A strong cold front moved across the region while triggering a line of showers and thunderstorms. None of these storms produced severe straight line winds or hail, however, one storm managed to produce a weak tornado near the community of Willhoit.
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A strong cold front moved across the region while triggering a line of showers and thunderstorms. None of these storms produced severe straight line winds or hail, however, one storm managed to produce a weak tornado near the community of Willhoit.
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 Dec 2, 11:50 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1150 AM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 .UPDATE... A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS SWEEPING ACROSS THE OZARKS AT MIDDAY. SOLID BUT THIN LINE OF CONVECTION STRETCHED ALONG THE FRONT. SHARP TEMPERATURE FALLS FOLLOWED THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH READINGS IN THE 30S SPREADING INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK BUT DID TWEAK GRIDS FOR FRONTAL POSTION AND ASSOCIATED TEMPERATURE CHANGE. MEAGER INSTABILITY WILL PRECLUDE ANY SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER WIND GUSTS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS IF DEEPER CONVECTION DEVELOPS. FOSTER && .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT BLASTS THROUGH THE REGION. BESIDES THE OBVIOUS TEMPERATURE CONCERNS...PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL ARE ALSO AREAS OF FOCUS. AS OF 2 AM...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM KANSAS CITY TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA. SEE NO REASON WHY THE FRONT WILL NOT CONTINUE ITS PROGRESSION SOUTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. THE LATEST RUC AND GFS SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS...WITH THE 06Z NAM EVEN COMING INTO LINE WITH THE QUICKER RUC/GFS. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT TO THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AROUND 10AM AND CLEAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BY AROUND 3 PM. AFTER A VERY MILD START TO THE DAY...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MID AFTERNOON. BRISK AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP WIND CHILLS WELL DOWN INTO THE 30S...IF NOT EVEN LOWER. ALONG WITH FRONTAL FORCING...MODELS INDICATE LIFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. WILL ALSO SEE SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY... WITH THE NAM AND GFS INDICATING 300 TO 800 J/KG OF MUCAPE. THEREFORE EXPECT AT LEAST A THIN LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG OR JUST BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT. MAY STILL SEE A FEW SHOWERS OR PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE WARM SECTOR. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE A STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI GIVEN STRONG WIND SHEAR. SKIES WILL THEN CLEAR TONIGHT WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WENT CLOSER TO THE COLDER MET TEMPERATURES WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS OVER ALL BUT PERHAPS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A QUIET PERIOD IS THEN EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND. A CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL THEN PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS AND TOWARDS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY FROM LATER TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. MAY SEE A WEAK FRONT PASS THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY BEFORE A STRONGER COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLIPPER MOVES THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WE COULD SEE SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION UP ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT CHANCES LOOK SLIM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BELOW NORMAL VALUES BEHIND THE FRONT FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH A COUPLE OF SHOTS AT PRECIPITATION FROM FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY. SCHAUMANN && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH SGF AT THIS TIME WITH IFR/LIFR CEILINGS BEHIND THE FRONT. HAVE BEEN TRACKING UPSTREAM STATIONS IN EASTERN KANSAS. SHOULD START TO SEE CONDITIONS IMPROVING AT JLN HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...AROUND 20Z OR SO. WHILE SGF WILL PROBABLY STAY DOWN A COUPLE HOURS MORE. VFR CONDITIONS AFTER SUNSET AS NORTHWEST WINDS HELP TO KEEP LOWER ATMOSPHERE MIXED. SO FOG SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM OVERNIGHT. CLAYCOMB && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1210 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031815- 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- 1210 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI OR EAST OF A SALEM TO GAINESVILLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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) FOSTER
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado touched down near the intersection of County Road 286 and Highway Z. Numerous trees were damaged by this brief tornado.
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