A short wave trough interacted with a moist and unstable airmass over the Missouri Ozarks that resulted in several strong to severe thunderstorms. Mainly wind damaged occurred, however, two tornadoes also touched down in Dent and Phelps counties.
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A short wave trough interacted with a moist and unstable airmass over the Missouri Ozarks that resulted in several strong to severe thunderstorms. Mainly wind damaged occurred, however, two tornadoes also touched down in Dent and Phelps counties.
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 Aug 24, 11:17 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1217 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... HEAVY RAIN/SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. CURRENTLY A STATIONARY FRONT IS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL IOWA INTO WISCONSIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THIS FRONT AS THEY SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTH AND EAST. A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET IS ALSO HELPING TO MAINTAIN THIS ACTIVITY THIS MORNING. HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTIVITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS BEGINNING TO FILTER INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND MIXING OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE...IS CREATING GUSTY CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. TODAY THE FRONT WILL BE PUSHED TO THE SOUTH BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE FRONT WILL BE POSITIONED OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI JUST NORTH OF THE CWA BY THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE ONGOING CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS MORNING. THESE BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF I44... WHERE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES RANGE. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA. HAVE DECREASED POPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CWA AND HAVE KEPT LIKELY GOING OVER THE NORTHERN CWA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN CWA WITH CAPE VALUES IN THE 1500 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE. COULD SEE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG ANY BOUNDARIES THAT ARE PRESENT ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES...THERE WILL BE A HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS THE FRONT AND A LOW LEVEL JET WILL LIKELY KEEP CONVECTION GOING OVERNIGHT OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN CWA. WITH DRIER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA...TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN WARM INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S. WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. COULD SEE A FEW LINGER SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA. MONDAY THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION...RETURNING DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PUSH TOWARDS THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT WEEK RETURNING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. WISE && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...MAIN HAZARDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT. COULD SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON BUT COVERAGE DOES NOT WARRANT MORE THAN A VCTS WORDING IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. MAIN THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND WILL LIKELY DROP CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY INTO THE MVFR AND POSSIBLY IFR CATEGORY FROM AROUND 05Z-11Z. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1253 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251800- 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- 1253 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF COLE CAMP TO EMINENCE LINE. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS...THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LATER TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING LAST WEEKEND. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE MORE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF A BRANSON TO ROLLA LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY AND THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. && 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
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 647 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 PM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007 MOC029-059-065-105-125-131-141-161-169-203-215-225-229-250100- /O.NEW.KSGF.SV.A.0647.070824T1720Z-070825T0100Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 647 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI CAMDEN MARIES MILLER MORGAN PHELPS PULASKI IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DENT SHANNON TEXAS IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DALLAS LACLEDE WEBSTER WRIGHT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...CABOOL...CAMDENTON... ELDON...EMINENCE...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HOUSTON...LAKE OZARK... LEBANON...MANSFIELD...MARSHFIELD...MOUNTAIN GROVE...OSAGE BEACH... ROGERSVILLE...ROLLA...SALEM...VERSAILLES...VIENNA... WAYNESVILLE AND WINONA.
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:59 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a shed and damaged several trees in St. James.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several large limbs at the intersection of Energy and Lecompt Roads.
Excessive rain caused streets in the city of Springfield to experience flash flooding.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed numerous large tree limbs one mile west of the intersection of highways 160 and 14.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few large tree limbs.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down in the community of Dillon. The tornado caused tree and structural damage to a business called BCI.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees along Highway FF.
A section of Interstate 44 at mile marker 120 flooded.
Excessive rainfall caused significant street flooding in the community of Crane.
A weak EF-0 tornado touched down in rural Dent County approximately eight miles north northwest of Salem. Damage mainly consisted of tree damage.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees along Shaffer Road.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree.
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