1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Sep 13, 3:55 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 455 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 .UPDATE... THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS EAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI IN AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE NEAR 2000 J/KG. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR APPROACHING 45 KTS WAS ALLOWING THE STORMS TO ORGANIZE WITH SOME CELLS BECOMING SUPERCELLUAR IN NATURE. 0-3 HELICITIES WERE NEAR 150 WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS 15 TO 20 DEGREES. HOWEVER DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS NEAR A SAGGING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WERE LOWER. ALTHOUGH THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT PERFECT...AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FOSTER && .DISCUSSION... A CHANGE IN THE DRY WEATHER PATTERN THAT HAS PERSISTED ACROSS THE AREA THE PAST FEW WEEKS WAS UNDERWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A LONGWAVE TROUGH STRETCHED FROM THE CENTRAL CANADIAN PROVINCES INTO THE WESTERN U.S. WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM WESTERN IOWA THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO TRAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MIXED LAYER CAPES WERE AROUND 1500 J/KG PROVIDING SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY. THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH EAST WHILE THE SUBTROPICAL BRANCH OF THE JET STREAKS INTO THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE OZARKS TONIGHT AND BECOME WEST TO EAST ORIENTED UNDERNEATH AN INCREASINGLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. GOOD INFLUX OF MOISTURE...FRONTAL SCALE FORCING...AND INCREASING SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. INCREASING DEEP LAYERED SHEAR...A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET...AND INCREASING LIFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COUPLED JET SUGGEST CONVECTION MAY EVOLVE INTO A LINEAR MCS THAT WILL MIGRATE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL MAINLY OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING AT THE HEIGHT OF INSTABILITY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES AND 850 MB DEWPOINTS NEAR 14 DEGREES C COMBINED WITH AMPLE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT SUGGEST LOCALLY RAINFALL IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN WHERE TRAINING CELLS DEVELOP. THE FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. A SERIES OF MINOR SHORTWAVES WILL RIDE EASTWARD OVER THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. SOME QUESTION TO THE EXACT TRACK...TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THESE DISTURBANCES. HOWEVER THESE SYSTEMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ISENTROPIC ASCENT SHOULD KEEP THE CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO THURSDAY. THE HIGHEST RAIN PERCENTAGES WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT. THE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE. RAIN CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF LATER THURSDAY AS THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF SHORTWAVES PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST. SOME QUESTION ABOUT POSSIBLE RAIN CHANCES THIS WEEKEND AS RETURN FLOW SETS UP. IT APPEARS WARM AIR ADVECTION PRECIPITATION WILL BE FOCUSED TO OUR NORTH AND WEST IF IT DEVELOPS AT ALL. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FOSTER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...MAIN CHALLENGE THIS TAF CYCLE IS WITH TS CHANCES THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS OVER KANSAS NOW WILL LIKELY DISRUPT DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD HAMPER ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT. ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS TONIGHT TO KEEP PREVAILING/TEMPO THUNDER OUT OF TAFS FOR NOW...HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL AMEND TAFS PRIOR TO 00Z IF TS CHANCES/TIMING CAN BE PINNED DOWN BETTER. CIGS/VIS WILL LIKELY FALL TO MVFR IF NOT LOWER DURING THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IZZI && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
430 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141800-
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-
430 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING:
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44
THROUGH 7 PM. THE STORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION:
THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH SLOWLY
EAST OUT OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY COUPLED WITH
INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. A FEW SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
WHICH WILL INCREASE THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK.
THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
DURING THE EVENING. THE HIGHEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST
MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO SALEM THROUGH 10 PM.
THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS
MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI WHERE RAIN AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED TWO INCHES IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)
FOSTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
400 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0349 PM HAIL 4 E DEDERICK 37.85N 94.06W
09/13/2005 0.75 INCH VERNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
0354 PM TSTM WND DMG LAURIE 38.20N 92.83W
09/13/2005 MORGAN MO EMERGENCY MNGR
POWERLINES DOWN 135-3 CUPTREE RD, AND OLD SOUTH 8
0358 PM HAIL 8 S EL DORADO SPRINGS 37.76N 94.03W
09/13/2005 0.75 INCH CEDAR MO PUBLIC
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
402 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL NEVADA 37.83N 94.37W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH VERNON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
410 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND GST TUSCUMBIA 38.23N 92.47W
09/13/2005 65 MPH MILLER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
431 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG BRINKTOWN 38.13N 92.08W
09/13/2005 MARIES MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
441 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HAIL 5 NE GIRARD 37.55N 94.79W
09/13/2005 1.75 INCH CRAWFORD KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
451 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0451 PM HAIL COLLINS 37.88N 93.63W
09/13/2005 1.00 INCH ST.CLAIR MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEHThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado briefly touched down in a rural area of northwest Barton County. This tornado was associated with a supercell thunderstorm that produced several brief tornado touchdowns in Crawford County Kansas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 2005Warnings in Missouri, September 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: 5473888.