An isolated severe storm produced wind damage across two sections of Christian County.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
An isolated severe storm produced wind damage across two sections of Christian County.
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 May 26, 4:15 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 515 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE ARE NO SYNOPTIC SCALE BOUNDARIES OVER THE AREA. HOWEVER A WEAK THERMAL BOUNDARY LIES BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND JOPLIN AND EXTENDS NORTHWARD ROUGHLY ALONG HIGHWAY 13. THE STRONGER CELLS HAVE DEVELOPED EAST OF THIS LINE WHERE GREATER INSTABILITY HAS BEEN REALIZED. EXPECT MOST OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND DECREASING INSTABILITY. WILL GO WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FAIRLY CLOSE TO LAST NIGHTS MINS...WEIGHTED TOWARD CURRENT DEWPOINT TEMPS WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN MOISTURE EXPECTED. FOR THE EARLY PERIODS IN THE FORECAST...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL FOCUS MAINLY ON MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT OVER NORTHWEST MO AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE RESIDING MARITIME TROPICAL AIRMASS OVER THE AREA. HAVE FOLLOWED THE NAM OUTPUT FAIRLY CLOSELY AS IT BRINGS THE FRONT SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... AND THEN STALLS THE FRONT OVER SOUTHERN/CENTRAL MO SUNDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS LIFTS NORTHEAST TOWARD HUDSON BAY. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON MONDAY WHEN THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING VANCOUVER DROPS SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE MAIN QUESTION IN THE FORECAST FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE HOW QUICKLY OR SLOWLY WILL THE SOUTHEAST U.S. RIDGE BREAK DOWN AND HOW FAR SOUTHWARD THE UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL DIG. FOR NOW WILL BASE FORECAST ON COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. BEFORE THAT TIME WILL KEEP AT LEAST CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINING OVER THE AREA. FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL KEEP UPPER 70S TO MID 80S GOING FOR HIGHS THROUGH THE FORECAST...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER MIN TEMPS IN THE 50S AFTER FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON. TERRY && .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AROUND THE SGF/JLN VICINITY THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS AND COULD DROP VSBY TO AROUND 2SM WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS AND CEILINGS FROM 1500 TO 2500 FEET. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET WITH REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1240 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271100- 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- 1240 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DOWNBURST WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS REGION TODAY. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE LATEST FORECAST ANALYSIS SUGGESTS THAT LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH STORMS THAT ARE MOVING SLOWLY OR TRAINING OVER A PARTICULAR LOCATION. ALSO...SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. FINALLY...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY...THEREFORE AREA INTERESTS THAT HAVE WEEKEND OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AS MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE MISSOURI OZARKS WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE...BUT TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED REMAINS UNCERTAIN 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 405 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 MOZ080-081-262200- LACLEDE MO-DALLAS MO- 405 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DALLAS AND LACLEDE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONWAY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM MAY IMPACT BENNETT SPRINGS STATE PARK. CAMPERS AND OTHER INTERESTS PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AROUND BENNETT SPRINGS NEED TO WATCH THIS STORM CLOSELY...AND TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORM IMPACTS YOUR AREA. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE FREQUENT WITH THIS STORM. CRAMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 443 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 MOZ102-262245- BARRY MO- 443 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARRY COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CASSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF JENKINS...MCDOWELL AND MADRY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF ONE HALF INCH AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GAGAN
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a barn.
Severe thundertorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 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: 31242, 31241.