A line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced widespread damaging winds across the Missouri Ozarks.
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A line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front produced widespread damaging winds across the Missouri Ozarks.
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 7, 7:38 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 838 PM CDT Mon Jul 7 2014 ...Short Term Update Including Expected Thunderstorm Trends... .MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... Issued at 818 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 As expected, a mesoscale convective system continues to organize from southeastern Nebraska into far northwestern Missouri this evening. Extreme instability and high low level theta-e differentials will result in a portion of this line becoming forward propagating in nature. This will likely be the eastern extent of the line...which will take an east-southeastward track through northern...and perhaps a portion of central Missouri. This portion of the line will have the greatest potential for damaging winds. Areas of the line further to the west will become more upwind propagating in nature which means it will take more of a southeast or even southward track. It is this portion of the line that will have a greater likelihood of impacting central Missouri. While the wind threat may not be as high as areas to the north, there is still an elevated potential for damaging wind gusts over 60 mph as the line slides into the region later tonight. Instability will still also be high enough to support a few storms producing large hail. Another threat we will be watching closely across central Missouri is heavy rainfall potential. That line of storms will likely send outflow south through central Missouri. This outflow will interact with a low level jet and may produce regenerative/training convection. We have therefore inserted a limited risk for flash flooding across portions of central Missouri in our Hazardous Weather Outlook products. As we get into the predawn hours, that convective outflow may begin to push up storms farther south across southern Missouri and extreme southeastern Kansas as it continues to interact with the low level jet. We have therefore raised PoPs late tonight closer to the Highway 60 corridor. && .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tuesday) Issued at 237 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 A warm and very humid day is underway this afternoon across the region, as temperatures warm into the low to mid 90s with dewpoints in the low 70s. This is resulting in heat indices around 100 degrees. An area of cloud cover over western Missouri is all that remains of an MCS that developed last night across southeastern Nebraska and northeastern Kansas. While an isolated sprinkle or two is possible out of this area, the clouds have remained thick enough in this region to keep inhibition high enough to preclude more robust convection. Further east, more widespread thunderstorms have developed over eastern Missouri (towards STL), and may develop back to the west a bit over the next few hours, resulting in low end thunderstorm chances over central Missouri and the eastern Ozarks through early evening. The main convective focus, however, is on thunderstorms that are expected to form this afternoon and evening over eastern Nebraska and track along a surface front, which is located across the I-70 corridor. Significant instability and shear across this region should be sufficient for organization in a strong to severe convective complex as the convection moves across Missouri this evening/tonight. Right now, it appears that much of the severe convection should remain just north of the SGF CWA, though the southern end of the complex may clip the northern portions of the CWA (U.S. 54/Lake of the Ozarks region). The main severe weather risk tonight will be strong straight line winds, with the potential for greater than 70 MPH with the apex of the convective complex, though again, it appears most likely that this will track just north of the CWA. Along with the wind threat, heavy rain will also be a significant concern tonight. While the primary MCS should be forward propagating in nature, outflow along the southern edge may exhibit some back building as a strong low level jet impinges upon it late tonight. Again, it looks like the heaviest rainfall will be just to our north, though a sharp gradient in rainfall will likely exist along the northern edge of the forecast area. With both the rainfall and wind/severe weather potential, confidence in exact track and placement should increase later this afternoon and evening as the complex of thunderstorms begins to take shape. By Tuesday morning, outflow from tonight's MCS should combine with/become the main frontal boundary as it pushes south into and eventually through the CWA. Some convection is likely be ongoing along this front tomorrow morning, with additional thunderstorm activity then expected along that front during the afternoon hours, with a few severe storms possible. Large hail and damaging wind gusts are the expected threats with any strong/severe storms on Tuesday. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday) Issued at 237 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 The front is expected to push south of the area Tuesday night, with surface high pressure building in behind it. This high will give the region a break from the heat and humidity for a few days, with temperatures on Wednesday expected to be in the mid 80s, with dewpoints in the 50s. That high will retreat east Thursday into Friday, with a corresponding increase in temperature and humidity as the upper ridge becomes reestablished over the central Plains. Very warm conditions then look to continue through much of next weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday Evening) Issued at 608 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 A cluster of thunderstorms will track southeast from southeastern Nebraska into northern and central Missouri tonight. There is a low potential that this line may develop far enough south to clip the Joplin and Springfield aerodromes. We have therefore gone with PROB30 groups to cover this threat from late tonight into early Tuesday morning. Otherwise, low level wind shear will be the main impact overnight into early Tuesday morning. A cold front will then pass through the area on Tuesday. Additional thunderstorm development will be possible along this front across far southern Missouri. We have also covered this with a PROB30 group at Branson. South to southwest winds ahead of this front will shift to the northwest. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && MESOSCALE...Schaumann SHORT TERM...Boxell LONG TERM...Boxell AVIATION...Schaumann
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1049 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-090400- 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- 1049 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF STORMS. THERE IS A LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT GENERALLY NORTH OF A FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO SALEM MISSOURI LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE REGION. THERE WILL BE THE RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA AS THE FRONT PUSHES BACK TO THE NORTH. AT LEAST ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE MIDDLE 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL OCCUR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT SIX HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. && 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) SCHAUMANN
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:55 UTC.
29 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in Versailles.
Several trees were blown down in Eldon.
There was a report from Facebook of a tree blown down.
A tree was blown down at Highway BB and Farm Road 61. Time was estimated by radar.
A large tree branch fell onto a car and severely damaged it. Time was estimated by radar.
A large tree was blown down across the road and a roof was blown off a structure.
An outdoor shed was blown over and collapsed near Bolivar.
A highway sign was blown over and blocked Highway 54.
Several trees were blown down near Lockwood.
A large tree was blown down.
A tree was blown down and partially blocked Highway DD.
A tree was blown down at Highway BB and Farm Road 61.
There were several large trees and tree branches blown down and blocked roads in the Chesterfield Village area of south Springfield.
Several large trees were snapped and blown down in north Springfield.
A tree was blown down near Pleasant Hope.
A large tree was blown down onto a car severely damaging the car near Cherry Street and Glenstone Ave. The car was completely crushed.
A tree was blown down and blocked Highway 160.
Several trees were blown down around Billings. A tree blocked West County Line Road between Farm Road 51 and 43.
A large tree was blown down onto the side of a house and the outdoor awning was severely damaged.
Several pictures on social media showed large trees blown down around Republic.
Power was knocked out in the Republic area.
A large tree limb was blown down.
Several trees and power lines were reported down on social media.
A FEDEX truck was blown over on the James River Freeway just west of the Highway 65 interchange. The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries.
A large tree was across Weaver Road and power lines were blown down.
Power lines were blown down at Fort and Nichols Street.
Several large trees and large branches were broken and blown down along Plainview Road in south Springfield.
A large tree was snapped near Mountain Grove. Another picture from social media showed a tree blown down onto a car and severely damaging the car.
Several power lines and large tree limbs were 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, July 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: 517792, 517793, 517794, 517795, 517796, 517797, 517798, 517799, 517800, 517801, 517802, 517803, 517804, 517805, 517806, 517808, 517809, 517810, 517811, 517812, 517821, 517813, 517814, 517815, 517816, 517817, 517818, 517819, 517820, 517791.