A near tropical like airmass combined with unseasonably strong wind shear to produce organized thunderstorms across the Ozarks. Mostly flash flooding occurred in response to these storms, however, a few tornadoes also developed.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A near tropical like airmass combined with unseasonably strong wind shear to produce organized thunderstorms across the Ozarks. Mostly flash flooding occurred in response to these storms, however, a few tornadoes also developed.
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 Jun 30, 6:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
725 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
...SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION TODAY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI TAKING SHAPE...
.DISCUSSION...
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS/WESTERN MISSOURI.
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVED INTO OUR WESTERN TWO TIERS OF
COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES FALLING OVER OUR KANSAS COUNTIES. THOUGH NOT
AS BAD AS KANSAS COUNTIES FURTHER WEST...THIS AREA IS ALREADY
DEALING WITH RIVER FLOODING AND CONTINUED RAIN TODAY IS ONLY GOING
TO INCREASE PROBLEMS. HEAVIER RAINS EXPECTED TO SHIFT A LITTLE
FURTHER EAST TODAY. THE FORECAST CHALLENGE IS HOW FAR EAST THIS
HEAVY RAIN WILL EXTEND.
CURRENTLY...MCS TAKING MORE OF A NORTH AND EASTERLY TRAJECTORY ON WV
IMAGERY PAST SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWING
MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS STARTING TO DIE OFF A LITTLE OVER OUR
WESTERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES...BUT ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS BEING
SEEN BEHIND THIS ONE WILL MOVE INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES LATER THIS
MORNING.
TODAY...LLVL JET EVIDENT ON THE NDSK PROFILER AT 35 KTS FROM THE
SOUTHWEST SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LLVL FORCING TO KEEP CONVECTION
GOING AT LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING. MODEL QPF OUTPUT A LITTLE LOW AS
REALTIME OBS OUT IN EASTERN KANSAS REPORTING ANYWHERE FROM 1.1
INCHES IN CHANUTE TO ALMOST 2.6 INCHES AT PARSONS KANSAS FOR PAST 6
HOURS. HAVE UPPED QPF AMOUNTS FOR THIS MORNING FOR TODAY TO REFLECT
THIS. OUR WESTERN COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE
WILL BE LOOKING AT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. WILL BE HITTING
THE HWO HARD FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL TODAY FOR THESE AREA. BOTH GFS
AND WRF CONTINUE THE 850MB CONVERGENCE ZONE OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA TODAY...SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. WILL EXTEND FLASH
FLOOD WATCH INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES.
SUNDAY ON...CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE FINALLY PUSHING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. RIDGING FROM NORTH AND NORTHEAST BUILDS IN PUSHING THE
OKLAHOMA LOW FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN TEXAS. LOOKS LIKE DRY
CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GFS IS HINTING AT
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE POSSIBLY THURSDAY...BUT WILL WORRY ABOUT THAT IN
LATER FORECASTS.
GCC
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAFS...LOWER STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AT
SPRINGFIELD FOR JUST THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE TAF CYCLE BEFORE
MIXING OUT WITH DAYTIME HEATING. OTHERWISE EXPECT MAINLY MVFR
CEILINGS WITH A CONTINUED MENTION OF VICINITY SHOWERS AND TEMPO
STORMS FOR BOTH SPRINGFIELD AND JOPLIN.
TERRY
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR MOZ055>058-
068>071-079>081-090-091-095-103-104.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR MOZ066-067-077-
078-088-089-093-094-101-102.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&
WFO SGFHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 501 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-011015- 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- 501 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS FLOODING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THOUGH THIS EVENING. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD...AND BOURBON COUNTIES THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO WESTERN MISSOURI THIS LATER THIS MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN COUNTIES ALONG THE WESTERN MISSOURI STATE LINE THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN SOME AREAS. STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOST RIVERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI ARE ALREADY AT FLOOD STAGE. WITH CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY...SIGNIFICANT RISES IN THE MARMATON AND LITTLE OSAGE RIVERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ONGOING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING BEFORE NOON. OTHER SCATTERED STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY NOTABLE REPORTS OF MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY AREAS OF FLOODING. && 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) CLAYCOMB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
432 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 AM FLASH FLOOD FORT SCOTT 37.84N 94.71W
06/30/2007 BOURBON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN TOWN AS WELL AS AROUND THE
COUNTY. ALL ACCESS HIGHWAYS TO MAPLETON ARE FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE.
0400 AM FLASH FLOOD GIRARD 37.51N 94.84W
06/30/2007 CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 7 FLOODED IN GIRARD
0420 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 S SCAMMON 37.26N 94.82W
06/30/2007 CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
HIGHWAY 102 AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 7 IS CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
0420 AM HEAVY RAIN WEST MINERAL 37.28N 94.92W
06/30/2007 E4.00 INCH CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
RAINFALL OF AROUND FOUR INCHES IN THREE HOUR PERIOD
ENDING AT 3 AM.
&&
MTERRYThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:02 UTC.
16 flash flood, 6 funnel cloud, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive rain caused several low water crossing across the county to become flooded and impassable to motorists.
Several creeks flooded over low water crossing and other low lying roads.
Excessive rainfall caused numerous low lying areas and low water crossings over much of the county to flood and become impassable to motorists. A few locations included the intersection of Deer Creek and Highway V and a section of T Highway approximately three miles north of Warsaw.
Excessive rainfall caused a few low water crossings and secondary roads to become flooded and impassable to motorists.
The Marmaton River flooded out of its banks and into numerous low lying areas making county roads in northern Vernon County impassable. Other areas of the county also experienced flash flooding including sections of Highway 54 east of Nevada, sections of Highway B, and sections of Highway 43 south of Deerfield.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a weak EF-0 tornado touched down in a rural area along County Road 36 just south of its intersection with Highway W. One barn was heavily damaged along with several trees.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few large limbs in the Cave Springs area.
A weak EF-0 tornado touched down near the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway 14. No damage occurred from this tornado.
Flash flooding inundated a section of Farm Road 2 two miles east of Z Highway.
The intersection of Highways MM and CC experienced flash flooding due to excessive rainfall.
A section of Highway 13 at Highway 215 experienced flash flooding and became impassable to motorists.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts snapped a few trees and caused some minor damage to a porch and roof of a home.
Thunderstorms containing heavy rainfall caused several roads near the Abesville area to experience flash flooding.
Heavy rain caused flooding over a section of Highway D near its intersection with Oppossum Hollow Road.
A brief tornado touched down on the southeast side of Marshfield along Playschool Road. No damage resulted from this weak EF-0 tornado.
Excessive rainfall caused significant flash flooding across much of the county. At a flooded roadway near Marshfield, a vehicle was swept off of the road. Three injuries resulted from this episode.
Thunderstorms containing heavy rain caused isolated flooding across Taney County.
Several roads and low water crossings became impassable to motorists due to excessive rainfall.
A section of County Road 8270 was inundated with swift flowing flood water. No injuries occurred from a vehicle that was swept off of this road.
Excessive rainfall produced flooding along several low lying streets in the community of Cabool.
A section of Highway 160 east of Mindenmines was closed off from motorists as flash flooding inundated the highway.
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, June 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: 45441, 45444, 45437, 45448, 45440, 45491, 45480, 45493, 45451, 45474, 45452, 45454, 45482, 45475, 45476, 45483, 45456, 45477, 45463, 45495, 45478, 45479, 45459, 45466, 45467, 45470, 45471, 45473.