A couple isolated pulse storms produced reports of wind damage across the Missouri Ozarks.
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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.
A couple isolated pulse storms produced reports of wind damage 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 Jun 26, 1:51 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 251 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday) Issued at 215 PM CDT Sun Jun 26 2016 Clusters of thunderstorms have developed over central MO, the most notable of which is located near and east of the KC metro. A weak front lies over central MO and is now reinforced by outflow boundaries in some areas. MLCAPE values of 2000-3000 j/kg and convergence on boundaries/weak shear will continue to allow pulse storms/clusters to develop into the evening hours. Stronger storms will pose a damaging wind threat. Locally heavy rain/localized flooding, especially in poor drainage areas, will also be a concern. Activity should drift south and weaken tonight with some renewed daytime showers/storms Monday focused farther south toward the MO/AR border. .LONG TERM...(Monday Night through Sunday) Issued at 215 PM CDT Sun Jun 26 2016 An upper level pattern change continues to be indicated with a ridge building over the western CONUS and northwest flow over our region. Cooler/dryer sfc high pressure will move into the Midwest for Tue/Wed. Upper level shortwaves in the nw flow will eventually bring periodic chances for thunderstorms as some low level moisture return develops ahead of another sfc front late Wed/Thu. Unsettled/active convective weather will then continue late in the week as the low level boundary/baroclinic zone sets up over the area and upper level shortwaves/lift continue to interact with it. The ECMWF and GFS are in relative agreement through this period, but mesoscale/small scale weather features are hard to pin down this far out. However, it does look active. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon) Issued at 1235 PM CDT Sun Jun 26 2016 Scattered convection is starting to develop early this afternoon, and will expand in coverage through the afternoon and evening hours. For the terminals, the best chances for TSRA look to be late afternoon and early evening, though a somewhat random nature to convection will lead to a lengthy period of VCTS in some cases. Conditions should remain VFR outside of any TSRA, with MVFR or IFR in and around thunderstorms. && .SGF Watches/Warnings/Advisories... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DSA LONG TERM...DSA AVIATION...Boxell
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 304 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-272015- 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- 304 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AND SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN AROUND 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH A FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .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) DSA
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A microburst caused a significant amount of tree damage around the city of Saint Elizabeth. Over 600 residents lost power at one time.
Several large tree limbs were blown down about three miles south of Strafford. There was also nickel size hail reported at that location.
Several large tree limbs were blown down along Westwind Road in northern Christian County.
Several large tree limbs were blown down near Joplin.
Numerous large tree limbs were blown down around the Pomona area. The KUNO ASOS measured a 49 mph peak wind gust near the wind damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 2016
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: 632126, 632128, 632129, 632131, 632132.