A strong cold front and associated upper level disturbance developed high based strong to severe storms which produced marginally severe hail and damaging wind gusts.
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A strong cold front and associated upper level disturbance developed high based strong to severe storms which produced marginally severe 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 Apr 17, 4:59 AM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 559 AM CDT Fri Apr 17 2015 .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 310 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 The region saw partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures for the overnight period. This was due in large part to the upper level shortwave ridge that was hanging on across the eastern Ozarks. Overnight temperatures were in the middle 50s to lower 60s as a result, with some patchy fog developing across the West Plains area and locations along and south of the Ozark Plateau. The upper level system across the four corners region of the southwest was spinning energy into the plains which was aiding in the continued storm activity across much of Kansas and Oklahoma. For much of the day today, the energy from the upper level system will fight the drier air in place under the ridge over the area. As a result, much of the Ozarks will remain dry for much of today though cloud cover will increase through out the day. As the region heads into the overnight hours, rain chances will spread from the southwest to the northeast across the Ozarks as the storm system over the southwest begins to push slowly into the plains. This will bring increasing rain and thunderstorm chances to the region this evening into the overnight hours. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 310 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 Rain and storm coverage will increase through Saturday morning becoming widespread by mid morning for all by portions of the eastern Ozarks. The storm system approaching the Ozarks will take advantage of ample Gulf moisture as it swings into the plains Saturday night into early Sunday with showers and storms continuing and potentially increasing in rainfall intensity during the overnight hours into Sunday morning. Models are producing from 1 to 2 inches of QPF across the region from Saturday into Sunday morning. There may be a brief break in the rain around sunrise Sunday as the cutoff system is picked up by the northern stream of the upper level jet and becomes more of an open wave. That wave then develops an ever so slight negative tilt as it proceeds to the east across the Ozarks and brings a surface low and cold front through the region. Models do still show some cape and shear in place as the system moves through the region. While the upper level jet support will be marginal there will be the potential for some strong to severe storms Sunday afternoon. In addition, depending on the intensity of the rainfall, there is at least a limited chance for some localized flooding to occur. Would like another model run to assess the potential rainfall though before issuing a watch at this point. The region will then see a fairly dry and cool period to start next week as northwesterly flow aloft set up over much of the CONUS. The split upper level flow will make things messy again by the middle of next week with additional rain chances Wednesday into Thursday evening. The end of next week my be a bit drier though but will depend on which model (GFS or ECMWF) pans out. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday Morning) Issued at 552 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 Patchy areas of fog will remain possible early this morning around the Branson aerodrome. A weak upper level disturbance is then expected to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across portions of southern Missouri from late this morning into this afternoon. MVFR and brief IFR conditions can be expected with any thunderstorms. While thunderstorms will likely diminish this evening, additional activity is then expected to push in from the west late tonight. We will have to watch for fog potential again later tonight, but current thinking is that abundant high clouds should reduce the risk for dense fog. Meanwhile, winds through tonight will remain light out of the southeast. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Hatch LONG TERM...Hatch AVIATION...Schaumann
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 427 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-180930- 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- 427 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED FOG RISK. DISCUSSION... AREAS OF FOG WITH VISIBILITIES FALLING TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. AREAS EAST OF AN AVA TO SALEM LINE WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACT FROM THE FOG. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS A LARGE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. .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) HATCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
823 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
MOZ093-101-171415-
MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
823 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MCDONALD AND WESTERN
NEWTON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT...
AT 821 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH WEST CITY...OR 14 MILES
WEST OF PINEVILLE...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE
HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANDERSON...GOODMAN...LANAGAN...NEOSHO...
NOEL...PINEVILLE...SENECA AND SOUTH WEST CITY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE BIG
SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK.
LAT...LON 3649 9462 3699 9463 3700 9462 3697 9425
3650 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 212DEG 26KT 3659 9462
FOSTERThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:03 UTC.
15 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There was minor street flooding in the typical flood prone areas in Neosho. Some of the affected areas including West Spring Street and West McCord Street. Highway D just south of Neosho was also affected by minor street flooding.
The post office in Buffalo reported quarter sized hail.
Pea to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
Nickel sized hail covered the ground.
Several power lines were blown down near J Highway and Summerview Road near Rogersville.
Several small trees were blown down and reported on Facebook.
A tree with a 3 foot diameter was blown down.
Several large trees limbs were blown down on east Springfield near Highway 65 and Catalpa Road.
A tree was blown down and reported on Facebook.
Several Facebook pictures showed nickel to quarter size hail on the southern edge of Neosho.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 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: 561990, 561991, 561971, 561972, 561975, 561973, 561974, 561976, 561977, 561978, 561979, 561985, 561988, 561986, 561980, 561989, 561981, 561987, 561982, 561984, 561983.