A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced large hail over southeast Kansas.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced large hail over southeast Kansas.
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 27, 1:25 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 225 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 0225 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 Another pleasant night across the Ozarks region with temperatures in the mid 50s over the eastern Ozarks to the mid 60s in the west. Generally seeing a clear sky across the area. A thunderstorm complex has developed over South Dakota on top of the ridge axis in an area where upper level energy was moving in from the west and beginning to break down that ridge. An instability axis extends almost due south from the current convective activity through Nebraska and Kansas. HRRR continues to develop convection towards daybreak over far eastern Kansas on the edge of this instability in an area of isentropic upglide. Will need to monitor for this development in a couple/few hours. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 0225 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 If convection does indeed develop over the far western portion of the CWA in southeast Kansas and far western Missouri early this morning, it will have trouble getting much further east. Much drier and more stable air exists over most of our CWA, so any potential of convection today will likely be this morning and in our far western CWA. Shortwave energy will continue to track eastward today and tonight with the main energy remaining north of our CWA. Will maintain low end precipitation chances over northwest 1/3 of the CWA, but expecting most areas to remain dry tonight as well. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 0225 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 Front remains to our west on Friday with the best energy from the upper level shortwave still off to the north. Again not expecting much in the way of precipitation coverage, with slight if any chances existing in northwest portion of the CWA. The surface front and shortwave energy will begin to push through the area Friday night and continue into Saturday, but shower/thunderstorm coverage looks to remain scattered in nature with this system, and it looks like not everyone will get precipitation. Upper level ridging begins to build back into the area by Saturday night and precipitation chances through the remainder of the extended period look to be minimal at this time. Will also see temperatures rise back to more normal readings for this time of year. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Thursday Night) Issued at 1155 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2015 VFR conditions are expected through Thursday evening. A few thunderstorms will be possible around sunrise on Thursday across extreme southeastern Kansas, but they are expected to remain west of the Joplin aerodrome at this time. Variable winds tonight will become southeast on Thursday. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...Lindenberg SHORT TERM...Lindenberg LONG TERM...Lindenberg AVIATION...Schaumann
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281100- 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- 600 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...HOWEVER MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...WITH THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM RISK BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE) THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:18 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
There was nickel to quarter size hail at the intersection of Highway 47 and Highway 3. Wind was estimated up to 40 mph.
A picture from social media showed baseball size hail near Highway 47 and Highway 3. Several residences had damaged roofs and windows to homes. Several cars received severe damage with dents and cracked windshields.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2015
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: 591278, 591287, 591288, 591289, 591290.