Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across most of northern Missouri during the month of September.
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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 EAX wrote it up.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across most of northern Missouri during the month of September.
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 Aug 31, 10:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1150 PM CDT Sat Aug 31 2013 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday Night) Issued at 232 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 Primary focus in the forecast for the next 24 hours can be summarized with ongoing isolated showers, heat potential for the remainder of the afternoon, thunderstorm chances late tonight into tomorrow, and heat potential ahead of the front tomorrow afternoon. Weak upper impulse is currently moving through the region, noted by expansive cloud cover and isolated convection. Most of this activity has been gradually weakening as it moves eastward with time. High-resolution convective resolving models have been persistent to weaken this activity by mid afternoon. While it is conceivable the southwest flank of convection could strengthen some during peak heating, the majority of this convection should dissipate soon. Otherwise, associated cloud cover has helped initially keep temperatures lower than anticipated, with readings in the 80s underneath the cloud canopy as of early afternoon. However, this has also greatly limited deep mixing, with dewpoints in the 70s. The back edge of the cloud deck should clear eastern Kansas and western Missouri within the next couple of hours. Once strong surface heating commences, temperatures are expected to rapidly increase back into the 90s. With the humid conditions remaining in place, there is still concern for dangerous heat conditions for the remainder of the afternoon along and south of Interstate 70, and will not alter ongoing heat headlines. For tonight, robust convection is expected to develop along a cold front over portions of Nebraska and Iowa. There remains considerable uncertainty to the evolution of this activity as it heads south overnight. With the loss of the strongest diurnal instability and upper forcing/shear far removed to the north, the overall convective coverage remains unknown. The intensity of this activity will wane with time, with sub-severe weather expected for the CWA, with an occasional strong wind gust possible. The best chances for precipitation will begin after midnight tonight through early afternoon Sunday along and ahead of the cold front. The front will push through most areas by late Sunday afternoon, ending rain chances. Ahead of the front, temperatures will warm up once again with highs in the lower to middle 90s. The warmest readings will be found across central Missouri, where heat indices may approach 100 degrees. The overall heat concerns will be less tomorrow with the timing of the front, and do not anticipate any heat headlines for tomorrow. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 232 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 Looks like another dry week across the region as a blocking ridge keeps moisture and mid-level energy away from us. Sharp NW mid-level flow will push cooler air into the area for Labor day and Tuesday, with readings near or a few degrees below seasonal normals. By the middle of the week, mid-level ridging will try to expand further east, which will result in slightly warmer temperatures again approaching 90 degrees by the end of the week. Precipitation chances look low at this point. It's not out of the realm of possibility that sharp NWLY flow could allow a quick moving wave to reach the area mid-week, but the mid-level ridge also looks to shift eastward at the same time which would force rain chances northeast of the area. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Sunday Night) Issued at 1150 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 A broken line of storms that has developed along a southeastward moving cold front will continue to push southeast tonight, nearing the northwest corner of the forecast area by the 09z-12z timeframe. These storms may start to weaken and scatter out before reaching most of the region, but could impact areas near the TAF sites around 12z. Otherwise, conditions should be VFR with cloud bases remaining above 5 kft, and light and variable winds will turn to the northwest as the front passes on Sunday. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Blair LONG TERM...Dux AVIATION...Laflin
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 556 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-011115- 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- 556 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LAFLIN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
21 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Kirksville reported 3.17 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted in September, across the northeast portion of the county. Cosby reported 4.27 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions were observed across the northeast half of the county, during the month of September. Hamilton reported 2.42 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the northern half of the county. Coloma reported 1.92 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Salisbury reported 1.55 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Pattonsburg received 3.14 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Amity reported 2.79 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Albany reported 3.75 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Trenton reported 3.04 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Bethany reported 4.10 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Brookfield reported 1.74 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Chillicothe reported 2.10 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Long Branch reported 2.10 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Princeton reported 3.63 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across eastern portions of the county. Conception reported 3.19 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across most of the county. Unionville reported 2.42 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the northwest half of the county. Moberly reported 2.24 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the southern portions of the county. Downing reported 1.50 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Milan reported 3.63 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Milan reported 3.63 inches of rain.
Severe drought D2 conditions persisted across the county. Grant City reported 3.93 inches of rain.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 472987, 472988, 472989, 472990, 472991, 472992, 472993, 472994, 472995, 472997, 472999, 473000, 473002, 473004, 473006, 473011, 473012, 473013, 473014, 473015, 473016.