Thunderstorms from a slow moving storm system moved repeatedly over the same area leading to flooding and flash flooding across the region.
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 episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms from a slow moving storm system moved repeatedly over the same area leading to flooding and flash flooding across the region.
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 Mar 25, 5:52 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 652 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 .DISCUSSION... A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. ONCE THE STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE REGION DEPARTS...ANOTHER ONE IS ON THE WAY JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. LONG WAVE CHARTS THEN INDICATE A PATTERN CHANGE NEXT WEEK AS STRONG NEGATIVE HEIGHT ANOMALIES SHIFT FROM NORTH OF HUDSON BAY BACK INTO THE ALASKA REGION. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN BACKING UPPER LEVEL FLOW...AND POSSIBLY A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW LATER NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE IS TRACKING EAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER REGION. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF TULSA OKLAHOMA. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW RIGHT ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. RADAR INDICATES ONE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 63 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE TRUMAN LAKE REGION. IN ADDITION...PATCHY FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT SURFACE FRONT. VISIBILITIES HAVE OCCASIONALLY DROPPED TO A QUARTER MILE. AS THAT UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS EAST THIS MORNING...LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SHOWER ACTIVITY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. WILL BE CANCELLING THE FLOOD WATCH WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL AVERAGE A THIRD OF AN INCH OR LESS. MAINTAINED PATCHY FOG MENTION EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THAT FRONT...BUT THINK THAT WILL DIMINISH ONCE THE FRONT BEGINS SHUNTING SOUTH AND NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WE COULD SEE A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT ANY INSTABILITY WILL BE VERY LIMITED. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO END FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AS THAT LOW MAKES STEADY PROGRESS EAST. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED AT ALL FOR AREAS OUT WEST TO SEE SOME SUN THIS AFTERNOON. WENT CLOSE TO MAV TEMPERATURES TODAY...WITH MANY AREAS STEADY FOR MOST OF THE DAY. TONIGHT THEN LOOKS CHILLY AS A SURFACE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE REGION. WENT WITH SREF NUMBERS WHICH PUTS MOST AREAS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. CONSIDERED FOG MENTION...BUT THE DEW POINTS ADVECTING INTO THE AREA MAY BE A BIT LOW FOR OPTIMAL CONDITIONS. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING FOR THE DAY SHIFT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT. AFTER A CHILLY START...TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND NICELY ON FRIDAY AS THAT RIDGE AXIS SLIDES EAST OF THE AREA. WENT SLIGHTLY ABOVE MAV TEMPERATURES WITH AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR GETTING INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM SLATED TO IMPACT THE REGION LOOKS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT ONE. OPERATIONAL MODELS AND ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO HIT ON THE LATER SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY TIME FRAME FOR THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES. HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE CHANCE POPS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH LIKELY POPS SATURDAY NIGHT. DID KEEP THUNDER MENTION GOING AS NAM/GFS BOTH BRING AT LEAST SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY INTO THE AREA. MOST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND ENSEMBLE MEMBERS PUSH THIS SYSTEM OUT OF THE AREA BY LATER SUNDAY. THE ECMWF IS MUCH SLOWER TO EXIT THIS SYSTEM. NOT BUYING RIGHT NOW WITH NO REAL BLOCKING SIGNALS NOTED. EITHER WAY...WILL HAVE TO WATCH THE HYDRO SITUATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. ONCE THAT SYSTEM DOES CLEAR THE REGION...THE WEATHER LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET FROM EARLY TO MIDWEEK. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED AS WE TRANSITION TO A WESTERLY AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. SCHAUMANN && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z KSGF...KJLN AND KBBG TAFS...A STORM SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAS RESULTED IN LIFR AND IFR CONDITIONS ALONG WITH AN AREA OF RAINFALL SPREAD INTO THE AREA. IFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING INTO THE MVFR RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST TODAY AFFECTING ALL THREE TAF SITES THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST...SKIES SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR. IF WINDS CAN RELAX ENOUGH OVERNIGHT FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE MOIST GROUNDS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE FROM THE RAINFALL THAT IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR TODAY. WISE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 559 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-261200- 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- 559 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED AS INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. ISOLATED FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...THERE MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL THREAT FOR FLOODING. ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY ALSO EXIST FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL. .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) SCHAUMANN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
955 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0819 AM FLASH FLOOD PINEVILLE 36.59N 94.38W
03/25/2010 MCDONALD MO EMERGENCY MNGR
ELK RIVER AT PINEVILLE ABOUT A FOOT OUT OF ITS BANKS AND
FLOODING A LOW LYING CAMPGROUND. WATER LEVELS HAVE BEEN
HIGH OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO PREVIOUS RAIN
AND MELTED SNOW. INDIAN CREEK ALSO RUNNING HIGH BUT
WITHIN BANKS.
&&
DSAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
958 AM CDT THU MAR 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 SE COLUMBUS 37.13N 94.80W
03/25/2010 CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
CLEM ROAD FLOODED BY 8 INCHES OF WATER
&&
KARDELLThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:00 UTC.
15 flood, 13 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway H was closed at Highway T due to flooding.
Spring Street in Neosho was flooded. The flood gates were closed.
A section of Highway 413 between Galena and Crane was flooded with water running over the roadway.
The Elk River near Pineville was reported to be one foot out of its banks and flooding a low lying campground.
River Road was closed due to flooding.
Indiana Road was closed due to flooding.
Greenwood Road was flooded.
Several low water crossings were flooded with one to two feet of water on county roads.
Low water crossings were flooded.
Highway M was closed due to flooding.
Highway P was closed due to flooding from one mile south of Highway 64 to two miles south of Highway 64.
Highway C was closed due to flooding from three miles west of Highway 65 to four miles west of Highway 65.
Highway EE was closed due to flooding 1.33 miles east of Highway AD.
Highway AB was closed due to flooding 1.5 miles east of Highway 5.
The Outer Road of Highway 71 was closed due to flooding.
Flooding was reported near Highway 76 and Highway Y.
Roadhouse Road near Crane was impassable due to flooding.
Highway FF was closed due to flooding two miles east of Highway 14.
Rock Church Road was flooded between Highway 413 and Highway HH.
Railey Creek Road was flooded.
Highway Y was closed from Highway 5 to 4.76 miles west of Highway 5.
Flooding was reported near the intersection of Highway Z and Highway H.
Highway U was closed six miles east of Highway 76.
Highway 97 was closed north of Road 2110.
State Route T was closed from four miles east of Highway 5 to four miles west of State Route J.
Highway U closed three miles south of Highway 76.
Highway CC closed three miles east of Highway C.
Highway 95 was closed three miles east of Highway N.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 2010
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: 220367, 220344, 220345, 220343, 220346, 220348, 220363, 220366, 220349, 220350, 220369, 220370, 220371, 220373, 220374, 220353, 220356, 220376, 220358, 220359, 220378, 220379, 220381, 220383, 220361, 220385, 220386, 220387.