Several storms produced hail and damaging winds across the Missouri Ozarks. One small tornado briefly touched down near the community of Golden City.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Several storms produced hail and damaging winds across the Missouri Ozarks. One small tornado briefly touched down near the community of Golden City.
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 Apr 24, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 340 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 .UPDATE...SEVERE WEATHER DISCUSSION... NOTE: A 21Z KSGF SOUNDING HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED. COMPLEX CONVECTIVE SITUATION UNFOLDING FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR THIS EVENING. LARGE QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM (QLCS) THAT DEVELOPED DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE LINE...HOWEVER THIS CONVECTION IS STRUGGLING TO INTENSIFY AND MAINTAIN ITSELF. THE CHALLENGE THIS CONVECTION IS FACING IS LIKELY THE RESULT OF RELATIVELY PALTRY DEEP LAYER SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION AS EVIDENCED ON THE CONWAY PROFILER. MODIFIED KSGF 12Z SOUNDING AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT MODERATE INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED WITH MLCAPES NEAR/JUST OVER 1000 J/KG WITH LITTLE IF ANY CONVECTIVE INHIBITION REMAINING. TWO MID LEVEL JET STREAKS WERE APPARENT ON PROFILER/ACARS DATA...THE FIRST IS THE MORE OBVIOUS SYNOPTIC JET ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW AND SLOWLY SPREADING EASTWARD ROUGHLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE QLCS ACROSS OKLAHOMA. BETTER SHEAR HAS YET TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD ANY FARTHER EASTWARD THAN THE QLCS AND PROBABLY WONT THIS EVENING. SHEAR REMAINS SUFFICIENT WITH THE QLCS FOR EMBEDDED ROTATING CELLS AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO...HOWEVER THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE QLCS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOWER END SEVERE HAIL. OF GREATER CONCERN FOR THIS EVENING IS THE SECOND JETLET OVER TEXAS THAT HAS DEVELOPED. RUC ANALYZED A 50-60KT JET AT 6KM AGL FROM SE OK SOUTHWESTWARD INTO TEXAS. KFWS-88D SAMPLES THIS JETLET NICELY WITH 60KT+ WINDS SHOWING UP AROUND 18KFT AND A RECENT 19Z ACARS FLIGHT FROM DFW SAMPLING 60KT WINDS AS WELL AROUND 19KFT. RUC PROGS THIS JET STREAK TO MIGRATE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OZARKS THIS EVENING...OUT AHEAD OF THE PRIMARY QLCS...AND REALLY ALLOW DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO RAMP UP NICELY. AS THIS JET OVERSPREADS THE CWA AND LLJ BEGINS TO DEVELOP KINEMATIC PROFILES WILL BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WITH 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 50KT AND 0-1KM SRH PROGGED TO INCREASE TO OVER 250 M2/S2 SHORTLY AFTER 00Z. WHILE KINEMATICS WILL SCREAM TORNADO POTENTIAL...SEVERAL OTHER INGREDIENTS LEAVE THE SITUATION MORE NEBULOUS. FIRST...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IN THE WARM SECTOR MAY LEAD TO DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE AND DIFFICULTY FOR ANY ONE SUPERCELL TO MAINTAIN GOOD UNDISTURBED INSTABILITY. SECONDLY...THE WIND FIELDS WILL BE BECOMINGLY INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE WHILE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO DECOUPLE. RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS THROUGH 06Z SUGGEST THAT MLCAPES WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT IN THE 500-1000 J/KG WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SUGGESTING LITTLE IF ANY SURFACE BASED INHIBITION...MEANING CONVECTION WOULD LIKELY REMAIN ROOTED IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ALL IN ALL...VERY COMPLEX CONVECTIVE SITUATION UNFOLDING. CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THIS EVENING AS MESOSCALE ENVIRONMENT IS PROGGED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ASSUMING STORM MODE DOESNT BECOME AN ISSUE. IZZI && .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA. CURRENTLY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY. INSTABILITY IN GOOD OVER THIS AREA WITH CAPE VALUES IN THIS AREA OVER 2000 J/KG. HOWEVER...THE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR VERY WEAK WITH LESS THAN 20KTS OVER THE AREA. WITH THE LOW SHEAR THE STORMS ARE MORE PULSE IN NATURE. THE SHEAR IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTIONS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LIMITED WITHIN THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF THE AREA BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER AREA OF CONVECTION HAS FORMED OUT AHEAD OF A DRY LINE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. THERE IS BETTER SHEAR LOCATED OVER THIS AREA WITH 0-6KM BULK SHEAR OVER 60KTS IN PLACES. THERE IS ALSO A STRONG 250MB AND 500MB JET OVER THIS AREA. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST...THESE FEATHERS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THIS AREA. THE 0-1KM VECTOR SHEAR WILL APPROACH 25 TO 35KT THIS EVENING. THE INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAKER THIS EVENING WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 1000 J/KG...HOWEVER WITH THE STRONG SHEAR OVER THE AREA SUPERCELLS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. SEVERE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. WEDNESDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST INTO THE AREA...BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA. THIS IS ALL DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH INSTABILITY CAN REDEVELOP TOMORROW. WITH ON GO RAIN IN THE MORNING THIS MAY HELP STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND LIMIT THE SEVERE THREAT TOMORROW. HOWEVER THERE COULD BE A DRY PERIOD LATE IN THE MORNING THAT ALLOWS ENOUGH HEATING TO OCCUR. WISE LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) FOR THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WE SHOULD SEE SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY AS THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AFFECTING THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE NATION TODAY BEGINS TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST. WE WILL THEN SEE A BRIEF DRY PERIOD INTO FRIDAY. THE GFS AND ECMWF FINALLY HAVE TWO CONSECUTIVE RUNS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN THE POSITION AND TIMING OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE THAT MOVES INTO THE OZARKS FRIDAY NIGHT. THUS WENT AHEAD AND BUMPS PRECIPITATION CHANCES INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE. LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE OF RAINFALL REMAINS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND REMAINS DRY INCLUDING MONDAY WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING INTO PLAINS TUESDAY. HATCH && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z KSGF/KJLN TAFS...A LOW LEVEL CLOUD DECK CONTINUES OVER THE TWO TAF SITES...WITH LOW END VFR CEILINGS AT BOTH TAF SITES. A SCATTERED CLOUD LAYER AT 2500 FEET IS ALSO PRESENT AT BOTH SITES. THE KJLN TAF SITE COULD SEE PERIODS OF MVFR CEILINGS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENTLY THERE IS A WARM FRONT DRAPED OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTH TODAY. ANY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD OCCUR ALONG THIS FRONT...WHICH IS NORTH OF BOTH TAF SITES. THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE EAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. CURRENTLY CONVECTIONS IS FIRING ALONG A DRY LINE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST TODAY...INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS EVENING. HAVE JUST INCLUDED VCTS AT BOTH TAF SITES FOR THIS ACTIVITY STARTING AT 02Z AT THE KJLN TAF SITE AND 04Z AT THE KSGF TAF SITE. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS A 45-50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET BECOMES POSITIONED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. WISE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
412 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251100-
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-
412 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME MAY PRODUCE:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING.
AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE TORNADOES.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 7 PM AND 1 AM.
DISCUSSION:
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO
COULD PRODUCE SOME HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY DURING
THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS...AS STRONGER MID LEVEL WINDS MOVE
INTO THE AREA CAUSING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN WIND SHEAR VALUES.
THE INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR...COMBINED WITH MODEST
INSTABILITY IN PLACE...WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY MID EVENING. WHILE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WINDS ALOFT WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR THE MOST INTENSE STORMS TO POSSIBLY BECOME TORNADIC.
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE
AFTER MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. DUE TO THE VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE...SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD PRODUCE AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS...WHICH
COULD LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
THROUGH THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE OZARKS. THE SEVERITY OF THE STORMS WILL BE
LARGELY DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP DURING THE
DAY DUE TO THE ONGOING RAIN CHANCES AND EXPECTED CLOUD COVER. IF
ENOUGH HEATING CAN TAKE PLACE DURING THE DAY AND INSTABILITY CAN
BE REALIZED...THEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AFTER 7 PM THIS
EVENING...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
&&
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)
LINDENBERG/WISE/IZZISPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 312 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 MOZ058-242030- MARIES- 312 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARIES COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 308 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWENSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HATCH
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
7 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a weak EF-0 tornado caused intermittent damage near the community of Golden City. Three outbuildings experienced minor damage.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
Trees were downed from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
Heavy rain caused numerous low lying roads to flood.
Numerous low lying areas across the county experienced flooding due to excessive rainfall.
Excessive rainfall caused flooding in the city of Neosho.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding along Ward Street in Stockton.
A section of Highway M became impassable to motorists from flash flooding.
Flash flooding caused road closures near the intersection of Sunshine and West Bypass.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a microburst caused damage to a home and destroyed an outbuilding near Diggins.
Excessive rainfall caused flooding at Highways C and H.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 2007Warnings in Missouri, April 2007
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: 30298, 30299, 30300, 30282, 30284, 30286, 30301, 30302, 30287, 30289, 30291, 30294, 30326, 30370, 30293.