Severe thunderstorms associated with a cold pool from an upper level low developed during the early morning hours of May 13th. The storms produced hail, winds up to 60 mph, flooding and three confirmed tornadoes.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms associated with a cold pool from an upper level low developed during the early morning hours of May 13th. The storms produced hail, winds up to 60 mph, flooding and three confirmed tornadoes. Tornadoes impacted the communities of Monett, Sparta and Hurley in Missouri. The tornadoes were responsible for destroying one business and damaging at least five others as well as causing minor to moderate damage to two homes, several outbuildings, power poles, high tension utility lines and trees. Heavy rainfall from the storms on the 13th produced flooding across portions of the region as storms developed and moved across a stationary front across the Missouri Ozarks. Several rounds of storms producing heavy rainfall continues the flooding across the region lasting into the 15th before flood waters receded.
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 May 13, 5:26 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
626 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.DISCUSSION...
CURRENTLY...SURFACE COLD FRONT IS PUSHING INTO THE FAR WESTERN CWA
EARLY THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ON AND BEHIND
THIS FRONT. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
AREA. THIS INSTABILITY IS ELEVATED AS THERE REMAINS A LARGE
AMOUNT OF MLCIN ACROSS THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST THIS
MORNING. WITH THE MODERATE ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND STRONG
SHEAR IN PLACE...SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHERN CWA EARLY THIS
MORNING. IF STORMS CAN FORM INTO A LINE AND GENERATE A STRONG COLD
POOL A SEVERE WIND RISK WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN THIS MORNING. THE STORM FLOW
WILL BE PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND WITH THE SLOW EASTERLY MOVEMENT
OF THE FRONT...TRAINING OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF
MOST CONCERN WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN CWA...GENERALLY FROM ALONG
AND NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE. SATURATED
SOIL IS ALSO IN PLACE ACROSS THESE AREAS FROM THE RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALLS WHICH OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WHICH WILL
ALSO INCREASE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
OUT AS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE FLOODING
POTENTIAL.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SO A RISK FOR SEVERE HAIL
AND WIND WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. IF ENOUGH HEATING
CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT SURFACE BASED STORMS AND A LIMITED
RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN
CWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS IS A CONDITIONAL
RISK WITH THE MAIN SEVERE RISK EXPECTED BEING HAIL AND WIND WITH ANY
LINE SEGMENTS. THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING
BUT COULD SEE SOME LINGER CONVECTION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.
A COOLER AND MAINLY DRY DAY IS THEN EXPECTED ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE
FRONT. THE DRY PERIOD WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS A COUPLE UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND...BRINGING ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO
THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...HOWEVER WITH THE REPEATED ROUNDS
OF RAINFALL OVER THE AREA THIS WEEK...FLOODING COULD BE A CONCERN.
A FEW DRY DAYS ARE THEN EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH CHANCES OR
RAIN RETURN MID TO LATE WEEK AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
WISE
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z KSGF...KJLN AND KBBG TAFS....MAIN CONCERN IN THIS TAF
PACKAGE WILL DEAL WITH ON GOING CONVECTION AND A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY PUSHING TOWARDS THE TAF SITE. THE LINE OF
STORM WILL PUSH INTO THE KJLN SITE JUST BEFORE THE TAF PERIOD
BEGINS AND THROUGH THE KSGF AND KBBG SITES BY 14Z. STRONG TO
SEVERE WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS LINE AS IT PASSES OVER THE TAF
SITES.
BEHIND THIS LINE OF STORMS...SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. MVFR CEILINGS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF
PERIOD.
WISE
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOZ055>058-066>071-
077>081-088-089-093-094-101.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 508 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141015- 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- 508 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK FOR THE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT AS PUSHED INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL RESULT IN TRAINING OF STORMS. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA WHICH MAY RESULT IN HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION SOILS ARE VERY SATURATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI WHICH WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED RISK FOR FLOODING NORTH OF AN ANDERSON TO ROLLA MISSOURI LINE TODAY. THERE IS ALSO AN ELEVATED RISK FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH THIS MORNING AS A LINE OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA PUSHES NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE AREA. THERE COULD ALSO BE SMALL TO MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS MORNING. IF ENOUGH HEATING CAN OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY THERE IS A CONDITIONAL ELEVATED SEVERE HAIL AND WIND THREAT...AND POSSIBLE LIMITED ISOLATED TORNADO RISK ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN OUTLOOK AREA...OR GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A WEST PLAINS TO OSAGE BEACH LINE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED DURING THE WEEK...THE FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS THE GROUND BECOMES SATURATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AND AGAIN LATER TODAY OR THIS EVENING EAST OF A WEST PLAINS TO OSAGE BEACH LINE. && 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) WISE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
315 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0309 AM HAIL HIATTVILLE 37.72N 94.87W
05/13/2010 M1.00 INCH BOURBON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
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WISEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
338 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0327 AM TSTM WND GST FRONTENAC 37.46N 94.69W
05/13/2010 E60 MPH CRAWFORD KS TRAINED SPOTTER
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WISEThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:28 UTC.
10 flash flood, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 3 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Several streets were reported as flooded and impassable including the intersection of Zora and Lone Elm Streets.
A barn was reported blown down and blocking Beamon Hollow Road.
Several large tree limbs of 4 to 5 inches in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Several cars were blown off the road west of town. No injuries were reported. A funnel cloud was also reported at the same time.
A National Weather Service ground survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado initially touched down near the Plymouth Hill subdivision...then tracked through the Casino Park area before destroying the Pizza Hut and damaging several other structures. The tornado lifted near the race track on the eastern edge of Monett. Maximum winds were estimated at 100 to 110 mph with a maximum width of 200 yards.
Several power poles were downed inside the city limits.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and blew a trailer on to its side on Farm Road 2020.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
A large tree was downed along Prince Lane.
A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a weak EF-0 tornado touched down in rural Stone County. Minor damage occurred to a home while numerous trees were destroyed. Wind speeds were estimated at 75 mph. The tornado width was 50 yards and the length was approximately a third of a mile long.
Highway 83 near the intersection of County Road 190 was water covered.
A National Weather Service ground survey determined an EF-0 tornado downed numerous trees, destroyed a couple of outbuildings and damaged at least one home as it tracked between Sparta and one mile south of Bruner. The tornado had a maximum width of 200 yards.
Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds just east of town.
A low water crossing on Highway BB east of Highway 135 was closed as a creek escaped its banks.
The intersection of Highways 215 and J was closed briefly due to flooding.
A lightning strike to a residence caused a house fire near Holt Woods Road and Highway 160.
Two trees were downed and blocking a road in the vicinity of Cedar Gap near Highway 60.
Highway EE and several other low water crossings flooded in the Pleasant Hope area.
Excessive rainfall caused flash flooding over a section of Highway Y approximately three miles northwest of Rolla. This section of the highway has been closed off to motorists.
Flooding was reported across County Roads 156, 119, 137 and 164. These locations were closed to motorists for several hours.
Continued flooding was reported across County Roads 156, 119, 137 and 164.
Highway C near U.S. 65 was flooded and impassable to motorists.
Highway C near U.S. 65 remained flooded and impassable to motorists.
Water was reported covering the bridge at the intersection of Cedar Road and County Road 130.
Route NN from Route H to 4.4 miles east of Route H was closed due to flooding.
Multiple low water crossings were closed due to flooding across the county.
Route EE was closed due to flooding from 0.43 miles to 0.53 miles east of Route AD.
Road 200 was reported washed out as a result of flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Missouri, 2010Warnings in Missouri, May 2010
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