Dry conditions around the Missouri Ozarks helped in the development of a brush fire which caused some minor damage.
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Dry conditions around the Missouri Ozarks helped in the development of a brush fire which caused some minor damage.
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 12, 1:43 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 243 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 ...RARE BACKDOOR CYCLONE TO APPROACH THE OZARKS... .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT - SUNDAY) JUST ONE PEACH OF A DAY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE 80S WITHIN AN AIRMASS LOW IN HUMIDITY...MAKING FOR FANTASTIC OUTDOOR CONDITIONS. THIS DRY CONTINENTAL AIRMASS WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE EAST. AS STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM...THIS FEATURE WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE SENSIBLE WEATHER ACROSS THE OZARKS. MEANING...I'M QUITE BEARISH ON RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS SYSTEM...DUE TO THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 HOWEVER...MAY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DECENT RAIN CHANCES WITH THIS SYSTEM. MODELS INDICATE A SHARP MOISTURE GRADIENT NEAR I-49...WITH WARM HUMID WEATHER TO THE WEST IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI. BACKWARD (FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE) LARGE SCALE LIFT INTERACTING WITH THIS AIRMASS COULD TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS EARLY AS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PERSIST WELL INTO SUNDAY'S DAY PERIOD...AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES DIURNALLY UNSTABLE. IN THE MEANTIME...EXPECT SOME NICE WEATHER THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 80S IN THE EASTERN OZARKS...TO THE LOWER 90S IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME COOL NIGHTS ARE ON TAP AS WELL...WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE 50S FOR MOST AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. LOWS IN THE 60S ARE EXPECTED OVER LOCATIONS WEST OF 65 THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CRAMER .LONG TERM...(MONDAY - THURSDAY) MOISTURE BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI BY MONDAY...IN RESPONSE TO A CARIBBEAN PLUME THAT ADVANCES INTO THE NATIONS MID SECTION. THIS CARIBBEAN AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON PULSE THUNDERSTORMS. THE SIGNAL FOR PULSE STORMS BECOMES THE STRONGEST BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS MID RANGE MODELS SHOW PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES INCREASING TO 1.75 INCHES AREA WIDE. THE COMBINATION OF THIS INCREASE IN MOISTURE...DAYTIME INSTABILITY...AND DECENT MID LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL FACILITATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AIRMASS THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE SUMMERTIME HIGH WILL ATTEMPT TO EXPAND BACK OVER THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY ON THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS PATTERN WOULD SUPPORT TYPICAL HOT AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THESE PERIODS. CRAMER && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1146 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 CLEAR SKIES AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CRAMER LONG TERM...CRAMER AVIATION...SCHAUMANN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 347 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-132100- 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- 347 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN SUNDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. ADDITIONAL AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING MORE LIKELY BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS...AS A MOIST CARIBBEAN AIRMASS SPREADS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S EACH AFTERNOON DURING THE MIDDLE AND END OF NEXT WEEK. .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
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Several fire departments responded to a large brush fire which burned approximately 30 acres southeast of Hollister, Missouri. The fire destroyed two barns and several bales of hay.
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