A series of convective events impacted the region during the day and into the overnight hours. Thunderstorms initially affected central Missouri producing heavy rainfall and localized flooding.
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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 episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A series of convective events impacted the region during the day and into the overnight hours. Thunderstorms initially affected central Missouri producing heavy rainfall and localized flooding. Thunderstorms propagated southeast across the Missouri Ozarks through the afternoon with an isolated severe storm impacting the Rogersville area with strong microbursts. Additional strong to severe convection moved out of Kansas and across the Ozarks generating scattered wind damage and a tornado near Nixa.
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 Sep 14, 11:36 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1236 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 310 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010/ MAIN FOCUS IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL DEAL WITH CONVECTION POTENTIAL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN ATTENTION TURNS TO WARMER CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. CURRENTLY...THE AREA OF CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPED AND PUSHED INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO THIS MORNING HAS PUSHED WELL OFF TO THE SOUTH. THE CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY IS STILL LINGERING ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA...RESULTING IN COOLER CONDITIONS HERE AS EARLY AFTERNOON READINGS WERE IN THE LOWER 70S. ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. THINK MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL BE SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT THAT SPREADS INTO THE WESTERN CWA THAT MAY GENERATE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM BUT FOR THE MUST PART DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THE LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. THE AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND THIS LOW LEVEL JET MAY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE IF AN MCS IS ABLE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODELS DO NOT HANDLE THESE TYPE OF SYSTEMS VERY WELL...SO WILL HAVE TO REALLY WAIT UNTIL ONE DEVELOPS TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE TRACK AND TIMING OF ANY POTENTIAL MCS TONIGHT. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL THEN PUSH EAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SEND A COLD FRONT TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LINE OF STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY SHOULD BE IN PLACE ACROSS THESE AREA TO MAKE A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH MAINLY A WIND RISK WITH THE STRONGER LINE SEGMENTS. THE SEVERE RISK SHOULD THEN DECREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA...BUT NOT COMPLETELY ZERO...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA AS INSTABILITY WEAKENS OVERNIGHT AND THE LOW LEVEL SHEAR VECTORS BECOME LESS SUPPORTIVE OF MAINTAINING STRONG STORMS. SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION MAY BE POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MID DAY THURSDAY. A SLIGHTLY COOLER AIRMASS WILL SLIDE INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS COOL DOWN WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WISE && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1236 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2010/ FOR THE 06Z TAF PACKAGE...PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE TSRA...POSSIBLY STRONG...MOVING THROUGH TAF SITES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS OF THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. COMPLEX OF TSRA OVER NW KS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST...THEN EAST SOUTHEAST WITH TIME. TIMING WILL BE EVERYTHING IS SO FAR AS THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM IS CONCERNED...PLEASE MONITOR THE ROUTINE AFD ISSUANCE THIS MORNING AND SUBSEQUENT UPDATES REGARDING THIS ISSUE. WIND AND MVFR TO IFR CIGS/VIS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. VFR IS EXPECTED PRIOR AND AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE OF TSRA...WITH LLWS COMING INTO PLAY LATE IN THE FORECAST CYCLE AT JLN AND SGF. GAGAN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 747 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-160100- 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- 747 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 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...LIMITED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... THE LIGHTNING RISK IS LIMITED. DISCUSSION... LATER TONIGHT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRACK EAST SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. IF THESE STORMS CAN MANAGE TO MAKE IT INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA...THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO THE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF A LAMAR TO OSAGE BEACH LINE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .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
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:59 UTC.
20 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A low water crossing near Farm Road 213 and Division Street was closed due to flooding.
Minor roof damage was reported to several buildings along Highway 60. A large road sign and several smaller signs were blown down.
A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated winds of 80 mph, caused numerous large trees to be blown over with several trees laying on a house.
Minor roof damage occurred to a home and more than thirty trees were downed by high winds.
A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated 80 mph winds, uprooted and snapped 30 or more trees and removed the roof off a large workshop. The damage occurred at the intersection of Farm Roads 170 and 243.
A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated 85 mph winds, uprooted and snapped numerous large trees that fell across the railroad tracks and Farm Road 148. Train traffic was stopped to clear trees from the tracks.
A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated 90 mph winds, destroyed a large barn and uprooted several trees around a House on Highway B in the northern part of Rogersville. Several other trees were blown onto houses and vehicles.
A large tree was blown down, blocking one west bound lane of Highway 60.
A NWS storm survey team determined that a microburst, with estimated 85 mph winds, uprooted numerous large trees at a residence at the intersection of Highway U and Sprout Spring Road. A large barn was destroyed at the intersection of Sprout Spring Road and Road 34.
Several large tree limbs were reported down on power lines which caused temporary outages on the northwest side of the city.
Several low water crossings across the county were reported as flooded and impassable.
Several trees were downed by high winds.
A few trees were reported down in the city.
Severe thunderstorm winds were estimated by a deputy sheriff.
Several large tree limbs were downed in the city of El Dorado Springs.
Several trees were reported down across Fiske Street.
A NWS Storm Survey Team concluded that an EF-0 tornado with estimated winds of 80 to 85 mph touched down around 4.5 miles southwest of Nixa and tracked northeast around 1/2 mile. This tornado uprooted numerous trees and broke numerous limbs up to twelve inches in diameter.
Multiple large trees were downed by high winds.
A large tree was reported down by spotters.
Severe winds were estimated by an amateur radio operator.
Severe winds were estimated by an amateur radio operator.
A large tree was reported down near County Road RA, three miles north of State Route 60.
A large tree was reported down by a Sheriffs Deputy.
Route CC was closed due to flooding.
The intersections of Farm Roads 193 South and 148 was reported as flooded and impassable.
Route C was closed due to flooding.
A low water bridge was washed out at the intersection of Tally Bend Road and County Road 1700.
State Route P was closed due to flooding.
County Road V was closed due to flooding.
State Route BB was closed due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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