Thunderstorms moved through southeast Kansas producing flooding across the region. Additional strong to severe thunderstorms produced wind damage from near Pittsburg to Baxter Springs during the evening hours as the storms moved into Missouri.
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Thunderstorms moved through southeast Kansas producing flooding across the region. Additional strong to severe thunderstorms produced wind damage from near Pittsburg to Baxter Springs during the evening hours as the storms moved into 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 Sep 15, 5:04 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 604 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 .DISCUSSION... TOUGH FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS REGARDING CONVECTIVE AND SEVERE POTENTIAL. WHILE CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH FROM A SYNOPTIC SCALE STANDPOINT...THE MESOSCALE IS A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY. WITH THE MESOSCALE PLAYING A MUCH BIGGER ROLE IN CONVECTIVE LONGEVITY AND SEVERE POTENTIAL THROUGH TONIGHT...FINE TUNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TO THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. CURRENTLY...AN MCS HAS DEVELOPED AND IS PUSHING EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS RECENTLY DEVELOP AND EXTENDS SOUTHEAST FROM THE MCS INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING FUELED BY STRONG ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE/MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. THE TRACK OF THE MCS WILL PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN SEVERE POTENTIAL TODAY. FIRST OFF...MODELS SEEM TOO SLOW AND TOO FAR NORTH WITH THE TRACK GIVEN ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS/CORFIDI VECTORS. CURRENT THINKING IS THIS MCS WILL TRACK INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MID MORNING. MEANWHILE...EXPECT SCATTERED ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE AND SHIFT EAST INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING AS THAT AREA OF MOISTURE CONVERGENCE SHIFTS EAST. THE EXACT TIMING OF THE MCS AND COVERAGE OF SCATTERED ACTIVITY WILL BE CRITICAL FOR INSTABILITY AND CAP STRENGTH. IF THE MCS IS LATER TO ARRIVE...IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE IT MAY BECOME SURFACE BASED AND SWEEP THROUGH THE OZARKS THIS AFTERNOON. ON THE OTHER HAND...ELEVATED CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE MCS AND A QUICKER ARRIVAL WOULD LEAD TO LESS INSTABILITY AND A WEAKENING TREND. AM CURRENTLY LEANING TOWARDS THE SECOND SCENARIO WITH THE MCS WEAKENING AS IT PUSHES INTO THE EASTERN OZARKS. LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...WE WILL THEN SEE A FRONT PUSH INTO THE REGION AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVES EAST ACROSS THE CORN BELT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO EASTERN KANSAS. THIS MAY INITIALLY START AS SUPERCELLS BEFORE LINEAR FORCING TAKES OVER. SHOULD THEN SEE A LINE OR BROKEN LINE OF STORMS CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP INTO THE LIKELY RANGE OVER MOST AREAS. WITH ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY...WENT WITH A CONSENSUS MODEL APPROACH TO TEMPERATURES. SEVERE POTENTIAL TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS THIS MORNING. THAT MCS IS CURRENTLY SHOWING SOME FORWARD PROPAGATING SIGNATURES. INSTABILITY AND WIND FIELDS ARE BORDER LINE ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS MORNING. IF IT CAN...THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE WIND THREAT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. IF THAT FIRST MCS CAN THEN TAKE ROOT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE WIND THREAT FURTHER TO THE EAST. THE AMOUNT OF RECOVERY BEHIND THE MCS WILL THEN BECOME A PRIMARY CONCERN. IF AREAS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI CAN GET SOME GOOD BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS...WIND SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WOULD BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...HOWEVER THERE WOULD BE A LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WITH ANY REMAINING SUPERCELLS. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH FOR SPIN-UPS WITH ANY SQUALL LINE/BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. THE SEVERE THREAT WOULD TEND TO DIMINISH THE FURTHER EAST YOU GO INTO THE OZARKS. IF SUFFICIENT RECOVERY DOES NOT TAKE PLACE...A WEAKER FORCED LINE OF CONVECTION WOULD LIKELY RESULT...WITH MAINLY A SUB-SEVERE WIND THREAT. NOT TO BE LOST IN THIS DISCUSSION IS THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. CONSIDERED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT CONFIDENCE IS JUST TOO LOW IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF CONVECTION. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING FOR THE DAY SHIFT TO AGAIN PONDER. THE FRONT SHOULD THEN CLEAR THE AREA BY MID MORNING ON THURSDAY. COULD SEE A LEFT OVER SHOWER OR STORM ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...BUT MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. HAVE THEN MAINTAINED A DRY FORECAST FOR NOW INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS DO DROP A FRONT INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS WEEKEND. NOT SEEING MUCH LARGE SCALE SUPPORT TO SEND THE FRONT ANY FURTHER SOUTH. SCHAUMANN && .AVIATION... FOR THE 12Z TAFS... CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX FORECAST TODAY FOR ALL THREE TERMINALS. ONGOING CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING...LIKELY IMPACTING KJLN BY MID MORNING. FOR KSGF AND KBBG...EFFECTS OF THIS INITIAL TSRA COMPLEX ARE MUCH MORE IN QUESTION...SO HAVE ONLY INDICATED VCTS AT THIS TIME. OTHER CONCERN THIS MORNING IS VARIABLE CIGS AND VIS THIS MORNING AT KBBG. CIG/VIS HAVE BEEN JUMPING AROUND BETWEEN MVFR AND VLIFR EARLY THIS MORNING...AND BELIEVE THAT LOCAL TERRAIN EFFECTS LIKELY PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN THIS CASE. ONCE SUNRISE TAKES PLACE AND SOME SURFACE MIXING IS ABLE TO TAKE PLACE...SHOULD SEE VARIABLE CIG/VIS COME UP TO MVFR AND EVENTUALLY VFR. LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING...TSRA LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG/AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND AFFECT THE TERMINALS. TIMING AND EXTENT OF THIS CONVECTION REMAINS VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT...SO HAVE MAINTAINED VCTS/CB MENTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LATER SHIFTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO AMEND GOING TAFS FOR MORE DETAIL ONCE CONVECTIVE SCENARIO BECOMES MORE CLEAR. BOXELL && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 504 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161015- 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- 504 AM CDT WED SEP 15 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... THE FOG RISK IS LIMITED. THE THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK IS ELEVATED FOR GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. THE HAIL RISK IS ELEVATED FOR HAIL LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. THE TORNADO RISK IS LIMITED. THE FLOODING RISK IS LIMITED. THE LIGHTNING RISK IS ELEVATED. DISCUSSION... PATCHY FOG WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A MILE WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI BY MID MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THESE STORMS WILL WEAKEN AS THEY SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OZARKS LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THERE IS AT LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO REINTENSIFY IF THE ATMOSPHERE CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. IF THIS OCCURS...THERE WOULD BE A THREAT FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO EASTERN KANSAS. IF THE ATMOSPHERE CAN AGAIN BECOME UNSTABLE BEHIND THE MORNING STORMS...ENOUGH WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE WILL INITIALLY BE A THREAT FOR HAIL LARGER THAN QUARTERS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES NORTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO OSAGE BEACH LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS THESE STORMS SHOULD QUICKLY FORM INTO A BROKEN LINE. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH A THREAT FOR WINDS TO 60 MPH AND PERHAPS SOME LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO SPRINGFIELD TO ROUND SPRING LINE. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...HOWEVER NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY THEN BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING NORTH OF AN ANDERSON TO OZARK TO SALEM LINE. && 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) SCHAUMANN
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:59 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Bourbon County Courthouse which caused damage to the roof. There was also significant damage to electronics and computers inside the courthouse.
Numerous city streets were reported to have six to twelve inches of flowing water over them.
Several power poles were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
A portion of the Central Junior High School Gym roof was damaged by severe thunderstorm winds. This allowed rainfall to to enter the gym with nearly four inches of standing water accumulating on the gym floor.
A storm spotter measured a winds gust using a hand held anemometer. No damage was reported in the grass and farm dominated location.
Severe thunderstorm winds were estimated by a storm spotter.
A 30 by 50 foot unfinished garage that was under construction was blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.
A section of Highway 7, one mile south of Highway 31, was closed due to flooding. Eighteen inches of flowing water was observed flowing over the road.
A section of Highway 65 was closed where one foot of water was reported over the road.
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, September 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: 260192, 260722, 260183, 260184, 260188, 260189, 260185, 260723, 260724.