Isolated severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging wind gusts.
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 Aug 5, 1:54 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 254 PM CDT Tue Aug 5 2014 ...Much needed rainfall coming to the Missouri Ozarks late week and weekend... .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Wednesday) Issued at 212 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 There is a weak boundary currently located near Springfield eastward into south central Missouri. This area across south central Missouri will have the best chance for an isolated thunderstorm or two to develop through the early evening hours. Most areas will remain hot and dry through the remainder of the afternoon. Wednesday will be almost a carbon copy of today with seasonably warm temperatures and isolated to widely scattered convection at best mainly across central Missouri into south central Missouri. A weak shortwave will move north of the area during the afternoon Wednesday. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday Night through Tuesday) Issued at 212 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 A front will also move into the area and basically stall out from near Kansas City down to the Bootheel of Missouri through the end of the week and weekend. This will allow for multiple rounds of convection which may eventually lead to some heavy rainfall totals possible. The area has been dry and lacking moisture in recent weeks. The ground should be able to take a decent amount of rainfall before becoming saturated. Depending on how convection develops and if any training over the same areas occur will determine if there is any flash flooding threat. WPC has the Missouri Ozarks highlighted in a slight excessive rainfall threat for the end of the week. Forecast PW values will approach 2 inches by Thursday and over 2 inches by Friday indicating rich moisture content in the atmosphere for the end of the week. Models continue to advertise a more substantial complex of convection to develop across central Missouri late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. This complex will move east-southeast during the day on Thursday. Another complex will develop due to a shortwave late Thursday night into Friday morning along the front. And the models have been consistent with another complex developing late Friday night into Saturday and again Saturday night into Sunday. The basic trends indicate several rounds of convection and possible heavy rainfall through the weekend. Will continue to mention widespread one to three inches of rainfall total with isolated heavier amounts over central Missouri into south central Missouri. Severe weather is not expected at this time but can't rule out some isolated stronger convection. The only change with this forecast update is to increase pop chances slightly through the weekend into Monday as the front appears it will linger around the Ozarks a little longer. The front may dissipate by Tuesday of next week and a drier airmass may move in cutting off rain chances. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday Afternoon) Issued at 1240 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 Overall, VFR conditions are expected for the next 24 hours. Will be monitoring for isolated to widely scattered shower and storm development this afternoon, which may affect SGF and BBG. The bulk of any activity may end up staying east of these sites, but it's close enough to warrant a mention. If a storm does happen to go over an aerodrome, a brief period of IFR visibility can be expected. Any activity will dissipate after sunset. Winds will remain southerly through the forecast. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Griffin LONG TERM...Griffin AVIATION...Gagan
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 259 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-062000- 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- 259 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE MID 90S OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES AND ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN OZARKS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE 90S ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS WEEK ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. .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) GRIFFIN
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:33 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down across a road and several large branches were broken.
An apparent lightning strike caused a fire at the United Methodist Church in Carl Junction. The structure and belongings inside were a total loss. Time was estimated shortly before the fire department was called about the fire. There was tremendous cloud to ground lightning during that time.
A tree was blown down across Highway OO about one mile west of Highway O.
A three foot diameter oak tree was reported blown down.
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, August 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: 527943, 527944, 527940, 527942, 527941.