Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall and minor flash flooding.
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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.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall and minor flash flooding.
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 23, 5:41 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 641 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2015 ...AVIATION UPDATE... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 237 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015 Currently have scattered convection occurring across southern MO, northern OK and northern AR in a very moist and unstable air mass south of a stationary front which was positioned across southern MO early this morning. PW values south of this front were around 2.00 in. with surface based CAPES around 2000 j/kg. An upper level shortwave was also pushing across the area. Low level jet at this point has not intensified and convection remains scattered in nature. If more organization of convection should take place during the remainder of the night into early Thursday morning, a heavy rain and localized flash flooding potential would be increased with training of cells. At this point, this has not occurred. Main focus will be with convection for remainder of night into Thursday with warm/humid conditions setting up for potential of elevated heat index values from Friday into the weekend. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 237 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015 Best chance of convection will be during the morning today with shortwave energy sliding off to the southeast. Will maintain low end chances of convection with another weak wave riding through in the northwest flow aloft tonight. Temperatures will once again warm into the mid to upper 80s with some mid to upper 90s heat index values over western MO and southeast KS during the afternoon. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 237 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015 Upper level ridge will begin to nudge into the region from the southwest on Friday and Saturday with highs returning to the upper 80s to mid 90s Friday and low to mid 90s both Saturday and Sunday. This will put heat index values in the upper 90s to around 106 from Friday into the weekend. We will likely eventually need a heat advisory for a part of the forecast area this weekend. Can't rule out convection completely, especially over central and south central MO which will be under less influence of the upper level ridge than out west. The ridge will then build over the area early next week which will likely keep the ring of fire north, west and east of our forecast area. Models begin to break down the ridge and bring a frontal boundary back into the area by the middle of next week which will bring better precipitation chances back to the region and slightly cooler air. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Friday Morning) Pilots flying in and out of the southwest Missouri airports will need to monitor radar trends today. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible most of the day as a frontal system remains stalled out over southern Missouri. Any storms that directly impacts an airfield will likely bring flight conditions below VFR. The coverage of storms should begin to decrease toward the evening hours, giving way to VFR through the rest of tonight. With the frontal boundary in place, look for light and variable winds at the surface. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...Lindenberg SHORT TERM...Lindenberg LONG TERM...Lindenberg AVIATION...Cramer
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 338 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2015 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-240845- 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- 338 AM CDT THU JUL 23 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 THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. LIMITED FOG RISK. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LEADING TO A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING RISK...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO MARSHFIELD TO WINONA MISSOURI LINE. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PATCHY FOG WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION THROUGH MID MORNING WITH A LIGHT WIND AND VERY MOIST AIR MASS. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE 100 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE EASTERN OZARKS FROM FRIDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK THOUGH MUCH LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. .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) LINDENBERG
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
2 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were two water rescues in eastern Springfield due to urban flash flooding.
There was a report of 2.25 inches of rainfall in two hours near the intersection of Catalpa and Eastgate Street in east Springfield.
There were a few large trees blown down and blocking the road.
Highway P west of Alton was flooded and impassable.
The low water crossing at Highway A and Frederick Creek was flooded and closed.
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, July 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: 582081, 582092, 582094, 582097, 582096, 582087, 582090.