1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 12, 12:55 AM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 155 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER CLOSED UPPER LOW WAS MIGRATING INTO THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILERS CLEARLY DEPICT THE UPPER LOW CIRCULATION OVER EASTERN KANSAS. INITIAL SURFACE TROUGH HAD PUSHED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE TRUE COLD FRONT WAS SWINGING SOUTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW. THE UPPER LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI TODAY RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY OF RELATIVELY COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER. THE ASSOCIATED COLD CORE ALOFT WITH 500 MB TEMPERATURES OF MINUS 22 DEGREES C AND RESULTING STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY. ANY SURFACE HEATING WOULD PROVIDE AMPLE INSTABILITY FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL GIVEN THE LOWER FREEZING LEVELS AND STEEP LAPSE RATES. HOWEVER...CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY BE EXTENSIVE AND HAVE SLIGHTLY LOWERED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY. THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WEDNESDAY. DEEP CYCLONIC CIRCULATION WILL KEEP CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA MUCH OF THE DAY. A FEW SHOWERS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. MODELS SUGGEST CLEARING MAY TAKE PLACE FROM THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS DRIER ADVECTS INTO THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. TO THE END THE WEEK WHILE A SURFACE RIDGE STRETCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THE RETURN OF MID APRIL SUNSHINE WILL PUSH TEMPERATURE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR COOL OVERNIGHT LOWS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT LOWS WILL DROP NO FURTHER THAN NEAR 40 DEGREES...BUT FROST POTENTIAL WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN OZARKS. A WARM WEEKEND IS IN STORE AS THE UPPER RIDGE REMAINS THE DOMINANT FEATURE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST. HIGHS WILL CLIMB ABOVE NORMAL WITH READINGS IN THE 70S. FOSTER && .AVIATION... AFTER A BRIEF CLEAR SLOT IN THE WAKE OF EVENING CONVECTION...STRATUS WAS BEGINNING TO ROTATE BACK INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING UNDERNEATH A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED OVER SE KS. CEILINGS WILL AVERAGE TOWARD THE LOWER VFR END BETWEEN 3 AND 4KFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT COULD TEMPORARILY LOWER TO AROUND 2000 FEET IN THE VICINITY OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS WELL...BUT AFFECT ON VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS SHOULD BE NEGLIGIBLE SO HAVE LEFT THEM OUT OF THE TERMINAL FORECASTS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE SW INTO THE W AND NW DURING THE DAY AS THE SURFACE LOW AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT SLIDE EAST ACROSS MISSOURI. IN THE WAKE OF FRONTAL PASSAGE...WINDS COULD BECOME QUITE GUSTY...ESPECIALLY AT JOPLIN TERMINAL WHERE 25 KNOTS IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. BOOKBINDER && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-121800- BARRY-BARTON-BENTON-BOURBON-CAMDEN-CEDAR-CHEROKEE-CHRISTIAN-CRAWFORD- DADE-DALLAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-GREENE-HICKORY-HOWELL-JASPER-LACLEDE- LAWRENCE-MARIES-MCDONALD-MILLER-MORGAN-NEWTON-OREGON-OZARK-PHELPS- POLK-PULASKI-SHANNON-ST. CLAIR-STONE-TANEY-TEXAS-VERNON-WEBSTER- WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AVA...BOLIVAR...BRANSON...CAMDENTON... FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...LEBANON... MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...NEVADA...OSAGE BEACH...OZARK... PITTSBURG...ROLLA...SPRINGFIELD...STOCKTON AND WEST PLAINS. 600 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY EAST OF AN OSCEOLA TO GAINESVILLE LINE. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ASSOCIATED COLD AIR ALOFT AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD GIVEN THE RELATIVELY LOW FREEZING LEVEL. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. FOSTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
0836 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005
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0730 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S NOBLE 36.74N 92.57W
04/11/2005 OZARK MO CO-OP OBSERVER
NUMEROUS LOW-WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED.
ALThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A low water crossing along Highway U west of Highway 137 was impassable for several hours following the occurrence of heavy thunderstorms.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2005
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: 5448677.