Several severe thunderstorms impacted portions of southwest Missouri during the late afternoon and evening of 26 July. Damaging winds and heavy rain were the primary hazards with these storms.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Several severe thunderstorms impacted portions of southwest Missouri during the late afternoon and evening of 26 July. Damaging winds and heavy rain were the primary hazards with these storms.
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 Jul 26, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS THAT MOVED INTO THE REGION OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL TAKE UP RESIDENCE IN THE OZARKS FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLLY WILL ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN THE WEATHER FOR THE AREA TOUGH MODELS ARE IN DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHEN DOLLYS REMNANTS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST. IN ADDITION TO THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO NEAR HEAT ADVISORY VALUES FOR THE REGION...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS THE CONCERNS FOCUS ON A DEVELOPING MCS AND WHETHER THE LEFT OVER CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. BEGINNING STAGES OF A STORM COMPLEX NOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE OZARKS. FLOW OVER THE TOP OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH BRINGS THE MCS INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE STORMS SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH WITH CAPE VALUES IN THE 2-3000 J/KG RANGE AND GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. EXPECT STORM TO BE STRONG WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM AS 700MB TEMPERATURES AROUND 12C TEND TO WORK AGAINST THE STORMS. FOR MONDAY INTO THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...CONCERNS ARE HEAT INDICES AND REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLLY. THE OZARKS WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE POOLS ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 101 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE FOR AT LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO KEEP AND EYE ON THIS. CURRENT EXPECTATIONS IS THAT HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY THEN BECOME AN ISSUE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS IS THE SPREAD OF THE CURRENT MODELS IN HANDLING THE REMNANTS. THE ECMWF PHASES DOLLY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND SHIFTS IT EAST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING WHILE THE GFS LINGERS DOLLY WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN SHUNTS THE SYSTEM ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN IS MORE LIKELY AND HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD TO HANDEL THIS. GFS STILL INDICATING A RETROGRESSION OF THE WESTERN RIDGE BY THE END OF THE WEEK WHICH WOULD PLACE THE OZARKS IN NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW. THIS WOULD SPELL COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER FOR THE REGION AT WEEKS END. THIS WOULD BE WELCOME AFTER THE THE HEAT TO START THE WEEK. WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS PANS OUT AND HOPE FOR COOLER WEATHER. HATCH && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY. DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS...HAVE GONE WITH VCTS ONLY AT JOPLIN WHICH IS CLOSER TO A DIFFUSE AND REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE TAF SITES TONIGHT. THIS CHANCE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN MCS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIGRATING INTO THE OZARKS. RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED AND TAFS AMENDED ACCORDINGLY BASED UPON CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLAINS. DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND A MOIST AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE...HAVE GONE WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND LOWER VISIBILITY AS A RESULT OF THE POTENTIAL OF FOG DEVELOPMENT AROUND 10Z AT KSGF. ANGLE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 343 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-272045- 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- 343 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 13 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO TABLE ROCK LAKE. ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT EXPERIENCES THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY RECEIVE A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. WHILE SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...DOWNBURST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS COULD MIGRATE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT. IF THIS COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS PROPAGATES INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA...WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 THROUGH THE WEEK. DUE TO A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS THAT WILL REMAIN POSITIONED OVER THE REGION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. && 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
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:29 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a large hickory tree and flattened an entire corn field.
Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over power poles and trees along Highway 39 south of Pennsboro.
Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over trees along Highway 97 south of Lockwood.
Pettis Creek flooded a section of County Road 152. This section of flooded roadway was impassable to motorists.
Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged trees along with blowing over a billboard sign.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees.
Excessive rainfall caused flooding over several county roads near the Highway 126 corridor, and in between Highway 71 and Highway 43.
Thunderstorm wind gusts blew a mobile home over on its side. At the same location, a roof of a shed was completely blown off. In Bronaugh, the steeple of the Methodist Church was damaged while numerous surrounding trees were damaged.
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, July 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: 115482, 115487, 115488, 115473, 115489, 115494, 115490, 115477, 115493.