A few thunderstorms developed over southwest and central Missouri. These storms produced minor flooding and marginally severe wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A few thunderstorms developed over southwest and central Missouri. These storms produced minor flooding and marginally severe wind gusts.
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 Sep 25, 2:05 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 305 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE ANTICIPATED COLD FRONT IS PROGRESSING EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE OZARKS. A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDS ALONG THIS FRONT FROM WESTERN ILLINOIS TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. IN OUR FORECAST AREA...SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE BEEN SCATTERED NEAR THE FRONT BUT DO EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BECOME MORE LINEAR DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITH THE AFTERNOON INSTABILITY WHERE THE DEEPER GULF MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTHWARD. WITH THIS SAID...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT FOR THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT RADAR ESTIMATED PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN OVER ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHEN COMPARED TO RAIN GAUGES. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH A SLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. WEDNESDAY MORNING THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR A FORT LEONARD WOOD TO BRANSON LINE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS FRONT WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE FORECAST AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THE RAIN CHANCES WILL END. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING DRIER AND COOLER AIR. THIS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD ON FRIDAY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURNING. WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING AS LEE SIDE TROUGHING DEVELOPS IN THE PLAINS. WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM...BOTH THE GFS AND NAM ARE SIMILAR WITH A NORTHERLY TRACK OF THE 500 MB LOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE ECMWF IS STRONGER WITH THE 500 MB LOW WITH A SOUTHERLY TRACK ALONG NORTHERN KANSAS. IF THE ECMWF VERIFIES...THEN WE COULD BE DEALING WITH SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE...HAVE FOLLOWED THE TAMER GFS AND NAM SOLUTIONS. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM BRING A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANGLE && .AVIATION... FRONT BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO THE WESTERN CWA BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST. CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA SHOULD CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHEAST TOWARDS JOPLIN WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH ACTIVITY DEVELOPING IN SGF BY 20 TO 21Z. CEILINGS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 1500 TO 2500 AND 4 TO 6 MILES IN VISIBILITY. OVERNIGHT EXPECTING STRATUS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH CEILINGS DROPPING INTO THE 600 TO 700 FEET RANGE. LINDENBERG && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1226 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2007 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261730- 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- 1226 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 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: THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT INTERACTING WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL SMALLER THAN THE SIZE OF NICKELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE AREA. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. .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) ANGLE/TERRY
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A section of County Road 32-210 northeast of West Plains became flooded and impassable to motorists. One motorist attempted to cross the flooded area and was washed off of the road. A water rescue was performed and no injuries occurred.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a three foot diamter tree across Highway 38 just north of the Dallas and Webster county line.
The Little Maries River flooded over a section of a county road in northwest Maries County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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