An isolated strong thunderstorm produced a couple reports of wind damage and sub-severe hail.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
An isolated strong thunderstorm produced a couple reports of wind damage and sub-severe hail.
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 May 24, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 254 PM CDT Sat May 24 2014 .SHORT TERM...(This Afternoon through Sunday) Issued at 216 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 Scattered thunderstorm development will persist this afternoon with a general migration for this activity towards the northeast given the wind fields. We could see a few storms put down wind gusts up to 50 mph across south-central Missouri where low level theta-e differentials have gotten into the middle to upper 20s Kelvin. Storms will diminish this evening with not much in the way of activity expected overnight. The one exception may be late tonight as a veering low level jet across the southern Plains may support some activity getting into extreme southeastern Kansas and far western Missouri. Otherwise, scattered convection will again be the rule for Sunday. Wind fields look weaker than those of today (especially west of Highway 65)...so storm movement may be more dependent on outflow propagation. We will have to continue to monitor the potential for localized flooding given the slow moving storms and precipitable water values around 1.50". Temperatures on Sunday will be a few degrees warmer than those of today...especially across central Missouri. Highs will generally be in the lower to middle 80s. .LONG TERM...(Sunday Night through Saturday) Issued at 216 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 Upper level low pressure will emerge across the southern high Plains starting Memorial Day. While the greatest coverage of showers and thunderstorms will be tied to this feature across the southern Plains, we are still looking at scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Ozarks. Temperatures will again warm into the lower and middle 80s for highs. Models then bring the core of that upper level low along the I-40 corridor in Oklahoma on Tuesday before slowly dropping it southeast into the Lower Mississippi Valley by Thursday. While this track would tend to keep the main area of focused synoptic scale lift (and attendant heavy rainfall potential) to our south, it will certainly provide enough lift/moisture for more diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms. Thus, the broken record will continue. Temperatures will not change much either with highs generally in the upper 70s to middle 80s and lows in the 60s. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday Afternoon) Issued at 1156 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 Widely scattered pop-up thunderstorms will be possible through early evening across the region. Will continue with VCTS mention for now, and amend as needed if a thunderstorm develops and moves toward a terminal. Winds will remain out of the east southeast. Some light fog will be possible overnight, though believe at this time that vis will remain above IFR. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Schaumann LONG TERM...Schaumann AVIATION...Boxell
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 345 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-252045- 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- 345 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 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... ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP ON BOTH SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED BRIEF...BUT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. A GREATER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE REGION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY. .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) SCHAUMANN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
220 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
MOZ102-241945-
BARRY MO-
220 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM CDT...
AT 219 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MADRY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF AURORA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE JENKINS...MADRY...MCDOWELL...PLEASANT
RIDGE AND WHEELERVILLE.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BARRY COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3687 9385 3693 9373 3692 9362 3682 9361
3682 9358 3681 9357 3673 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 232DEG 7KT 3683 9373
BOXELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
340 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
MOZ095-103-242115-
CHRISTIAN MO-STONE MO-
340 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND NORTHERN
STONE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HURLEY TO
HIGHLANDVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BOAZ...CHESTNUTRIDGE...CHRISTIAN CENTER...
CLEVER...CRANE...HIGHLANDVILLE...HURLEY...NIXA...OZARK...PONCE DE
LEON...SELMORE...SPARTA AND SPOKANE.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND NORTHERN STONE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
HIGHLANDVILLE...CLEVER...NIXA AND OZARK...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3687 9361 3688 9362 3707 9347 3703 9304
3682 9320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 197DEG 11KT 3694 9348 3692 9329
BOXELLThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There were several low water crossings that were impassable due to rising water levels.
Several large tree limbs were blown down and damaged a wooden fence in southeast Springfield near the Nature Center. A picture was sent in from a local TV station of the damage.
A small barn was heavily damaged. A house had minor roof damage. Several trees were blown down near Road 244th and Road 215th. Time was estimated by radar.
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, May 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: 508737, 508738, 508744, 508739, 508745.