1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 25, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 245 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WELL NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WHERE MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS COMBINED WITH PRESSURE ADVECTIVE PROCESSES ARE CAUSING AN AREA OF DYNAMICAL LIFT. LAPS AND RUC40 SOUNDINGS SUGGEST COMPUTED CAPE VALUES OF AROUND 500-800 J/KG ROOTED FROM A LAYER AROUND 750 MB. WITH -20 LEVELS AT AROUND 19,000...AND WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS AT AROUND 9,500 FEET...SMALL HAIL WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...DIURNAL HEATING FROM CLOUD BREAKS HAS WARMED SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. GREATER INSTABILITY HAS RESULTED IN THIS AREA WHERE UPPER LEVEL THERMAL FIELDS ARE RAPIDLY COOLING. THIS AREA WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT CONTAINING LARGE HAIL POTENTIALLY UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. CRAMER .DISCUSSION... WILL MAKE A LAST MINUTE DECISION WITH FIRST PERIOD PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY...CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND WILL LIKELY LINGER THIS EVENING. THE NEXT CONCERN WILL BE WITH LOW CLOUDS FOG...AND DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. NAM40 SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A SATURATED LOWER TROP OVERNIGHT AS COLD AIR FUNNELS INTO THE REGION. SURFACE WINDS SHOULD STAY UP BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH...SO THAT MAY LIMIT VISIBILITIES FROM FALLING TOO MUCH. AT ANY RATE...WILL GO AHEAD AND MENTION FOG AND DRIZZLE IN THE GRIDS/ZONES. CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TOMORROWS PERIOD...LIMITING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60S. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE NEARS TOMORROW NIGHT...CLOUD COVER SHOULD PARTIALLY CLEAR...GIVING WAY TO A STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT. FOLLOWED THE NAM MOS AND DROPPED TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES...WHICH WAS THE COOLEST OF THE THREE. CLEAR SKIES AND A RETURN OF LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL WARM TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE 70S FOR THURSDAY. NO RAIN CHANCES EXIST WITHIN THE PERIOD OF TONIGHT - THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENT WITH BRINGING BACK AN INFLUX OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. MEANWHILE A SURFACE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT ACROSS THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WHICH WILL BE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOISTURE SHOULD BE LIMITED AS THE GULF OF MEXICO EXPERIENCES A FRONTAL PASSAGE...DRYING OUT THIS SOURCE REGION OF MOISTURE. BUT THIS MOISTURE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED CHANCES FOR THESE PERIODS. LONG RANGE MODELS AGREE ON A LARGE SCALE CYCLONE TO DROP SOUTH OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION BY SUNDAY. THIS COULD PESTER THE REGION FOR SEVERAL PERIODS FROM LATE IN THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE MID PART OF NEXT WORK WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON AN AFTERNOON BASIS WOULD BE EXPECTED UNDER THIS TYPE OF REGIME. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL BE LIMITED...BUT GIVEN THE COOL AIR ALOFT...NOT MUCH WILL BE NEEDED TO SQUEEZE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OUT OF THE COLUMN. CRAMER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z KSGF/KJLN TAFS...COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE KSGF/KJLN SITES THIS MORNING. STILL MAY ANTICIPATE SOME SHOWERS IN THE REGION WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE LATER TODAY. CEILINGS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE GENERALLY BEEN MVFR...BUT OCCASIONALLY IFR. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN GOING MVFR CEILINGS THROUGH TONIGHT. DSA && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. WFO SGF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 300 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-260100- 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- 300 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 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 THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO FORT LEONARD WOOD THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAVE BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...WHICH WILL LIKELY HELP TRIGGER SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PASS ACROSS THE REGION THAT WILL ALSO AID IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR...ONLY MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY BRINGING OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) CRAMER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0348 PM HAIL SILOAM SPRINGS 36.80N 92.08W
04/25/2006 E0.88 INCH HOWELL MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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DCRAMERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 420 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 MOZ106-252215- OREGON- 420 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR OREGON COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF WEST PLAINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR ALTON BY 440 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ALTON... SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. JLT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
422 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
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0310 PM HAIL WASOLA 36.79N 92.58W
04/25/2006 E1.75 INCH OZARK MO PUBLIC
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DCRAMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
424 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
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0405 PM HAIL BRIXEY 36.75N 92.40W
04/25/2006 E1.00 INCH OZARK MO PUBLIC
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DCRAMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
425 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0425 PM HAIL BRANDSVILLE 36.65N 91.69W
04/25/2006 E1.75 INCH HOWELL MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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DCRAMERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
434 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
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0432 PM HAIL DORA 36.78N 92.22W
04/25/2006 E1.75 INCH OZARK MO PUBLIC
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SCHULTZThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:41 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tornado tracked eight miles across rural central Oregon County. Only damage that occurred from this feature was minor damage to trees.
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