Isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage over southeast Kansas.
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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.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced wind damage over 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 Apr 26, 6:15 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 715 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday) Ongoing thunderstorms were becoming more outflow structured across southwest and south central Missouri this afternoon. This will lead to further weakening with time, and we may consider canceling the Severe Thunderstorm Watch early. The main show will occur tonight as a line of thunderstorms approaches the Kansas and Missouri state line toward midnight. We think a few of these storms could become organized, with the potential for damaging wind gusts and small hail. With 0 to 3 km shear vectors screaming to the north northeast at 40 to 45 knots, any northwest to southeast oriented line segments will have the chance of spinning up some meso-vorts with a tornado risk. However, it's quite uncertain that any segments will evolve into this northwest to southeast structure. This is more of a short term forecast challenge. Storms are expected to continue through the Highway 65 corridor, and should weaken as they approach the eastern Ozarks. Additional storms will possible Wednesday as the main cold front shifts through southern Missouri during the daytime hours. There is a severe risk for hail and wind east of Highway 65. All precipitation should exit the Ozarks Wednesday evening. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) A small window of quiet weather is expected Thursday into Friday with mild temperatures. The risk for organized storms will ramp up Friday night into Saturday, as another negatively tilted storm system approaches from the west. This system will need to be monitored closely as several ingredients could come together for an episode of severe thunderstorms. There doesn't appear to be any potential negatives for Friday night and Saturday's set up at the moment. Sunday into Monday the pattern would offer another window of quiet weather with mild temperatures. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) Issued at 704 PM CDT Tue Apr 26 2016 For the KSGF/KJLN/KBBG tafs: Thunderstorms to the west of the taf sites will gradually transition to a line or broken line of storms, moving into the Joplin area toward 04z and Springfield- Branson area toward 06z-07z. Strong winds are expected with the line along with ifr visibility with rain/tstms. Low ceilings will likely occur in the wake of the storms but will be hard to get precise on the timing this far out. && .SGF Watches/Warnings/Advisories... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Cramer LONG TERM...Cramer AVIATION...DSA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 904 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-280215- 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- 904 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED TORNADO RISK. ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE MISSOURI AND KANSAS STATE LINE AFTER 11 PM. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS. IF A LINE SEGMENT CAN BECOME ORIENTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...THEN A COUPLE OF SHORT LIVED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATE TONIGHT AS THEY SHIFT EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. THEREFORE THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE EASTERN OZARKS WHERE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY CAN REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 65 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. SEVERE STORMS ARE AGAIN FORECASTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS FOR FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTER MISSOURI. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE) THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) DSA
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
552 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0552 PM HAIL MANSFIELD 37.11N 92.58W
04/26/2016 M0.88 INCH WRIGHT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
BURCHFIELDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
714 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
MOZ082-097-270100-
TEXAS MO-HOWELL MO-
714 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HOWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 714 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CABOOL...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLOW SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW... WILLOW SPRINGS...
CABOOL... SUMMERSVILLE...
CLEAR SPRINGS... ARROLL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3698 9209 3705 9209 3705 9214 3717 9213
3721 9166 3692 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 271DEG 19KT 3708 9204
FRYESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1053 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
KSZ073-270445-
BOURBON KS-
1053 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL
1145 PM CDT...
AT 1052 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR BLUE MOUND...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUND CITY...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
MAPLETON... XENIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3804 9486 3803 9486 3789 9495 3792 9508
3804 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 198DEG 14KT 3799 9503
FRYEThe Springfield radar (KSGF), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:52 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Estimated 100 mph winds uprooted and snapped numerous trees, destroyed a large metal machine building and damaged several others buildings in Girard. Winds diminished but continued to intermittently down trees and limbs from Girard into the Mulberry area.
A carport was blown apart and siding blown off a house near Riverton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2016
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: 623296, 623297.