Sunday into the middle of next week. Advisory- level heat may return again late next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Nelson
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1054 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0942 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 NW Neosho 36.91N 94.43W
07/04/2026 Newton MO Public
Mping of 3 inch limbs broken.
&&
TEOLocal storm report, Jul 4, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1115 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0942 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 5 NW Neosho 36.91N 94.43W
07/04/2026 Newton MO Public
Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 4
NW Neosho. Mping of 3 inch limbs broken.
&&
TEOLocal storm report, Jul 4, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper | 15 min |
| Jul 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Stone | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Stone and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Polk, Webster | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 1:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Maries | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 24 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.