A thin line of strong to severe thunderstorms impacted the Missouri Ozarks during the evening of October 25th. Several reports of wind damage were received as these storms raced east at nearly 50 mph.
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.
A thin line of strong to severe thunderstorms impacted the Missouri Ozarks during the evening of October 25th. Several reports of wind damage were received as these storms raced east at nearly 50 mph. These storms developed along a strong cold front which extended south from a powerful low pressure system centered over the northern plains.
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 Oct 25, 8:59 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1031 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-270345- 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- 1031 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...SIGNIFICANT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED RISK FOR THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. LIMITED TORNADO RISK. LIMITED HAIL RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED NON-THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. DISCUSSION... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SWEEP RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS OVERNIGHT. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF WIND SHEAR...AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE QUARTERS MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 71 WITH AN INCREASING RISK EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. THE STORMS WILL REACH THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR AROUND 1 AM...AND HIGHWAY 63 BY 4 AM. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE STORMS DUE TO THE PASSING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FIRES IN THESE CONDITIONS CAN RAPIDLY ESCAPE CONTROL. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ON AN AFTERNOON BASIS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A RISK OF PATCHY FROST THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS. && 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
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</html>The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:04 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown into a power line.
A tree fell on power lines and caught fire at the intersection of Summit Road and Reid Road.
Power poles were reported down in Warsaw.
Power poles were reported down in Warsaw.
A downed tree blocked Farm Road 1135 between Highway C and Highway VV.
A large limb was observed across the road.
An eighteen inch diameter tree fell on power lines and knocked out power.
A tree was reported down on Road 123 south of Route 32 between Fair Play and Aldrich.
A tree was reported down across the road in town.
A large tree was reported down in the town square.
A ten inch limb broke a window.
There were reports of broken power poles and several broken tree tops. The time of event was estimated from the radar.
A six inch tree limb was reported down.
A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Lebanon Airport.
A traffic signal was blown over blocking traffic at the intersection of Battlefield and Freemont. There were scattered power outages reported around town.
A few trees were reported down across roads at various locations in the towns of Tuscumbia and Eldon.
A 51 knot or 59 mph wind gust was observed at the Laclede County Emergency Operations Center. This wind gust occurred in response to a line of thunderstorms that moved across the area.
A tree was reported to have fallen on power lines on Highway 14 which disrupted power to several homes.
A tree was reported to have fallen on a house in Wasola.
Trees were reported down on both Highway 17 and Highway T.
A small shed was blown across the road.
Trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway PP.
A 59 knot or 68 mph wind gust was measured at KVIH.
A tree was reported down on Highway 160 at the county line just west of Caulfield.
A downed tree blocked Route 160 near County Road JJ.
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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 263182, 263184, 263185, 263186, 263187, 263188, 263189, 263190, 263191, 263192, 263193, 263194, 263195, 263200, 263196, 263197, 263204, 263198, 263203, 263210, 263202, 263211, 263201, 263205, 263209.