A thunderstorm produced downburst winds estimated at 60 mph ripping off a barn door north of Elkland.
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A thunderstorm produced downburst winds estimated at 60 mph ripping off a barn door north of Elkland.
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 6, 12:25 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 125 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 .DISCUSSION... CONDITIONS ARE FEELING MORE SUMMERLIKE AS SUMMERTIME RIDGING BEGINS TO NOSE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. TEMPERATURES RESPONDED BY WARMING INTO THE 90S OVER THE WESTERN CWA...ALONG WITH THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION. MEANWHILE UPPER 80S WERE COMMON ACROSS THE HEAVILY SATURATED VEGETATION OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE WAS DETERMINING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TUESDAY NIGHT - FRIDAY. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - TUESDAY AFTERNOON)... HOT...MUGGY...AND DRY WEATHER WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PWATS ARE LOW FOR THE TIME OF YEAR...AND THE LACK OF ANY FORCING MECHANISM SHOULD KEEP CONVECTION LIMITED. THE HOTTEST TEPMERATURES OF THE YEAR WILL OCCUR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS READINGS APPROACHING THE LOW 90S IN ALL LOCATIONS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. IT STILL APPEARS AS THOUGH MOS GUIDANCE IS EXPERIENCING A WARM BIAS GIVEN THE WET VEGETATION FROM RECORD RAINFALL. SO WILL CONTINUE TO TREND TO UNDERCUT MAV BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES IN THE MAX TEMP GRIDS. LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT - SUNDAY)... HEADING INTO THE LONG TERM PERIODS...MODELS AGREE THAT A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING SOUTHERN MISSOURI FROM THE NORTH. THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY BECOME A FOCUS FOR A COUPLE OR THREE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY TIME FRAME. THE STRUCTURE OF THE 925MB DEW POINT GRADIENT IS QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SLOW MOVING NOCTURNAL CONVECTION IN AREAS OF MASS CONVERGENCE. A SLOW MOVING WEAKNESS WITHIN THE MID LEVEL FLOW MAY ALSO BECOME A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AS PWAT VALUES RANGE FROM 1.60 - 1.75 ALONG THE FRONT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAYTIME INSTABILITY...STORMS WOULD LIKELY FIRE AT RANDOM WHERE CLOUD COVER IS MINIMAL. OF COURSE ANY NOCTURNAL CONVECTION THAT LIMITS SUNLIGHT OR CONTAMINATES THE AIRMASS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WOULD LIMIT DAYTIME CONVECTION. ULTIMATELY...PINPOINTING PRECIP CHANCES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BECOME BETTER UNDERSTOOD CLOSER TO THESE PERIODS. COLLABORATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES LED TO FOLLOWING THE GFS ENSEMBLES AND THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF FOR NEXT WEEKEND. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL BECOME MORE HOT AND HUMID. THE TROPICAL AIRMASS THAT TYPICALLY VISITS THE REGION AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR REMAINS WELL INTO THE GULF. WITH THE SUMMERTIME RIDGE SETTING UP OVER THE DEEP SOUTH AND EXPANDING INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI...PRECIPITATION CHANCES SHOULD BE MINIMAL. WILL END PRECIPITATION CHANCES FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND KEEP SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DRY. CRAMER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAF PACKAGE...VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SCT CU DEVELOPMENT STILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND ISOLD TSRA ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW...SO WILL ONLY MENTIONED CB IN THE SGF TAF AT THIS TIME. ANY TSRA ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF. CLAYCOMB && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1239 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071745- 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- 1239 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A JOPLIN TO WARSAW LINE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS IN ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY POTENTIAL HAZARDS THAT MAY UNFOLD FROM THIS EPISODE OF THUNDERSTORMS. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1215 PM CDT SUN JUL 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 PM FLASH FLOOD PINEVILLE 36.59N 94.38W
07/06/2008 MCDONALD MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LITTLE SUGAR CREEK IS RISING OUT OF ITS BANKS DUE TO
OVERNIGHT RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE HEADWATERS IN
ARKANSAS. CAMPGROUNDS ALONG THE CREEK IN PINEVILLE ARE
CLOSING DUE TO THE RISE IN WATER LEVELS.
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BARJENBRUCHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust blew a door off of a barn.
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