Strong to severe thunderstorms, associated with a cold front, pushed across southeast Kansas and into Missouri. The storms initially produced severe wind gusts up to 75 mph in Kansas, then produced flooding rains across portions of central Missouri.
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Strong to severe thunderstorms, associated with a cold front, pushed across southeast Kansas and into Missouri. The storms initially produced severe wind gusts up to 75 mph in Kansas, then produced flooding rains across portions of central Missouri.
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 2, 5:33 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 633 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY DRY AND MILD WEATHER FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND ARE THE FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS. A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTEND ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT AIDED BY A NARROW AXIS OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD TODAY ENTERING SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A PRIMARY RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS AND A SECONDARY RISK OF LARGE HAIL. DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE...INSTABILITY WILL ALSO BE MARGINAL WITH MU CAPE VALUES EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 1000 J/KG. HOWEVER...0-6KM BULK WIND SHEAR WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR A DAMAGING WIND THREAT. THIS LIMITED MOISTURE WILL ALSO NEGATE A FLOOD THREAT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE OZARKS TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL END ACROSS THE AREA WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE BEHIND THE FRONT. A MILD AND DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION BRINGING A COMFORTABLE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. EARLY NEXT WEEK...FORECAST MODELS DEPICT A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH OF THE OZARKS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL OZARKS AIDED BY MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM INTERSECTING LOW LEVEL JET. MID WEEK AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DIG INTO THE PLAINS TRACKING ANOTHER FRONT INTO THE OZARKS WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ANGLE && .AVIATION... LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CEILINGS WILL LOWER WITH MVFR CEILINGS WIDESPREAD BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE APPROACHING FRONT WILL REACH JOPLIN TERMINAL BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPRINGFIELD BY MID AFTERNOON. MVFR TO LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES TO THE EAST. FOSTER && .FIRE WEATHER... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A FRONT MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT. WELL AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL OCCUR WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY IN THE WEEK. ANGLE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 555 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031100- 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- 555 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...ELEVATED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST RISK IS ELEVATED WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE... HAIL RISK IS ELEVATED WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS... LIGHTNING RISK IS SIGNIFICANT... FIRE WEATHER RISK IS LIMITED... NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK IS LIMITED... AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THERE IS A LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST RISK TODAY AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH POSSIBLE. THERE REMAINS A LIMITED RISK OF FIRE WEATHER ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND DRY FUELS. DISCUSSION: WHILE MOISTURE IS LIMITED...MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND SUFFICIENT SHEAR IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT ADVANCING FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE MISSOURI OZARKS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE FIRE WEATHER RISK WILL RANGE FROM LIMITED TO ELEVATED THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS. DUE TO THESE CONDITIONS...ANY OPEN BURNING IS DISCOURAGED EXCEPT BY EXPERIENCED FIRE PERSONNEL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. && 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) ANGLE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 852 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-021415- BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-CHEROKEE KS-VERNON MO- 852 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD AND WESTERN VERNON COUNTIES... AT 844 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A BAND OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST OF COFFEYVILLE TO NEAR IOLA IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WHILE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE IN APPEARANCE ON RADAR...THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS NEAR OR ABOVE SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY TRACK INTO BOURBON...CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES BETWEEN 915 AND 10 AM. PEOPLE IN BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD AND WESTERN VERNON COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. RUNNELS
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:20 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged a modular home near Hidden Valley Lake. The home's roof was lifted off of the home and the western walls were pushed in. In addition, several trees were toppled taking down at least one power line.
Several reports of 60 mph winds were received by the office of Emergency Management. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2010
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: 214171, 214172.