A couple of isolated severe storms occurred in Vernon and McDonald counties.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A couple of isolated severe storms occurred in Vernon and McDonald 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 May 28, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 330 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST HIGHLIGHT/CHALLENGES FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...WILL BE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. THE REGION WILL REMAIN IN A MOIST UNSTABLE SUMMER PATTERN...WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCE INCREASING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. CURRENTLY...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE REGION...WITH MORE COVERAGE OVER THE WESTERN CWA. THIS ACTIVITY HAS REMAIN FAIRLY WEAK THIS AFTERNOON...AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE IS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...BRINGING SUBSIDENCE AND THE DRIER AIR ALOFT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY DIEING OFF SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. TUESDAY WILL AGAIN SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY INCREASES INSTABILITY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN CWA TOMORROW...THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WESTERN CWA....BUT WILL STILL BE SCATTERED IN NATURE. HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY MORE OVER THE WESTERN CWA THAN THAT OF THE EASTERN CWA FOR TOMORROW. ALL THE ACTIVITY SHOULD ONCE AGAIN WEAKEN QUICKLY AFTER THE SUNSET. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CWA WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE TO THE EAST THROUGH MID WEEK. THE MODELS ARE NOT BEING VERY CONSISTED WITH THE TIMING AND EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW. HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE NAM AND ECMWF MORE CLOSELY THAN THE MORE INCONSTANT GFS FOR THIS PERIOD. THE UPPER LOW WILL PUSH A SURFACE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. SHEAR WILL REMAIN ON THE WEAK SIDE...HOWEVER IF ENOUGH HEATING OCCURS...MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE AIR MASS REMAIN VERY MOIST. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL BE WELL OVER AN INCH AGAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. IF ANY TRAINING OCCURS...THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKS TO THE EAST. THE LOW SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW OCCURRING BEHIND THE LOW. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. WISE && .AVIATION... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD TERMINALS THROUGH TONIGHT. CUMULUS ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE TERMINAL VICINITIES THROUGH SUNSET. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO NEAR OR IN THE STORMS. SOME PATCHY LIGHT FOG MAY AGAIN DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT GIVEN THE MOIST LOW LEVEL ENVIRONMENT. FOSTER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1257 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291800- 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- 1257 PM CDT MON MAY 28 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: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. DISCUSSION: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WITH STORMS THAT TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THEREFORE THOSE BOATING OR WITH OTHER OUTDOOR PLANS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MORE OF THE SAME IS ON TAP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. 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) FOSTER/WISE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 425 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 MOZ067-068-079-282215- POLK MO-HICKORY MO-ST. CLAIR MO- 425 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HICKORY...POLK AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUMANSVILLE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WEAUBLEAU BY 435 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF COLLINS...GERSTER...QUINCY...HARPER AND ICONIUM ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LINDENBERG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 437 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 MOZ066-077-282215- BARTON MO-VERNON MO- 437 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BARTON AND VERNON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VERDELLA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES WEST OF SHELDON BY 445 PM CDT. NEVADA BY 510 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF BRONAUGH...MOUNDVILLE AND DEERFIELD ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LINDENBERG
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree on to a garage.
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: 31245, 31244.