Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 23, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 23, 2005
Start: 2005-07-23T15:30
End: 2005-07-23T15:30
Location: Missouri

July 23, 2005 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 23, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
253 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED PULSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...A
LITTLE EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY. THERE IS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF OBVIOUS
SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING...BUT A WEAK 500MB INVERTED TROUGH IS MOVING
WEST UNDERNEATH THE THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ARKLATEX...WHILE
ANOTHER IMPULSE IS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH NW IL. HIGHER
TERRAIN ALSO LIKELY AN INFLUENCE ON CONVECTION OVER NW AR WHERE
BETTER MIDLEVEL MOISTURE IS ALSO EVIDENT. TYPICAL MIDSUMMER LOW
SHEAR/HIGH INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT WITH ML CAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG
WILL LEAD TO A FEW SEVERE PULSE STORMS. OVERALL STORM COVERAGE
SHOULD BE MINIMAL. SHORT TERM FORECASTER HAS ALREADY UPDATED GRIDS
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONVECTION.

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AT LEAST.
TEMPERATURES/HEAT INDICES ARE PANNING OUT AS EXPECTED TODAY. WILL
CONTINUE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THROUGH TOMORROW. HOT WEATHER
WILL CONTINUE MONDAY...BUT WITH CORE OF THE UPPER RIDGE MOVING EAST
OF THE AREA...TEMPERATURES MAY BE A BIT COOLER (OR LESS HOT). THE
RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY FLATTEN OUT LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SHORTWAVE
IMPULSES IN THE INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL EXERT AN INCREASING INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER BY
MIDWEEK. GFS/NAM/ECMWF ALL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE
TUE/TUE NIGHT TO BRING RELIEF TO THE HEAT AND HOPEFULLY A CHANCE FOR
ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF ORGANIZED STORMS. THE RAIN IS DEFINITELY
NEEDED. DSA

&&

.AVIATION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MID EVENING. A
COUPLE OF STORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR KSGF ALREADY SO HAVE AMENDED
TAFS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. OTHER THAN LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS NEAR
INTENSE STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR ALL COUNTIES OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS.
.KS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...AND BOURBON.

WFO SGF

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 12:55 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
155 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100-
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-
155 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

UNSEASONABLY HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH HIGHS ABOVE 100
DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES
WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL
GENERALLY OCCUR OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT...HOWEVER...MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY. GIVEN THE STRONG
DAYTIME INSTABILITY...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND
DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AND INTO THE EARLY PORTION
OF THE WORK WEEK...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY
BRINGING A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
FORTUNATELY...THIS WILL ALSO BRING COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR INTO
THE REGION.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

BECAUSE OF THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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)

DSA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:54 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...EVENT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1254 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0528 PM     HAIL             BROWNFIELD              37.67N 92.35W
07/22/2005  1.00 INCH        LACLEDE            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            OBSERVED BY THE FIRE DEPT. ON ROUTE K

0536 PM     HAIL             BROWNFIELD              37.67N 92.35W
07/22/2005  0.88 INCH        LACLEDE            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

0540 PM     HAIL             MACKS CREEK             37.97N 92.98W
07/22/2005  1.00 INCH        CAMDEN             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

0541 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BROWNFIELD              37.67N 92.35W
07/22/2005                   LACLEDE            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WINDS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH WITH NUMEROUS SMALL TREES
            DOWN. LARGE HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE CAUSED CRACKED
            AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS.

0552 PM     HAIL             MACKS CREEK             37.97N 92.98W
07/22/2005  1.00 INCH        CAMDEN             MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

0600 PM     HAIL             2 SW MACKS CREEK        37.95N 93.01W
07/22/2005  0.75 INCH        CAMDEN             MO   PUBLIC

            NEAR INTERSECTION OF 73 AND 54

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N FALCON              37.63N 92.38W
07/22/2005                   LACLEDE            MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND ESTIMATED STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
            OF 80 MPH.  TREE LIMBS DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF
            HIGHWAYS K AND AC.

0630 PM     HAIL             RICHLAND                37.85N 92.42W
07/22/2005  0.88 INCH        PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:02 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
302 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

MOZ094-102-232100-
BARRY-LAWRENCE-
302 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST BARRY AND SOUTHWEST
LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONETT...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

IZZI

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:08 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
308 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

MOZ057-058-232100-
MARIES-MILLER-
308 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARIES AND MILLER COUNTIES UNTIL
400 PM CDT...

AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF BELLE
TO OSAGE BEACH. THESE STORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

WINDS GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

IZZI

Local storm report, Jul 23, 3:28 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
428 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0413 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ST ANTHONY              38.17N 92.28W
07/23/2005                   MILLER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE BLOCKING HIGHWAY A NEAR ST. ANTHONY

SAW

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Miller

When: July 23, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Iberia
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.100, -92.317

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, July 2005

Sources

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: 5467354.