1 tornado, 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 Sep 28, 1:10 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 210 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL AND THEN COOL TEMPERATURES ARE THE MAIN CONCERN. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NORTHEAST MO INTO WEST CENTRAL MO AND SOUTHEAST KS AND IS RACING EAST AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. EXPANSIVE STRATUS HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT 100 MB ML CAPES FROM THE RUC REACHING UP TO AROUND 2000 J/KG IN A NARROW BAND AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER SE KS AND EXTREME SW MO. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS ARE DEVELOPING RIGHT ALONG THE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE LOW LEVEL FORCING IS ABLE TO PUNCH THROUGH WEAK-MODERATE CAP. 0-6KM SHEAR OF 35-40 KTS WILL SUPPORT LONGER LIVED ORGANIZED STORM UPDRAFTS. SEVERE HAIL WILL BE MAIN STORM THREAT SINCE STORMS ARE LIKELY SOMEWHAT ELEVATED...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH STORM EVOLUTION FOR A POSSIBLE WIND THREAT AS WELL. CELL IN CRAWFORD COUNTY KS LOOKING MORE IMPRESSIVE WITH TIME. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION BY EARLY EVENING. QUICK SHOT OF UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE SHOULD RADIATE OUT NICELY WITH COOL TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING WITH SURFACE HIGH OVER THE REGION. STUCK PRETTY CLOSE TO GFS MOS FOR TEMPERATURES...WHICH SHOULD GET WELL DOWN INTO THE 40S IN SOME AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS. USUAL COLDER LOW SPOTS MAY EVEN TOUCH UPPER 30S UNDER CLEAR/CALM CONDITIONS. MAINTAINED SMALL POPS AS UPPER LOW NOW OVER UT/AZ WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE. ANOTHER DEEP 500MB TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH RIDGING OVER MUCH OF THE EASTERN CONUS. NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE WITH THE APPROACH OF THAT UPPER SYSTEM BY WEDNESDAY. DSA .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...MAIN CONCERNS IS WITH FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STRATUS HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WILL LEAD TO HIGH END MVFR/LOW END VFR CIGS THIS AFTERNOON. STILL COULD SEE SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. SHOULD SEE A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING 25-30KT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. IZZI && SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .MO...NONE. .KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291100- 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- 245 PM CDT WED SEP 28 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 WITH UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE MISSOURI OZARKS REGION THROUGH 8 PM. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE INSTABILITY AND ADEQUATE WIND SHEAR ALOFT WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONGER STORMS...MAINLY NEAR THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...RESULTING IN WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. && 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) DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
249 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005
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0245 PM HAIL MINDENMINES 37.48N 94.60W
9/28/2005 0.25 INCH BARTON MO PUBLIC
FEHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
258 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005
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0245 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S GIRARD 37.43N 94.85W
9/28/2005 CRAWFORD KS EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
FEHThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that weak tornado briefly touched down near the community of Golden City. Minor tree damage occurred and debris was scattered around. However, no structural damage was observed from this tornado.
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