Slow moving and training of thunderstorms led to 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.
Slow moving and training of thunderstorms led to 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 5, 4:48 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 548 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 .MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 540 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX CONTINUED TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE ACTIVITY HAS GENERALLY REMAINED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT WAS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THE NEXT FEW HOURS REACHING THE I-49 CORRIDOR BY 7 AM...AND HIGHWAY 65 BY 9 AM. THESE STORMS WILL BE FEEDING OFF A LIMITED AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AS THEY HEAD EAST WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPES FALLING BELOW 1000 J/KG ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. EXPECT MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS TO GENERALLY RANGE BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. A LOCALIZED HIGHER GUST TO 50 MPH CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT IN THE DEEPER CONVECTION. OTHERWISE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY. THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN WITH TIME AS THEY SPREAD INTO THE OZARKS. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 230 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PUSHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR WEATHER TODAY. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE RIDING THROUGH A BELT OF WESTERLIES UNDERNEATH AN UPPER LOW POSITIONED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS FEATURE AND THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE OZARKS REGION TODAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ENTER FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AROUND DAY BREAK AND REACH THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY LATE MORNING THEN CONTINUE EASTWARD. WHILE THE CONVECTION WILL BE ON WEAKENING TREND AS IT ENTERS THE FORECAST AREA...STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY TODAY WITH SOME DESTABILIZATION POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE CONVECTION ARRIVES. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE LIMITED AT BEST AND CONFINED TO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING...AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE DAY. OTHERWISE EXPECT THE SHORTWAVE TO PROVIDE AMPLE SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT TO MAINTAIN A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY. OVERALL IT LOOKS TO BE A SHOWERY DAY WITH SOME THUNDER. SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO TONIGHT BUT DIMINISH FROM THE NORTHWEST AS THE SHORTWAVE TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 230 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 THE PRIMARY UPPER TROUGH AXIS AND ASSOCIATED SECONDARY FRONT WILL COME ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY. MODEST INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TO SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER DEVELOPMENT. OTHERWISE A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TO END THE WEEK AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD. THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT INTO THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ROCKIES. DISTURBANCES RIDING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THIS RIDGE AND SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY WILL PROVIDE PERIODIC CHANCES OF CONVECTION FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS BUT MAY BE IMPACTED BY ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 525 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 FOR THE KSGF...KJLN AND KBBG TAFS...MAIN FLIGHT CONCERNS TODAY WILL BE CENTERED AROUND CONVECTION LOCATED TO THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST THIS MORNING AND SHOULD AFFECT THE JOPLIN AREA AROUND 12 TO 14Z AND THE SPRINGFIELD AND BRANSON AREAS BETWEEN 14 AND 16Z. A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIKELY UNDER ANY THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE OF STORMS...ESPECIALLY AT THE KJLN SITES. A PERIOD OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL PERSIST BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF CONVECTION FOR A FEW HOURS INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING LIGHT FOG DEVELOPMENT AND LOWER OF CEILINGS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AT THE TAF SITES. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && MESOSCALE...FOSTER SHORT TERM...FOSTER LONG TERM...FOSTER AVIATION...WISE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 438 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-060945- 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- 438 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR BY 7 AM...AND HIGHWAY 65 AROUND 9 AM. THE STORMS WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO THE OZARKS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE AREA AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .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) FOSTER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
632 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
KSZ097-101-051230-
CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-
632 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...
AT 628 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF
MCCUNE TO 4 MILES WEST OF FAULKNER TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF
MELROSE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...CARONA...
CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...MCCUNE...
MULBERRY...PITTSBURG...SCAMMON...TREECE...WEIR AND WEST MINERAL.
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3758 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507 3700 9508
3738 9508 3739 9509 3753 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 269DEG 18KT 3738 9514 3709 9506
3684 9501
FOSTERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
656 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
MOZ093-101-051300-
MCDONALD MO-NEWTON MO-
656 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 800 AM CDT...
AT 653 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SENECA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF SENECA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH
WEST CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANDERSON...DIAMOND...NEOSHO...AND
PINEVILLE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE BIG
SUGAR CREEK STATE PARK. INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6
WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3649 9462 3650 9463 3706 9461 3705 9407
3704 9406 3649 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 255DEG 23KT 3698 9474 3669 9464
3644 9465
FOSTERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
830 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
MOZ094-051415-
LAWRENCE MO-
830 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM
CDT...
AT 828 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FREISTATT...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AURORA...CHESAPEAKE...FREISTATT...
HALLTOWN...HOBERG...MILLER...MOUNT VERNON...PIERCE CITY AND VERONA.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 58 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...INCLUDING VERONA AND MOUNT VERNON...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3693 9404 3729 9381 3729 9377 3728 9376
3728 9375 3724 9361 3706 9361 3692 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 225DEG 31KT 3699 9387
SCHAUMANNThe Tulsa radar (KINX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:02 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded around Fly Creek.
Portions of Northwest 100th Street and Northwest Scammon Road around Lightning Creek were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2013
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: 444870, 444871.