Strong to severe thunderstorms impacted extreme southeast Kansas, causing damaging winds and flash 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.
Strong to severe thunderstorms impacted extreme southeast Kansas, causing damaging winds and flash flooding.
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 27, 11:19 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1219 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .UPDATE... SEVERAL AREAS OF INTEREST ARE CURRENTLY IN ACTION THIS EVENING. THE FIRST AREA IS THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING THROUGH ILLINOIS AND INTO INDIANA. THIS ACTIVITY DID NOT BACK BUILD INTO SGF CWA AND HAS LEFT THE AIRMASS QUITE JUICY. A SECOND LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL IOWA SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE SAINT JOSEPH MISSOURI AREA HAS BEEN QUITE INTENSE AT TIMES. THIS ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE PRIMARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY FORECAST TO ENTER THE CWA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY. THIS ACTIVITY CURRENTLY HAS MORE OF AN EASTERLY PROGRESSION THAN MODELS PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED...BUT HAS EXPERIENCED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OVER THE PAST HOUR. WHETHER OR NOT THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROGRESS INTO THE NORTHERN CWA AS A SEVERE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SEEMS TO DEPEND LARGELY ON FRONTAL PROGRESS...AND WHETHER OR NOT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTHWEST CAN HELP ACCELERATE THE SYSTEM. STEERING WINDS ARE LARGELY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT ITSELF OVER MUCH OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...AND IT APPEARS THAT THE SURFACE BOUNDARY HAS SLOWED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AT THIS SLOWER PACE. THIS...ALONG WITH VEERING SURFACE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST SOUTHWEST...HAS DOUBLED TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER KANSAS. WHILE CIN IS MINIMAL IN THIS ZONE...STORMS ARE HAVING TROUBLE INITIATING AT THE MOMENT. STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS FRONTAL BASED ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN CWA...LIKELY BY 1 AM. THIRD AREA OF INTEREST IS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED. WHILE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED LITTLE MOVEMENT...MAY BEGIN TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. CORFIDI VECTORS...MID LEVEL STEERING WINDS...AND SHEAR VECTORS INDICATE A PRIMARILY SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION AWAY FROM SGF CWA IF THE CELLS CAN INDEED MAINTAIN THEMSELVES FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD. A SLIGHT THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST FOR ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS WEAK SHORT WAVE ENERGY BEGINS TO INDUCE HEIGHT FALLS...BUT THIS THREAT MAY DECREASE AFTER 9 OR 10 PM AS DAYTIME HEATING WANES AND A BIT MORE INHIBITION SETTLES IN. BARJENBRUCH && .DISCUSSION... MAIN HIGHLIGHTS/CHALLENGES IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE DEALS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...TURNING TO BETTER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE POTENTIAL LATER THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. CURRENTLY CLOUD COVER FROM LAST NIGHTS MCS THAT MOVED THROUGH KANSAS REMAINS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND HAS SLOWED THE WARMING TODAY...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 80S ACROSS THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH ML-CAPES OVER 2000 J/KG WITH NO ML-CIN ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. THE MORNING MCS WORKED THE WESTERN CWA OVER A LITTLE...WITH LESS INSTABILITY AND MORE OF A CAP OVER THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. THIS IS WHERE NO CAP EXISTS AND THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY ARE IN PLACE AT THIS TIME. NO LARGE SCALE FORCING IS EXPECTED OVER THIS AREA DURING THIS TIME...HOWEVER THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THIS AREA FROM BOTH THE MCS THAT MOVED ACROSS KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND THE MCV THAT IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THESE BOUNDARIES...AND WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES...INCREASING WIND SHEAR AND THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. LATE THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO MINNESOTA. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA...LIKELY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN CWA BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z TONIGHT. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT AS IT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW...ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...WITH VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS LINE. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL THEN KICK THE COLD FRONT OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE AREA...WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA WITH NO STRONG SIGNALS FOR PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. LATE IN THE WORKWEEK AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. WITH A RETURN OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE REGION. WISE && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAF CYCLE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COVERED THIS WITH TEMPO GROUPS GIVEN THE EXPECTED SCATTERED NATURE OF THE STORMS. MVFR AND BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. LINGERING STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL A COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE SATURDAY EVENING WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SCHAUMANN && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 739 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-290045- 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- 739 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...INCREASING WIND SHEAR...AMPLE INSTABILITY...AND A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL CAUSE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE OZARKS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LEADING TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST RISK AREA OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH MIDNIGHT WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO VIENNA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF THE OZARKS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BUT THE SEVERITY WILL LIKELY DECREASE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD NEAR THE MISSOURI ARKANSAS BORDER BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AROUND MIDNIGHT NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEVADA TO VIENNA AND FOR COMMUNITIES FURTHER SOUTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. && 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) CLAYCOMB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1112 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 MOZ056-280445- MORGAN MO- 1112 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMITHTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDALIA...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BARJENBRUCH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
122 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0121 AM TSTM WND GST EL DORADO SPRINGS 37.88N 94.02W
06/28/2008 E60 MPH CEDAR MO TRAINED SPOTTER
55 TO 60 MPH GUSTS ALONG WITH DIME SIZE HAIL.
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JSSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
126 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM TSTM WND DMG VERSAILLES 38.43N 92.84W
06/28/2008 MORGAN MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BLOWN DOWN AND TWO FIRE WORKS STAND TENTS BLOWN
OVER.
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MTERRYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
156 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S HORTON 37.96N 94.36W
06/28/2008 VERNON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN INTO MEDIAN ON HIGHWAY 71.
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JSSThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:59 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Nearly 200 trees were knocked over from thunderstorm wind gusts. Approximately 12 homes were damaged from these falling trees, while power lines were also impacted. Nearly 200 homes were without power on the west side of Fort Scott.
Flash flooding occurred on a few county roads from Sherman to West Mineral.
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: 112615, 112616, 112617.