A few storms developed during the evening of 30 July. A couple of them produced flash flooding in Jasper and Christian counties.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A few storms developed during the evening of 30 July. A couple of them produced flash flooding in Jasper and Christian 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 Jul 30, 1:40 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008
.DISCUSSION...
THE SUBTROPICAL UPPER SHORTWAVE AND REMNANTS OF DOLLY CONTINUE TO SHEAR
OUT TODAY AS IT ENCOUNTERS A BELT OF MID LATITUDE WESTERLIES. A SURFACE
BOUNDARY ARCED AROUND THE OZARKS FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI. TEMPERATURES REMAINED COOL UNDERNEARTH THE CLOUD COVER AND
SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI BUT HAD CLIMBED TO NEAR THE 90 DEGREE
MARK ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. ISOLATED CONVECTION WAS BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP WITHIN AN AXIS OF INSTABILITY INCREASING ACROSS FROM NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA INTO FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND A WEAK SURFACE
WAVE.
EXPECT ISOLATED SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY WITHIN AXIS OF MAXIMUM
SURFACE HEATING. WEAK LAPSE RATES AND SHEAR WILL INHIBIT SEVERE
POTENTIAL BUT STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
QUESTION THEN TURNS TO RAINFALL AND FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT. THE
UPPER SHEAR AXIS WILL SAG SOUTHEAST TONIGHT INTO THE OZARKS. MODELS
DO NOT PROG A SUBSTANTIAL LOW LEVEL JET AS HAS OCCURED THE PAST FEW
NIGHTS. HOWEVER EXPECT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDER TO DEVELOP DURING
THE NIGHT JUST AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS. GIVEN PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. HOWEVER WITH THE LACK OF A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND
ASSOCIATED CONVERGENCE BELIEVE FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN LOCALIZED.
THE GREATEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS TO BE FROM SPRINGFIELD
EAST INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS WHERE MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL BE MAXIMIZED.
SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AS THE SHEAR AXIS
SHIFTS OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. LINGERING CLOUDS WILL AND SLIGHTLY COOLER
AIRMASS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN FOR A DAY.
HOT AND STEAMY WEATHER TO END THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. RISING 500 MB HEIGHTS
AND 850 TEMPERTURES APPROACHING 25 DEGREES CELCIUS WILL SEND AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES INTO THE 90S. THE RELATIVELY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS AND
GREEN VEGATATION WILL PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM REACHING THEIR POTENTAIL.
HOWEVER HEAT INCICIES WILL LIKELY EXCEED 100 DEGREES AT MANY
LOCATIONS.
FOSTER
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL MO
AHEAD OF MAIN SHORTWAVE. SOME CLEARING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI
WAS AIDING IN DESTABILIZATION AND MAY SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AT JLN/SGF. COULD SEE SOME MVFR
VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT WITH FOG DEVELOPING AT BOTH JLN/SGF.
LINDENBERG
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR MOZ070-071-
079>083-090>098-101>106.
KS...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1247 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-311800- 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- 1247 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 431 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 MOZ077-089-302200- DADE MO-BARTON MO- 431 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARTON AND WESTERN DADE COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOLDEN CITY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 449 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 MOZ091-092-302230- WRIGHT MO-WEBSTER MO- 449 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER AND WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEYMOUR...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 459 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 MOZ078-089-302245- DADE MO-CEDAR MO- 459 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF LOCKWOOD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 518 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 MOZ088-302300- JASPER MO- 518 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR AIRPORT DRIVE...OR NEAR JOPLIN...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN JOPLIN AT 515 PM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CARTERVILLE AND ORONOGO BY 525 PM CDT. CARTERVILLE AND DUENWEG BY 530 PM CDT. 7 MILES SOUTH OF ALBA BY 540 PM CDT. CARTHAGE BY 555 PM CDT. THE TOWNS OF LAKESIDE...ATLAS AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 27. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 521 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 MOZ096-097-302300- DOUGLAS MO-HOWELL MO- 521 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF NORWOOD...OR 15 MILES EAST OF AVA...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHWESTERN HOWELL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF DRURY AND VANZANT. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred at the intersection of Illinois Street and 7th Street near downtown Joplin. The intersection was closed off to motorists.
Several sections of Old Prospect Road were flooded in between its intersections with Highway W and Elk Valley Road.
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: 115507, 115511.