A few scattered severe thunderstorms caused damaging winds and large hail across Greene, Christian, Wright, and Douglas counties.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A few scattered severe thunderstorms caused damaging winds and large hail across Greene, Christian, Wright, and Douglas 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 Aug 14, 1:15 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 215 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 .DISCUSSION... PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI WAS OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE THAT EXISTED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. 310K ISENTROPIC SURFACE INDICATED 15 TO 20 KNOT PARCEL FLOW OVER A MESO-SCALE BAND OF BAROCLINICITY ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS. THE EVOLUTION AND MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS THE INITIAL FORECAST CHALLENGE. OTHER CHALLENGES EXTENDED INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS PERIOD...AS ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WERE WARRANTED. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - FRIDAY NIGHT)... IM GOING TO MAKE A LAST MINUTE CALL ON TONIGHTS PRECIPITATION CHANCES. WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW THE ONGOING CONVECTIVE CLUSTER IN NORTHERN MISSOURI IS TRENDING ON RADAR. ULTIMATELY NOT A SINGLE COMPUTER MODEL HAS A SNIFF ABOUT WHATS GOING ON RIGHT NOW...LET ALONE IN THE FUTURE. BASED ON RADAR AND MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY TRENDS...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL NEED TO BE INCREASED FOR TONIGHTS PERIOD. ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDING INSTABILITY TRENDS OVER EASTERN KANSAS/WESTERN MISSOURI. RUC MIXED LAYER CAPE INDICATES VALUES OF AROUND 1500 J/KG WITH NO CAP. FORCING FROM THE NE KANSAS UPPER LOW INTERACTING WITH THIS CAPE COULD YIELD ANOTHER CONVECTIVE CLUSTER THATS NOT INDICATED BY THE MODELS. FRIDAYS PRECIP CHANCES ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT UPON HOW TONIGHTS CONVECTION EVOLVES. THEREFORE HAVE LEFT CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS IN FOR FRIDAYS DAY PERIOD. RAIN CHANCES WILL END FRIDAY NIGHT AS A MUCH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS SPREADS IN FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST. HAVE DECREASED FRIDAY NIGHTS RAIN CHANCES. LONG TERM (SATURDAY - WEDNESDAY)... MADE SOME SERIOUS ADJUSTMENTS WITH SATURDAY - TUESDAYS POPS. THE MAIN SYNOPTIC UPPER LOW IS TRACKING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND WILL LIKELY STALL OUT OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO/KANSAS. THIS POSITIONING WILL BE TOO FAR WEST FOR HIGH PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN MISSOURI. AS A MATTER OF FACT...I DECIDED TO COMPLETELY TAKE OUT POPS FOR THESE PERIODS...AS THE ENTIRE WEEKEND SHOULD BE DRY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS HEADING INTO EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK...THE SHEAR AXIS IS PROGGED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE CWA. THIS WOULD ALLOW TROPICAL AIR TO SPREAD BACK IN A RETURN OF RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST WILL BE NEEDED BY TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY OR NEXT WEEK. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH THE CHANGE IN AIRMASS WILL LIMIT READINGS FROM WARMING OUT OF THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEK AS THE GULF AIRMASS FILTERS IN. CRAMER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE SOUTH DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AVIATION WEATHER OVERNIGHT. CURRENT MODELS ARE NOT HANDLING THE PRECIPITATION WELL...HOWEVER...THE REGION WILL SEE SOME RAINFALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENT THOUGHTS ARE THAT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE TAF SITES AROUND 00Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. OVERALL CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR EXCEPT IN THE NEAR VICINITY OF ANY CONVECTIVE CELLS. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW OVER THE PLAINS. IF IT MOVES FARTHER EAST INSTEAD OF PASSING SOUTHWEST OF THE OZARKS...AS INDICATED BY THE MODELS...THEN TERMINAL CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE. HATCH && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1256 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-151800- 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- 1256 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OTHER THAN CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS EARLY FRIDAY. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. IT IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY THAT MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH TH WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS A MOIST GULF AIRMASS RETURNS TO THE OZARKS. .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 255 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 MOZ090-091-142100- GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO- 255 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STRAFFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. HATCH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
302 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM LIGHTNING 2 S STRAFFORD 37.24N 93.12W
08/14/2008 GREENE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOUSE FIRE SOUTH OF STRAFFORD DUE TO BEING STUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
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WISEThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked a large tree into some power lines near the Intersection of Farm Road 219 and Highway D.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2008
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: 115813, 115810, 115811, 115812.