Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 1

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OUahoas, At Ira 49 people hurt tad at least fcoua Utti4tH la Kiuawti Th starra cauwd sntflions of deUart The nara tjttMi d4 not cuw any damage it t)t Sptnf ami 80 mllw northwut of SpringfWdL TU ktlm wat IdontinH at Uii Smltii, 7S, of Routt I. Dorado Spring Authority uid th wonun'i hom wai ktroy4 Cedar County SNrrtfTi diipatcher Janlca DanteU Mid tiwrt wrn alw 38 injurivi In tht county. A ipokttmaa for Odar County Memorial Hotpital in El Dorado Spring! afd 10 pplt wrt trwrttd for minor injuriti and rtltaaed. No ont wat admitted to tht hctplul with itorm- StTWinWtSfaftU wnifti MMunti dun and Injuria rUrdrtt hit ri County, whtt th only rtorm i. W4 hth to MuxMrt occwrrwl la Cedar Spring which iOMt4 on U.S.

about Hvt mlli tut of Dorado kwuMt to Cwttf, Smim, Jipef. Baiton, KKkofj nd Vwtwa cowRIm ftp th ttormt cxul 7 Don M2hnl(cn mm Weather crews use their skills to alert Ozarks When most mldtntt of Springfield and southwest Mis-tourt were tnjoytng a sunny afternoon Tutsday, with tern- in tht 70t, serious work was beginning In tht aUonal Weather Servict office at tht Springfield Regional Airport Th keys were three midafternoon reports that tornados Were down south and east of Wichita. "That was when we started getting ready," Springfield weather station superior Art Valdemar said, "I kept two guys over, and I planned to come In at 9. That way, we had three guys here until 3 this morning." Tht violent weathr was developing ahead of cold front, and it did not disappoint weather observers. A tornado watch, a term used to alert tht public that tornado Is possible and that people should be ready to takt protective action, was'issued by tht Kansas City weather office for the period 3 to 9 p.m.

A regional ham radio network wat called Into action, and together with communications from law enforcement agencies and commercial news media, tht tracking of the storms began. It went Tike this, Valdemar said: 7:40 p.m. A tornado was down at McCune, This picture ihowi port cf the tiamast caused by a tornatfo that smashed Cedar Springs In Cedar County Monday night In which Smith Route El Dorado Springs, was Killed. Ten other persons suffered minor inluries. Friends, neighbors: gather Jf CEDAR f.

SPRINGS I normal to help return to "All six of us was lucky," Mrs. Jones agreed. Tht home's lights went out at 8:40 p.m. and a tornado struck about five minutes later, sht said. Tht family huddled under blankets In tht uuuiwfsi mwDurg, ana reported moving northeast.

8:10 p.m. The weather office here issued a tornado warning, which describes where the tornado was sighted and which areas should take defensive action, for Barton and Vernon counties two Missouri border counties. 8:33 p.m. The office here re-issued tornado warning for all of Barton County, based on reports from Mineral and Scammon, spotters. 9:10 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning was Issued for Vernon County, although the storm containing the tor. nado apparently had passed. 9:20 p.m. The first storm was moving eastward, so a tornado warning was issued for tht northern half of Polk County, 10:63 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning wat Issued for Barry and Stone counties, when the weather servlct discovered heavy storms were in northwest Arkansas.

Fortunately, that storm did not move north, i 1:20 a.m. Severe thunderstorm warnings were Issued for southeast Ozark and Howell counties, but no reports of severe weather wort received at the weather office. 3 am It was all clear In tht four-state area covered by the weather office here. Reports being received by ham radio operators through a portable set booked into tht weather service antenna at the airport bore out the fears of the weathermen. But It could have been worse, Valdemar claimed.

"In the old days, when we didn't have any communications, we'd been dead ducks," he said. For Instance, just to be sure Polk County had received its tornado warning, the office here placed a phone call to the Polk County Sheriffs office In Bolivar. "The lint was busy," Valdemar smiled. Polk County had received the radioed warning, it turned '-V-. Arr cruxo croLis iif "A i 'I I 1 v- "7 1 i 1 P- -mmirnii rrirwirrr -rwir ini By Cher! Duncan Thalai9rilrm- 1 CEDAR SPRINGS Splintered trees, acat-tered along the roadways here today, pointed like accusing finger at tht warm spring sky from which a tornado blasted Monday night Ray and Jamie Jones stood With their children in tht middle of what only day ago was their earth-sheltered home on Missouri 64.

Today, ft looked like nothing more than a concrete patio crowded with debris, open on three sides. Half of the roof was tangled in the branches of a tail oak; the rest of it lay shattered at tht foot of a hill. "They always say basement homes art safe. That's why we built it, that and the heating and cooling," Mrs. Jones said today.

Sht shrugged her shoulders. A friend standing nearby reminded her that' the family probably would have been killed in a regular frame home. kitchen. "My youngest boy was' laying on the bed, but he moved just in time. Th cabinets fell on tht bed right where he had been laying," Mn.

Jones aid. She paused to i regain her composure Her youngest daughter tugged at Mrs. Jones' slacks and pointed at a swing set twisted beside the remains of the house. honey. It locks it got your new iwingset," Mrs.

Jones said. "We Just bought that $94. It was my pycfceck." Her son searched tuouch tht debris for family pictures that concerned Mrs. Jones. Sht brushed dirt off a framed portrait when her son Set CEDAR, figs IA IllustrationMikt Willis This mzp shows f.3 cf tirRSujs ttct c'simsd one lifa in Misscurl end ct Itsst fcur in rVtsniay afcfwrii i- 'i mi 'Tin Police honor grandmother who aided lads 1 cratd cf et'bt and grvst jitjdmothtr cf tif, 43 fha ehf-ptu r.jrd te nice clii'irpn, lut lii-y ti.l IVtullliA4.fl "TItUJiPrws-" Jm.

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