This is the continuation of the Rocky Mount, Missouri tornado that moved 15 miles east across central Morgan County before lifting south of Eldon. The tornado produced multiple vorticies along a 15 mile intermittent path from Highway Y & W, eastward to three miles south of Eldon, Missouri where numerous trees and power lines were downed, along with damage to two mobile homes, and several…
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This is the continuation of the Rocky Mount, Missouri tornado that moved 15 miles east across central Morgan County before lifting south of Eldon. The tornado produced multiple vorticies along a 15 mile intermittent path from Highway Y & W, eastward to three miles south of Eldon, Missouri where numerous trees and power lines were downed, along with damage to two mobile homes, and several outbuildings southwest of Eldon. One home took a direct hit from the tornado and was completely destroyed south of Eldon. One injury was reported due to a collapsed mobile home.
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 Oct 23, 1:10 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 210 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001 MAIN FOCUS THIS PERIOD WILL BE WITH SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN WITH TEMPERATURES. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS SHORTWAVE RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRENT CONVECTION...OVER OK PUSHING EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN MO AND AR. NEXT WAVE WHICH WAS PUSHING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL BE THE SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY. CURRENT SYSTEM SHOULD PUSH TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WITH MOISTURE STILL PLENTIFUL AND CAPES IN THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE WILL HOLD ON TO SCATTERED EVENING POPS. WILL HAVE GFE GRIDS CLEARING THINGS OUT LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. NOSE OF 120KT JET WILL DIVE SE INTO KS BY 12Z WITH GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE CWA BY MIDDAY. MODELS SHOWING GOOD LIFT WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...HOWEVER MOISTURE DOES NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY ACROSS EASTERN MO. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE WEST DESPITE LOW MOS VALUES DUE TO DYNAMICS OF SYSTEM. WILL KEEP POPS AROUND 30 HOWEVER. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT AND SHOULD HAVE 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS TOMORROW. WINDS DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 BY THE EVENING WITH A CLEARING SKY. REMAINDER OF WEEK LOOKS TO STAY COOL WITH NW FLOW ALOFT CONTINUING. HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRY ATMOSPHERE SHOULD KEEP SKY MOSTLY CLEAR DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. MAY SEE NEXT HARD FROST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH SETTLES OVER THE AREA. ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT. PRELIMINARY FORECAST GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. FCSTID = 5 SGF 58 66 36 56 / 30 30 0 0 JLN 59 67 40 59 / 30 30 0 0 UNO 61 72 37 56 / 30 30 0 0 VIH 58 66 34 54 / 30 30 0 0 .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. LINDENBERG
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-241100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001 THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL THIS MORNING WERE EXITING SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH BEHIND THESE STORMS WITH THE MAIN FRONT STILL WELL TO THE WEST. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WHICH HELPED TO PRODUCE THESE STORMS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTERS COULD BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVATION. .EXTENDED OUTLOOK... THE MAIN FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...MUCH COLDER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 PM CDT TUE OCT 23 2001
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0230 PM WARSAW MO 1 INCH HAIL
10/23/01 BENTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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