A cold front moved across extreme eastern Kansas and produced scattered thunderstorms, during the afternoon and evening hours of September 19, 2013. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A cold front moved across extreme eastern Kansas and produced scattered thunderstorms, during the afternoon and evening hours of September 19, 2013. Some of the thunderstorms were severe with damaging winds.
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 19, 5:25 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 625 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2013 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tonight) Issued at 234 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 This afternoon, a line of thunderstorms has developed along a cold front from southwestern Iowa through southeastern Nebraska into north central Kansas. This cold front will continue to dive southeastward toward the area this afternoon with thunderstorms entering northwestern Missouri by 3PM. These storms will have the potential to be severe with the initial concerns being damaging wind and marginal hail. Instability this afternoon is more than sufficient with MUCAPE values between 1500-2000J/KG. Moisture is plentiful with dewpoints in the mid 60s to near 70. Mid level lapse rate are moderate which would support small to marginally severe hail possible this afternoon into the early evening. The low level lapse rates will be strong, and couple this with good vertical shear and, damaging winds will most likely be the main threat with little bowing segments possible. Another possible concern with these storms will be heavy rainfall as PWAT values are in the 1.50"-2.00" range and training may be a concern as winds parallel the boundary with this slow moving front. Although widespread flooding is not a concern with the recent dry conditions across the area, localized flooding will be possible if heavy rains train across the same area especially ones that are flood prone. Otherwise, these storms will continue to drop southeast with the front during the overnight hours with many areas picking up 1"-2" of precipitation and some local area picking up even more. This front will clear the area by Friday morning with just a few remaining showers across the extreme southern CWA around sunrise. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Thursday) Issued at 234 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 Friday-Sunday: A spectacular weekend is in store for the region as high pressure takes control on Friday. Lingering showers will quickly clear Friday morning, with skies clearing through the day. With fairly strong cold advection moving across the area, temperatures will only climb into the middle 70s in most areas. Little to no change in the forecast for the weekend as temperatures in the 70s are expected under a sunny sky. In response to mid-level troughing crossing the Rockies on Sunday, winds will turn to the south and usher in slightly warmer readings. Monday-Wednesday: The aforementioned mid-level trough will quickly sweep through the region on Monday, pulling limited moisture eastward through the Plains. A few scattered showers or thunderstorms will be possible as this wave moves through, however the highest rain chances will focus themselves over the Northern Plains on Monday. Dry conditions and warmer temperatures will return for the middle to end of next week as a large trough forms over the western third of the CONUS. Deep southwesterly flow will push high temperatures back above normal towards the upper 80s. Have bumped up temperatures a few degrees over populated guidance. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday Evening) Issued at 625 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 A line of thunderstorms associated with a cold front has now moved through the terminals. Showers and thunderstorm will continue to plague the terminals trough 03Z-05Z. MCI and MKC will have reduced vsbys in stronger storms reduced to 2SM with MVFR cigs otherwise just expect vsbys to be reduced to 5SM after 01Z. After showers come to an end before midnight expect VFR condition with just broken mid level clouds overnight. Skies will clear out tomorrow morning with just a few cirrus cloudy expected. There may be gusty winds out of the northwest around 20kts for the next couple of hours otherwise, expect winds to remain out of the northwest between 7-12kts. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && SHORT TERM...73 LONG TERM...Dux AVIATION...73
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1250 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-201200- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 1250 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. THESE AFTERNOON STORMS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT...MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER THOUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERNS...THOUGH HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO BE AN ISSUE GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MELL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
316 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0257 PM TSTM WND DMG TARKIO 40.44N 95.38W
09/19/2013 ATCHISON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWNED ONTO A HOUSE IN TARKIO...TIME ESTIMATED VIA
RADAR
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MDUXPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
359 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0332 PM TSTM WND DMG CLEARMONT 40.51N 95.03W
09/19/2013 NODAWAY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWERLINES
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUND CITY 40.14N 95.23W
09/19/2013 HOLT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN
0347 PM TSTM WND DMG HOPKINS 40.55N 94.82W
09/19/2013 NODAWAY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
412 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0350 PM TSTM WND GST HOPKINS 40.55N 94.82W
09/19/2013 E60 MPH NODAWAY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTD WINDS AROUND 60 MPH
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MJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
413 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0412 PM TSTM WND GST 3 S GRANT CITY 40.44N 94.41W
09/19/2013 E50 MPH WORTH MO PUBLIC
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MJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
423 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW PARNELL 40.42N 94.65W
09/19/2013 NODAWAY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
6-10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN
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MJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
505 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
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0413 PM TSTM WND DMG GRANT CITY 40.49N 94.41W
09/19/2013 WORTH MO PUBLIC
LARGE TREE BRANCHES...SMALL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
&&The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated up to 60 mph at 49th and Rainbow.
Clark Drive was reported blocked by downed trees. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
A tree was reported blocking the road at Craig Drive. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated up to 60 mph in Shawnee. Large trees were reported down.
Eight to ten inches of water was reported over the road, at the intersection of 60th Street and Slater.
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, September 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: 474964, 474962, 474963, 474966, 474961.