A storm complex that developed over western South Dakota on the morning of the 15th held together for over a day as it tracked southeastward across Nebraska and northwest Missouri before moving into central Missouri during the early morning of the 16th . The|storms persisted through much of the day and produced isolated wind damage and hail over central Missouri.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A storm complex that developed over western South Dakota on the morning of the 15th held together for over a day as it tracked southeastward across Nebraska and northwest Missouri before moving into central Missouri during the early morning of the 16th . The|storms persisted through much of the day and produced isolated wind damage and hail over central Missouri.
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 15, 10:42 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 1142 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 ...06Z AVIATION UPDATE... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 319 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 Our forecast remains rain-free so far this afternoon, with scattered storms developing just south of the Missouri border over northwest Arkansas. To the north, we continue to watch a larger area of convection around Kansas City and an outflow boundary over northern and east central Kansas. The airmass just to the south of the outflow boundary is very unstable with MUCAPEs over 4000 j/kg. SPC increased the northwest portion of the forecast area to a slight risk as severe storms are expected to develop during the late afternoon and move southeastward into southeast KS and west central MO. Forecast soundings also show some decent helicity developing with the help of a low level jet and southeastward bulk shear vectors. It looks like we'll have a small window for supercell potential from around 10 PM to 1 AM when instability and adequate shear coincide over eastern KS and extreme west central MO. Main threat will be hail and damaging straight line winds with a near zero but non zero tornado threat. Storms should gradually weaken during the early morning and leave another outflow boundary near the I-44 corridor. Another round of storms will likely develop along and north of the boundary during the afternoon with central MO having the greater chances for storms through Friday evening. .LONG TERM...(Friday Night through Thursday) Issued at 319 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 The upper level westerlies remain over the region through the weekend with a shift from northwest to due west flow. In response a lee side trough will develop over eastern Colorado and push eastward as it interacts with an upper level disturbance. These features will move across the region Saturday night and Sunday, bringing another round of storms to the region. Mainly hotter and dry conditions are expected early next week as an upper level ridge builds back over the Plains and and Midwest. By Wednesday and Thursday, precipitation chances should creep back up as the upper ridge shifts further to the west and puts our area back in northwest flow aloft. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night) Issued at 1138 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 Showers and thunderstorms will approach the area from the northwest overnight however some uncertainty exists as to how far south they will go therefore have gone with VCTS for SGF and JLN for now closer to 09z. Otherwise expect VFR conditions at the sites with southerly winds. Low level wind shear is possible overnight however too marginal to include into the tafs. Additional showers and storms may affect the area again towards the very end of the taf period. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Terry LONG TERM...Terry AVIATION...Burchfield
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Springfield MO 1127 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-170430- 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- 1127 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited tornado risk. Elevated hail risk. Elevated thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited flooding risk. Significant lightning risk. DISCUSSION... Clusters of showers and thunderstorms, some severe, will move into the area from the northwest overnight into the early morning hours Friday. The most intense storms could produce large hail to the size of ping pong balls, damaging winds up to 70 mph and frequent cloud to ground lightning. An isolated tornado is possible across southeast Kansas and far western Missouri however the threat is low. Locally heavy rainfall and isolated flooding will be possible in locations that see repeated storms. In general, locations along and north of Interstate 44 have the highest chance of seeing these storms overnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Showers and thunderstorms will again be possible Friday afternoon and Friday night. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds will be possible along and north of Interstate 44, especially during the evening and overnight hours. Frequent cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall will also be possible. Locations across central Missouri may see a flooding threat develop if repeated rounds of rainfall occur. Scattered thunderstorm chances will continue through the weekend. Heat index values will reach up the mid 90s to near 100 from the weekend into early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed in the next three hours for locations along and north of Highway 54 and in the next six hours closer to the Interstate 44 corridor. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/sitrep This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Burchfield
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:11 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees and power lines were reported down.
Trees were reported down on the road on Highway T.
Quarter size hail was reported.
A telephone pole was blown down.
Numerous tree tops were snapped off and a few trees were reported down. A small outbuilding was blown across the road off of 340th Road west of 83 Highway.
A few large tree limbs, at least 8 inch in diameter, were reported down near Highway J and 245 Road.
Numerous tree limbs and several power lines were reported down in Salem.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2019
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: 849973, 849974, 849972, 849975, 849976, 849977, 849978.