A severe thunderstorm occurred during the afternoon of June 1 in Douglas County with large hail.
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A severe thunderstorm occurred during the afternoon of June 1 in Douglas County with large hail.
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 1, 12:49 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 149 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Slight risk for severe storms south of Interstate 44 this afternoon and early evening. The primary hazard is isolated wind gusts up to 60-70 mph, with secondary risks of large hail up to half dollar size and localized flooding. - Rain chances returning next weekend. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH THIS EVENING/... Issued at 120 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 Convection this afternoon and early evening: - Impacts: Severe storms with isolated 60-70 mph winds and hail up to the size of half dollars. Localized flooding. - Details: Strong to severe storms are expected south of I-44. These storms are starting to fire as of 1:20pm and will continue into early this evening before pushing south of the area. - Confidence: 80-90% confidence in warnings being required. - Meteorological Analysis: A weak front pushing south will continue to initiate convection in an area of agitated cumulus. SBCAPE values of 4,500+ J/kg will support aggressive updraft development, but very weak bulk shear of < 20 kts will prevent organization. This decreases the hail threat substantially, with generally small to marginally severe hail expected. Will advertise up to half dollar size. Main hazard will be localized damaging winds up to 60-70 mph due to 0-3km theta-e differences of 30-40 K. OPSTI values up to 14-16 also shows strong support for severe pulse storms. && .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... Issued at 120 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 Quiet those most of this period, but rain chances return late this week into next weekend: - Impacts: Too early to tell, but will be watching for any flooding threats. Risk appears low at this time, though. - Details: Moving back into a rainy pattern late this week through next weekend. - Confidence: Medium. - Meteorological Analysis: The upper high over the central CONUS keeps the area fairly quiet will shift east late this week as upper troughing settles over the midwest. This will lead to a wetter pattern. Ensemble PWATs are generally 1.5-2", which is around 150% of normal. This may support a flooding threat, but important details related to that have a low predictability at this point. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 1248 PM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 A weak front over KSGF and KJLN at 18Z today will push south, keeping the majority of the showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening south of these sites. KBBG will likely see convection nearby or overhead, with large hail and especially damaging winds as the primary threat with pulse/microburst thunderstorms. Storms will push south of the area this evening. There is less than a 30% chance of fog tonight at KBBG. For now, left fog out of the forecast. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. MO...None. && SHORT TERM...Titus LONG TERM...Titus AVIATION...Titus
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 442 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-020945- 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- 442 AM CDT Mon Jun 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Marginal hail risk. Marginal thunderstorm wind damage risk. Limited lightning risk. Limited excessive heat risk. Limited excessive rainfall risk DISCUSSION... There will be a risk for strong to severe thunderstorms through at least 9 AM this morning, with the potential for damaging winds up to 50 to 60 mph and hail up to the size of quarters, especially east of Highway 63. Storms are overall on a weakening trend. Additionally, isolated strong wind gusts may be possible with other storms in western Missouri and eastern Kansas, but the organized severe risk has ended for western Missouri this morning. Localized heavy rainfall and flash flooding will be possible across the area, especially toward central Missouri where more widespread rainfall is possible. Muggy conditions with temperatures in the mid-80s to low 90s this afternoon will bring heat indices as warm as the 90s to near 100 this afternoon, especially across far southwest Missouri. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Camden
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail to the size of golf balls occurred at Highway 76 and Highway EE east of Vanzant.
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