An isolated thunderstorm produced street flooding and downed some tree limbs across portions of southeastern Springfield.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced street flooding and downed some tree limbs across portions of southeastern Springfield.
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 29, 5:08 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
608 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.DISCUSSION...
NO CHANGE IN THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEK
AS A STRONG POSITIVE HEIGHT ANOMALY REMAINS ENTRENCHED NEAR THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. THIS WILL KEEP THE RATHER ACTIVE NORTHWEST
FLOW GOING ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. POPS THEREFORE
CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS.
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...STRONG SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL DIVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. WEAKER SHORT
WAVE ENERGY WILL ALSO TRAVERSE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...A STATIONARY FRONT
ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL SLOWLY RETREAT
NORTH TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NORTHERN STREAM SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL PUSH ACROSS THE OZARKS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS OKLAHOMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE STRONGEST.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL THEN LIKELY DEVELOP EITHER LATE TONIGHT
OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE
WEST. THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES TO LOOK LOW AS THE FRONT
WILL BE CROSSING THE AREA MAINLY DURING THE MORNING. WE COULD
STILL SEE SOME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THE ELEVATED
ACTIVITY TONIGHT...AND WITH THE STORMS ON THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSOURI AS MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE.
TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL AS HIGHS
STRUGGLE TO REACH THE 80 DEGREE MARK.
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE REGION WITH THAT FRONT DRIVING SOUTH TOWARDS THE
RED RIVER. BESIDES A LEFT OVER SHOWER OR STORM ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI THURSDAY EVENING...WE ARE LOOKING AT A QUIET
PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS
ON FRIDAY ONLY MANAGING THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S.
THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE SATURDAY OR
SATURDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD. HAVE THEREFORE RAISED POPS INTO THE
MIDDLE CHANCE CATEGORY. SUNDAY IS LOOKING DRY FOR NOW. CONFIDENCE
THEN DECREASES IN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN ONCE WE GET INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEPT POPS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE FOR NOW
UNTIL WE CAN GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THESE FEATURES.
SCHAUMANN
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...SCATTERED CONVECTION OCCURRING ALONG THE MO/AR
BORDER COUNTIES AND WILL PROBABLY AFFECT THE BBG TERMINAL DURING
THE EVENING AT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED A VCTS AND
CB WORDING FOR THE BBG SITE THROUGH 06Z. COULD SEE SOME MVFR/IFR
CEILINGS TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY AT BBG AND SGF AS SURFACE COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING AT ALL 3 FORECAST POINTS.
LINDENBERG
&&
.CLIMATE...
SEVERAL OF THE OFFICIAL OBSERVATION SITES ACROSS THE MISSOURI
OZARKS WILL OBSERVE A TOP TEN COOLEST JULY ON RECORD. HERE ARE
THE CURRENT TOP TEN COOLEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR JULY WITH THE
PROJECTED AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS JULY.
SGF JLN VIH UNO
1 71.7 (1950) 72.6 (1950) 72.8 (1950) 73.5 (1950)
2 71.9 (1905) 74.6 (1967) 73.9 (1967) 74.1 (1967)
3 72.9 (1906) 75.8 (1960) 74.2 (2004) 74.4 (2004)
4 73.2 (1924) 76.0 (1904) 74.5 (1958) 74.8 (1959)
5 73.5 (1967) 76.0 (1959) 74.7 (1960) 74.8 (2007)
6 73.9 (1915) 76.6 (1992) 75.0 (1971) 75.0 (1972)
7 74.3 (1947) 76.6 (2004) 75.5 (1959) 75.2 (1971)
8 74.3 (1904) 76.8 (1971) 75.5 (1961) 75.2 (1960)
9 74.4 (1959) 76.9 (1976) 75.6 (1994) 75.3 (1994)
10 74.5 (2004) 77.0 (1989) 75.8 (1965) 75.4 (1989)
FORECAST 74.4 76.3 72.7 74.2
THE FORECAST VALUES ARE BASED OFF OF TEMPERATURES THAT HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED THROUGH JULY 28TH ALONG WITH THE FORECAST VALUES FROM
JULY 29TH THROUGH JULY 31ST. THE FORECAST USED WAS ISSUED AT 4
AM...JULY 28TH.
SPRINGFIELD WILL COME VERY CLOSE TO OBSERVING A TOP TEN COOLEST
JULY. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT JOPLIN...ROLLA/VICHY AND WEST
PLAINS WILL OBSERVE A TOP TEN COOLEST JULY ON RECORD. BASED ON
THE CURRENT FORECAST...ROLLA/VICHY WILL COME VERY CLOSE TO THEIR
COOLEST JULY ON RECORD.
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 758 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-310100- 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- 758 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN A BAND OF SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING. COVERAGE OF THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARD EXPECTED AND COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLOODING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. .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) LINDENBERG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 929 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 MOZ090-091-095-300330- GREENE MO-WEBSTER MO-CHRISTIAN MO- 929 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NIXA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DIGGINS...FORDLAND...FREMONT HILLS...GALLOWAY...MARSHFIELD...NIXA...NORTHVIEW...ROGERSVILLE... STRAFFORD...EAST SPRINGFIELD AND TURNERS. INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 102 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CHRISTIAN...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND ROGERSVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LINDENBERG
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:48 UTC.
1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall from a slow moving thunderstorm caused street flooding to occur across portions of southeast Springfield.
Severe thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs along Plainview Road in southern Springfield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2009
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: 188347, 188348.