On April 30, 2025, slow moving showers and storms moved over portions of the Ozarks that had received multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over the preceding week. As a result, residual flooding occurred during the early morning of May 1, with several road closures in Howell and Jasper counties.
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On April 30, 2025, slow moving showers and storms moved over portions of the Ozarks that had received multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over the preceding week. As a result, residual flooding occurred during the early morning of May 1, with several road closures in Howell and Jasper counties.
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 30, 11:58 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 1258 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Flood Watch continues through 7 AM Thursday with another round of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight. - Shower and thunderstorm chances continue during the day Thursday. Therefore, any lingering flood impacts may continue for areas receiving more heavy rainfall. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... Issued at 201 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Synoptic overview and current conditions: Water vapor imagery and upper level analysis show a large scale trough shifting into the central and southern plains, and another shortwave trough shifting southeast across Montana and northwest Wyoming. Regional radar shows a thunderstorm complex over eastern Oklahoma into Texas shifting east northeast, with the northern edge of precipitation shifting into southwest Missouri. A stationary boundary was located along the MO/AR border. Temperatures were ranging from the mid 60s to mid 70s with the warmer conditions in areas across southern Missouri which have broken out of the cloud cover. Rest of this afternoon into tonight: The thunderstorm complex should continue shifting east-northeast with the northern portions of this pushing across mostly southern Missouri within our CWA. Some instability has crept into far southern Missouri and will need to monitor this area for potential strong to severe wind gusts. Can't entirely rule out a brief spin-up tornado given near the surface front. The better severe weather chances will occur further south of the CWA within a higher area of instability. CAMS shift the majority of this convection to the east of the CWA by 04-06z, so most of the precipitation will occur in the remainder of the afternoon and evening. During the overnight hours, the southern/central plains shortwave should shift into the area. Pops will continue, but should be lower behind the MCS. We are expecting low stratus to build into the area overnight tonight. Thursday-Thursday night: The shortwave will continue to lift northeast through the area while the northern stream system will drop southeast into the mid and upper Mississippi valley regions. Additional rain chances will continue through Thursday night, however the risk for the heavy rain/flood potential should come to an end by Thursday morning. Will continue the flood watch through 7 AM Thursday. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 201 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 The upper trough will then begin to shift into the area from the northwest on Friday into Friday night. This will keep at least low pops in the forecast through Friday night. Differences are showing up in how the trough is handled over the weekend. Some of the models start to cut off the low east of the area and may linger low precipitation chances over the area through the weekend. Some of the models are pushing a more progressive trough trough which would keep generally dry conditions in through the weekend as high pressure builds into the area. We will likely keep in some low pops in at least our eastern CWA through the weekend and diminish pops below 15% over the west. We should get some upper level ridging in between two trough axis early next week with a dry and slightly warmer temperatures. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 1249 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025 A few scattered showers may be possible through Thursday morning, but confidence in their development is low and confidence in any storms that do develop impacting the TAF sites is even lower; hence, not even a prob30 for it. Ceilings look to drop through MVFR into IFR and even LIFR conditions between 09-14Z, then around 15Z MVFR improves to VFR and remains there for the rest of Thursday as clouds filter out of the area. Winds are light and southerly this morning, becoming more westerly as the day progresses. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. MO...None. && SHORT TERM...Lindenberg LONG TERM...Lindenberg AVIATION...Camden
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 1043 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-020345- 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- 1043 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited lightning risk. DISCUSSION... A few showers with isolated thunderstorms will develop tonight into Thursday morning. River flooding due to previous rainfall continues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Additional scattered showers and thunderstorms will bring more rainfall and lightning risk to the region through Thursday into the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/dsspacket This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Didio
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1221 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025
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0600 PM Non-Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 W Aurora 36.97N 93.73W
04/30/2025 Lawrence MO 911 Call Center
Non thunderstorm winds downed a tree,
blocking the roadway in Aurora.
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MBPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1239 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025
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0930 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 SE Glidewell 37.27N 93.28W
04/29/2025 Greene MO Broadcast Media
Barn destroyed.
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MBPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
105 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025
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0945 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 SE Chadwick 36.90N 93.01W
04/29/2025 Christian MO 911 Call Center
Tree down over the roadway.
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MBPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
108 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025
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0930 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 ENE Ozark 37.03N 93.19W
04/29/2025 Christian MO 911 Call Center
Two trees down blocking the road in ozark.
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MBPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
120 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025
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0930 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 5 N Battlefield 37.18N 93.38W
04/29/2025 Greene MO NWS Employee
Numerous trees snapped and limbs down in
southwest Springfield.
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MBPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Springfield MO
121 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025
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0951 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 NNE Northview 37.32N 92.98W
04/29/2025 Webster MO NWS Employee
Several large tree limbs up to 12 inches in
diameter down at COOP site.
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MBThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
State Highway K was closed due to flooding that occurred on April 30, 2025.
State Highway 142 was closed due to flooding that occurred on April 30, 2025.
State Highway O was closed due to flooding that occurred on April 30, 2025.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1261053, 1261054, 1261055.