Two to four inches of widespread rainfall fell over extreme southeast Kansas. Widespread flash flooding occurred over the region as creeks and mainstem rivers flooded low lying areas.
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Two to four inches of widespread rainfall fell over extreme southeast Kansas. Widespread flash flooding occurred over the region as creeks and mainstem rivers flooded low lying areas.
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 Jun 13, 1:50 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
250 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
.DISCUSSION...
A WEST TO EAST LINE OF CONVECTION DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. INDIVIDUAL UPDRAFTS CONTINUE TO TRAIN
ALONG THE SAME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE LINE...WHICH HAS INCREASED
CONCERNS FOR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS
FOR AREAS OF WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY THAT HUG LIGHTNING
CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...AND THE NEOSHO RIVER.
EXCESSIVE RAIN IN NEOSHO AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WILL CAUSE FLOODING
WITHIN THESE STREAMS...WHICH FLOWS INTO THE CHEROKEE LOWLANDS.
ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY WITHIN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA OF
WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.
BOURBON...VERNON...ST.CLAIR...AND BARTON COUNTIES REALLY NEED TO
MONITOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A RAINFALL
REPORT OF 6.50 INCHES JUST CAME IN FROM WILSON COUNTY KANSAS.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY
AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM GRADUALLY SHIFTS DEEPER INTO THE CWA.
AFTERNOON HEATING WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED AREAL COVERAGE
IN THIS ACTIVITY. THIS INSTABILITY ALONG WITH RADAR TRENDS FROM
ONGOING CONVECTION PROMPTED ME TO SWING TODAYS POP FORECAST CLOSER TO
THE WETTER WRF SOLUTION. ALSO LOWERED TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES
DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP HANGING ON THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.
THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO ARKANSAS BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL
ALLOW FOR A DRY AND PLEASANT WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 80S
BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE
LOW 60S.
HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK...THE FORECAST BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AS
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON A NIGHTLY BASIS.
ATTEMPTING TO PINPOINT WHERE THESE SYSTEMS WILL DEVELOP AND IMPACT
IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER...THE OZARKS WILL BE
POSITIONED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE SUMMERTIME RIDGE...WHICH IS A
FAVORABLE POSITION FOR EXPERIENCING A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS. WILL
FOLLOW THE MEX POPS RATHER CLOSELY THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST.
CRAMER
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 0600 UTC KSGF/KJLN TAFS...EXPECT STORMS TO GRADUALLY MOVE
INTO THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. WILL GENERALLY SEE MVFR CEILINGS
WITH MVFR TO IFR VISIBILITY AT TIMES WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS. DIFFUSE
FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR SOMETIME ON FRI...BUT CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY PLAY HAVOC WITH TRYING TO TIME THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE TIME. IN GENERAL...CEILINGS SHOULD LOWER FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING CONVECTION...AND HAVE SOMEWHAT
LOWER CEILINGS IN THE TAFS IN THE AFTERNOON TO REFLECT THIS. SOME
FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT WITH A MOIST GROUND AND DECOUPLED BOUNDARY
LAYER...BUT HEAVIER FOG WILL LIKELY BE AFTER THE VALID TIME OF
THIS TAF SET. DSA
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR MOZ055>058-066>070-
077>081-088-089.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1101 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-140415- 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- 1101 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT THE OVERALL THREAT FOR TORNADOES IS LOW. AREAS AFFECT AND TIMING: MIDNIGHT TO 3 AM...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO BOLIVAR TO ELDON. FROM 3 AM TO 6 AM...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO MARSHFIELD TO ROLLA. THE OVERALL BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO TO BOLIVAR TO ELDON. DISCUSSION: A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. INCREASING LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CAUSE THE THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF A JOPLIN TO LEBANON LINE TONIGHT WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW MUCH CLEARING AND RESULTING INSTABILITY DEVELOPS. IF SUFFICIENT CLEARING TAKES PLACE...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. && 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) DSA
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:01 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread flash flooding occurred across Bourbon County. This flash flooding was mainly confined to low water crossings. However, a section of Highway 69 was closed due to flooding of Wood Creek.
The West Fork and the East Fork of Wood Creek flooded low lying areas of northeast Crawford County.
Heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding over Cherokee County. The Spring River flooded low lying areas in the eastern section of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2008
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: 110892, 110894, 110885.