1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 21, 1:43 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 243 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... THIS MORNINGS FORECAST SEEMS QUITE ENCOURAGING FOR BREAKING DOWN THE HEAT WAVE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND OZARKS...WHILE ALSO INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENINGS PERIODS. A SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE...TEMPERATURES AND PRECIP CHANCES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WERE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGES. MEANWHILE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER...READINGS COULD SOAR BACK INTO THE MID 90S BY WEDNESDAY. SHORT TERM (TODAY - TONIGHT)... A LARGE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS NOW UNDERWAY ACROSS NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS. THIS FEATURE IS BEING GENERATED FROM UNSEASONABLY STRONG FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE MIGRATING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL APPROACH THE OZARKS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WILL INTERACT WITH AN AIRMASS CONTAINING SUMMERTIME MOISTURE. PWATS ON THE 00Z SOUNDING YESTERDAY EVENING MEASURED AT 1.60 INCHES...WHICH IS CLOSE TO WHAT THE WRF AND GFS INITIALIZED OVER SW MO. FALL LIKE FORCING INTERACTING WITH SUMMERTIME MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CREATE A HIGH AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ALONG WITH AN EPISODE OF SEVERE STORMS. THE SHORTWAVE IS FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE...AND MOST AREAS OF WESTERN MO AND SE KANSAS WILL CLEAR OUT PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND CENTRAL MO WILL EXPERIENCE LINGERING SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT...SO ADJUSTED POP GRIDS WITH THAT IN MIND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY OVER SE KANSAS AND SW MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE CIRRUS SHIELD BLOWING OFF THE ONGOING CONVECTION WILL LIKELY IMPACT THESE AREAS TODAY...AND REMAINS A QUESTION MARK ON HOW THIS IS INFLUENCES TEMPS. WILL MAKE A FINAL DECISION ON TEMPS JUST PRIOR TO ISSUANCE TIME. IN THE MEAN TIME ILL BE COLLABORATING WITH OFFICES TO THE NORTH AND WEST REGARDING TEMPS AND THE ONGOING EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THATS IN EFFECT FOR SE KANSAS AND SW MO. AN EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. DECENT SHEAR FOR THE TIME OF YEAR WILL EXIST AS THE SHORTWAVE INFLUENCES DEEP LAYER WIND FIELDS. WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S AND DEW POINTS NEAR 70...INSTABILITY WILL BE STRONG. THE PRIMARY HAZARD TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT...AND BOTH WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE HWO. IM A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH SUPERCELL AND TORNADO POTENTIAL ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT SAGS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. AS A MATTER OF FACT...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH SPC INSERTED A 2% RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS SOUTHERN MO. LONG TERM (SATURDAY - THURSDAY)... MUCH DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING WHICH WILL ELIMINATE PRECIPITATION CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST. APPROACHING SHORTWAVE WILL HELP CARVE OUT AN UPPER LEVEL WEAKNESS/SHEAR AXIS...THAT WILL EXTEND FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS WILL COOL TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 80S THROUGH MONDAY. BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WEAK LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL COMMENCE AND SURFACE TO 850 THICKNESSES SUGGEST THAT 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. GIVEN THE WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW ALONG WITH THE UPPER SHEAR AXIS OVER THE OZARKS...DEEP MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE TOUGH TO COME BY. THEREFORE I LEFT PRECIP CHANCES OUT OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE LONG TERM PERIODS. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN...IT WOULDNT SURPRISE ME TO SEE A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS POP UP SOMEWHERE OVER THE CENTRAL OR EASTERN PLAINS IN ANY PERIOD. && .AVIATION... IFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR UPON THE ONSET OF WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD COMMENCE AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR ALMOST ALL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SE KANSAS. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGH FRIDAY. KS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH FRIDAY. CRAMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220900- 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- 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND HEAVY RAIN CONDUCIVE TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. DISCUSSION: AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THIS INTERACTION WILL CAUSE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. DUE TO STRONG LEVELS OF INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH MODERATE WIND SHEAR...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY MANY OF THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF STORMS EITHER MOVE SLOWLY OR TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL 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) CRAMER
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2006
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: 5522959.