Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Springfield, MO

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
621 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

AT 617 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM EAST OF NEVADA...JUST WEST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...SOUTH TO EAST OF
LAMAR.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL TRACK
THROUGH CEDAR AND NORTHWEST DADE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
STOCKTON AND ARCOLA...BETWEEN 625 AND 700 PM.

WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL.

OTHER STORMS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI THIS EVEnNING AND AFFECT MUCH OF THE MISSOURI/KANSAS BORDER
THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.  HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY
CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
646 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED IN MINDEMINES IN WESTERN BARTON
COUNTY...

A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED IN MINDEMINES AT ABOUT 545 PM.
THE BARTON COUNTY CD DIRECTOR SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AND REPORTED THAT
SIX PEOPLE WITNESSED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN INCLUDING ONE COUNTY
SHERRIFF OFFICER.  THERE WERE REPORTS OF POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES
DOWN ALONG WITH SEVERAL ROOFS OFF HOMES.  THE DAMAGE PATH WAS NARROW
AND OCCURRED FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF MINDEMINES TO THE TOWN ITSELF.
MINDEMINES HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 350.

THE STORM THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE HAS WEAKENED A BIT AND AT 640 WAS OVER
EL DORADO SPRINGS IN NORTHWEST CEDAR COUNTY.  EL DORADO SPRINGS POLICE
REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

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MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
758 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI...

AT 750 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM JOPLIN NORTHEAST TO STOCKTON.  THE AREA
WAS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE.  RADAR ESTIMATES AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
THIS EVENING IN THIS AREA WITH LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CEDAR COUNTY.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

EXPECT A BRIEF BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAINFALL FOR A WHILE THIS
EVENING.   HOWEVER...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AROUND
10PM.

FURTHER EAST...FROM SPRINGFIELD TO BRANSON AND POINTS EAST ONLY
SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WERE REPORTED.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE IN SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON AND POINTS EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT AND
THEREAFTER.

NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...BUT LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL HAVE
STANDING WATER.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080625-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
820 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...VERNON...BARTON...JASPER
...CEDAR...DADE...LAWRENCE...POLK...GREENE...CHRISTIAN...AND DALLAS.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD...JOPLIN...NEVADA...
STOCKTON...MT VERNON...BOLIVAR...AND OZARK.

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WATCH AREA AFTER 10 PM.

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1745 PM       MINDEMINES             MO   COUNTY CD DIRECTOR RPTD
(545 PM)      BARTON COUNTY               BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
                                          NEAR TOWN.  NARROW DAMAGE
                                          PATH FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
                                          MINDEMINES TO MINDEMINES.
                                          REPORTS OF POWER LINES AND
                                          TREES DOWN AND ROOF WAS BLOWN
                                     |     OFF HOME.  DESTROYED ONE
                                          GARAGE.  NO INJURIES REPORTED.

MOZ066-077>082-088>098-101>108-080725-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
924 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
OVERNIGHT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR THE AREA
FROM JOPLIN TO OZARK TO BUFFALO AND POINTS NORTH.  THIS INCLUDES
SPRINGFIELD.

ALSO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI FROM JOPLIN TO BOLIVAR AND BUFFALO AND
POINTS NORTH.  THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF
VERNON...BARTON...JASPER...DADE...CEDAR...LAWRENCE...POLK...AND DALLAS.

AT 925 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PARSON
KANSAS SOUTH TO TULSA.  WINDS TO 70 MPH HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TULSA AT
908 PM.  THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH
THE WESTERN BORDER OF MISSOURI AROUND 1015 OR 1030 PM.

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