A deep upper low tracked into the region bringing widespread rainfall and isolated severe weather. Limited instability in conjunction with a vigorous shortwave generated a couple of bands of strong to isolated severe convection.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A deep upper low tracked into the region bringing widespread rainfall and isolated severe weather. Limited instability in conjunction with a vigorous shortwave generated a couple of bands of strong to isolated severe convection. These storms produced several severe wind reports and one EF-0 tornado on Table Rock Lake in Taney County.
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 24, 11:48 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1248 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 ...SEVERE POTENTIAL UPDATE... .DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDER CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AT MIDDAY WITHIN A REGION OF UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF A DEEP UPPER TROUGH MIGRATING ACROSS THE PLAINS. A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE WAS TRACKING AROUND THIS TROUGH INTO ARKANSAS WITH A SURFACE LOW PUSHING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE LACK OF INSTABILITY HAS INHIBITED THE PRODUCTION OF DEEP CONVECTION AND THE STRONGER STORMS THAT MOVED OUT OF ARKANSAS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED. WHILE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ALONG AND EAST OF THE SURFACE LOW TRACK DUE TO THE FAVORABLE WIND FIELD...THE OVERALL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS DIMINISHING. A MUCH GREATER RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR FARTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS. OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BUT DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTH AS THE SHORTWAVE LIFTS NORTH. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.25 WILL SUPPORT EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCTION. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE AND PROLONGED NATURE OF THE RAINFALL. FOSTER && .AVIATION... FLIGHT CATEGORIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLY VARIABLE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS UNTIL A COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHES THROUGH THE OZARKS AND ENDS THE RAIN TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR ACROSS THE AREA UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING WHEN A LOWERING CLOUD DECK AND POSSIBLE FOG DEVELOPMENT OCCURS SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. CROWE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1209 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-251715- 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- 1209 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...ELEVATED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED RISK OF HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ELEVATED RISK OF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LIMITED RISK OF TORNADOES. ELEVATED RISK OF LIGHTNING. LIMITED RISK OF FLOODING. DISCUSSION... THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE INHIBITED BY LIMITED INSTABILITY. HOWEVER A FAVORABLE WIND FIELD COULD SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...OR MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BRANSON TO ROLLA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH A LIMITED RISK FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. IN ADDITION MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION LATE THIS COMING WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES. && 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) FOSTER
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A boat dock on Table Rock Lake was ripped from shore and pushed down the cove.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that an EF-0 tornado with 80 mph winds touched down at the Table Rock State Park Marina and Camp Grounds. The tornado damaged a few docks while twisting trees within Camp Site number 2. The damage path extended for one half of a mile...while the width was approximately 70 yards.
A large 50 x 24 metal barn was destroyed and several trees were downed in the woods.
Multiple trees were downed along James River Road near Hoot Owl Point. A few homes received minor damage from fallen trees and limbs. One boat dock was flipped over.
A large tree was down across Highway 13.
A large wooden swing set was blown across Highway 76.
There were numerous reports of broken tree limbs and damage to power lines across the county.
Large tree limbs were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree at the intersection of Highway 5 and Highway A.
Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs.
Severe thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a carport at the intersection of Highway NN and Melton Road.
Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs. Hail to a half an inch in size was also reported.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several power poles and several trees near the Pleasant Hope area.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed a large tree across Highway 17 north of County Road 1500.
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