A small cluster of severe thunderstorms moved through far southeast Kansas.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A small cluster of severe thunderstorms moved through far southeast Kansas.
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, 2:02 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 302 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010 .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010/ FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT AND MONDAY... DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. NEAR TERM...COLD FRONT...DENOTED BY A SFC WIND SHIFT...IS JUST NW OF THE CWA AT THIS HOUR. THIS FEATURE WILL MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS EAST HEADING INTO THIS EVENING. AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS DEFINITELY WARM AND MOIST. MLCAPE IS GREATER THAN 3000 J/KG WITH NO CAP. WAT VAP IMAGERY AND 500MB VORTICITY PLOT FROM RECENT RUC INITIALIZATIONS INDICATES THAT A WEAK WAVE IS MAKING PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO E KS. AS THIS FEATURE OVERTAKES THE SFC FRONT IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS...EXPECT AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA. WIND SHEAR REMAINS QUITE WEAK...THUS STORM ORGANIZATION WILL SIDE WITH MULTICELLULAR. SBCAPE AND MLCAPE ARE CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG UPDRAFTS...THOUGH GIVEN ONLY BROAD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ANY RISK FOR SEVERE WILL BE LOCALIZED AND ON THE ORDER OF FEW/FAR BETWEEN. OVERALL EXPECT STORMS CAPABLE OF 45 MPH WIND GUSTS... SMALL HAIL...FREQ LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)... PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TIMING THE EXIT OF WHAT WILL BE A RATHER SLOW MOVING FRONT AND GRADUAL AIRMASS CHANGE. WEAK FORCING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTHERN MO INTO MONDAY MORNING...THOUGH THIS SHOULD SHIFT INTO N ARK BY THE AFTERNOON. LINGERING CLOUDS AND SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL LEND TO COOLER CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID/UPPER 80S. GRADUAL AIRMASS CHANGE WILL LEVEL OUT TUESDAY WITH QUIET...DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS. A MOST WELCOME CHANGE TO WHAT HAS BEEN A RATHER WARM JUNE. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER REGIME. DRY WITH SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE ON TAP FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. AS THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS TO THE EAST TOWARDS THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...THERE WILL BE A GRADUAL INCREASE IN TEMPS AND HUMIDITY... THOUGH NOTHING UNUSUAL FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE MED RANGE MODEL OUTPUT HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE BEHAVIOR OF TD ALEX...CURRENTLY OVER THE YUCATAN. OFFICIAL NHC GUIDANCE HAS THIS STORM SLOWLY MOVING WNW DURING THE WEEK...TURNING TO THE WEST INTO OLD MEXICO BY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS CONSIDERABLE SPREAD WITH THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THIS FEATURE AND THE SPEED WITH WHICH IT WILL MOVE. THERE ARE MODEL SOLUTIONS OUT THERE THAT TAKE THIS FEATURE DUE NORTH INTO THE MIDWEST BY FRIDAY (GFS AND GEM)...WHILE OTHER MODELS KEEP THIS FEATURE CONFINED TO OLD MEXICO. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW THE UPPER RIDGE ALOFT BEHAVES...IN PARTICULAR ITS POSITION AND STRENGTH. AM NOT RULING OUT ANY SOLUTIONS AT THIS POINT. KEEP A WARY EYE ON ALEX AS WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEK. GAGAN && .AVIATION... A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO THE OZARKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT...SURFACE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. THE AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE FRONT. NEAR THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO IFR DUE TO THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIRMASS IN PLACE. ANGLE && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 103 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281815- 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- 103 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED RISK FOR LIGHTNING. LIMITED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS. LIMITED RISK FOR LARGE HAIL. LIMITED RISK FOR EXCESSIVE HEAT. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING... STRONG TO A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS IS ENTERS THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RISK FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING...WHEN INSTABILITY WILL BE THE GREATEST. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND PENNY SIZED HAIL. A FEW STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A LIMITED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ON MONDAY MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT TO THE SOUTH MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) GAGAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 319 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010 KSZ073-097-MOZ066-077-272100- BOURBON KS-CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-VERNON MO- 319 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN CRAWFORD...NORTHWESTERN BARTON...SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON AND SOUTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRAZILTON...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GIRARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARCADIA...ARMA...ENGLEVALE...GIRARD... HEPLER...LIBERAL...MULBERRY...SHELDON AND VERDELLA. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD...NORTHWESTERN BARTON...SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON AND SOUTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTIES...INCLUDING ENGLEVALE AND ARCADIA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. ANGLE
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree in Pittsburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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