A strong cold front brought a line of strong to severe storms with several reports of wind damage around the Missouri Ozarks and an isolated hail report.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A strong cold front brought a line of strong to severe storms with several reports of wind damage around the Missouri Ozarks and an isolated hail report.
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 Apr 12, 10:32 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1132 PM CDT Sat Apr 12 2014 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday night) Issued at 120 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014 The main concern will be severe weather potential Sunday afternoon/night. The 12z KSGF raob shows the establishment of a cap/elevated mixed layer (eml). Upstream raob sites would indicate some further strengthening of the cap over the next 24 hours. Can't rule out some modest measurable rain chances/pops over the northern and western cwfa as some elevated warm advection convection occurs late tonight and Sunday morning, but the better chances for precip will be near a sfc warm front north of the area where weaker capping is present. A shortwave now over far southern CA and northern Baja will move quickly northeast into southeast KS and eastern OK by early Sunday evening while a long wave upper trough axis (and much colder sfc air) shifts south and east into northern/central Plains. Guidance trends have slowed the progress of the approaching shortwave slightly, and this in effect has delayed the progged timing of the eroding of the cap just a bit Sunday afternoon (GFS is a bit faster weakening the cap versus the NAM). In general we should see convection intensify/blossom in two areas toward mid and/or late afternoon Sunday: 1) Along the main cold front from nw MO into eastern KS and ne OK, and 2) As the cap weakens breaks over the four states KS/MO/OK/AR area. By this time, progged instability/mlcape over far southeast KS is fcst to be around 1000-1200 J/kg. Discrete updrafts that can initiate ahead of the front will have chance to become supercells. Convection should quickly go linear given the parallel orientation of the front relative to the mid level flow and as the sharp initially shallow front undercuts convection. Wind/hail should be the main storm risks. But a brief tornado risk will also exist in the afternoon and early evening over the far west and southwest cwfa while stronger instability exists where (and if) initial discrete storm development can occur where sfc winds are somewhat more backed farther out ahead of the sfc front. While a brief period of heavy rain is likely with localized brief flooding possible, most likely Sunday evening/overnight with the frontal passage, the progressive nature of the front should keep the overall threat for flooding low. Actually, many areas could use the rain. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 120 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014 Unseasonably cold air comes rushing in behind the front. The NAM and GFS raw guidance has definitely trended colder for Monday. If and when there is enough moisture depth, wet snow will be possible during the day Monday. Went with a blend of mos and raw temperature guidance which will keep temperatures in the 30s for much of the day for a large portion of the cwfa. Cloudy, dank, blustery, and cold sums it up for Monday. A frost/hard freeze is definitely possible Monday night and Tuesday morning with guidance trending colder with GFS mos guidance temperatures falling into the mid 20s. Given the dry/chilly air mass, some additional frost will be possible for many areas Tuesday night as well. A warming trend to more seasonable temperatures is expected by Thu and Fri. Another system may affect the area by Friday. The GFS is bullish with the progged rain amounts Friday, and in general question how fast it is bringing back moisture from the Gulf. The 00z ECMWF is slower in bringing in the system and slower with moisture return which seems reasonable. Will disregard or at least tone down the very high pops of the GFS for now and use a modified version of a model blend. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday Night) Issued at 1129 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014 Shortwave energy embedded within an upper level trough will move towards the area from the southwest tonight and start pushing into the area Sunday morning. Have brought in showers during the morning hours Sunday with this shortwave and brought in MVFR conditions with the showers. Winds will remain gusty overnight in the 25 to 30 kt range along with some low level wind shear. Winds will continue to increase during the day Sunday with the approach of the shortwave. Better instability is expected during the afternoon on Sunday and will carry thunder after around 18z. Front should move into the area during the evening with convection continuing behind the front. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DSA LONG TERM...DSA AVIATION...Lindenberg
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 742 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-140045- 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- 742 PM CDT SAT APR 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. DISCUSSION... WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND WEST CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE IN BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISKS. THERE WILL BE A LOW POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING WITH DISCRETE CELLS. A SQUALL LINE OF STORMS WILL THEN BE THE PRIMARY STORM MODE SUNDAY EVENING MOVING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. A BRIEF PERIOD HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY. SOME WET SNOW MAY ALSO OCCUR AT TIMES MONDAY BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR FROST AND A LIGHT FREEZE WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. .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) BOXELL
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An old barn was destroyed. There was approximately 15 trees blown down or severely damaged. This damage occurred just west-northwest of Houston, MO and time was estimated by radar.
A trained spotter reported wind gusts up to 54 knots.
A trained spotter reported wind gusts up to 54 knots.
The ASOS at the Joplin Airport measured a 53 knot wind gust.
A roof was blown off a barn.
The emergency manager estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
A trained spotter reported wind gusts up to 60 mph.
The public estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
The public estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
A small tree was blown downed.
Emergency management estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
A tree was blown across Highway D near Ha Ha Tonka State Park.
There was wind damage to three outbuildings and trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2014
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: 501191, 501292, 501290, 501274, 501506, 501276, 501284, 501278, 501289, 501287, 501288, 501281, 501286, 501280, 501507.