A weak frontal boundary moved into the area. That front combined with strong instability led to the development of severe thunderstorms with reports of wind damage and isolated flash flooding.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A weak frontal boundary moved into the area. That front combined with strong instability led to the development of severe thunderstorms with reports of wind damage and isolated flash 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 23, 5:04 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Springfield MO
604 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday)
Issued at 251 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2016
In the near term the main concern is thunderstorm development. A
sfc wind shift/weak cold front has moved south into southeast KS
and southern MO while a weak upper level vort/mcv is tracking
slowly east into southeast KS. While some high resolution models
have been too aggressively breaking out storms, the general
consensus still seems to look good to develop scattered storms
late this afternoon in the convergence of the frontal zone.
MLCAPEs of around 3000 j/kg should support robust updrafts into
this evening. Vertical shear of 15-20kt will support pulse storms
and some multicell clusters with damaging straight line winds and
one inch hail the main expected hazards.
A severe tstm watch has been issued for our se KS counties where
lift is expected to be somewhat enhanced by the approaching
mcv/vort max.
The convection with the remnant vort max will continue to some
degree into the overnight hours and into Fri. Will have to watch
for the potential for localized flash flooding as the vort max
moves in with higher moisture content/precipitable water values.
No plans for any further heat advisories with clouds and ongoing
rain/tstms expected for many areas on Fri.
.LONG TERM...(Friday Night through Thursday)
Issued at 251 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2016
Rising mid level heights and very warm sfc temperatures are
expected Saturday with mainly diurnally driven pulse storms still
possible but with more limited coverage. The tail and of a
vigorous shortwave moving across the north central tier of the
U.S. and southern Canada will force another front south, reaching
IA/nw MO/KS by early Sunday. This front looks to stall and weaken
Sunday so it looks like organized convection will stay off to our
north with fairly warm midlevel temperatures remaining in place
over our area. Still we will have some limited possibility for
isolated convection.
The overall pattern is still expected to transition over the CONUS
next week with an upper ridge retrograding/building out west
allowing gradually cooler sfc air to move into our area. With a
sfc front expected off to our southwest and south, we may see
mesoscale convective complexes occasionally move from the Plains
into the Ozarks region, particularly Wed/Thu as impulses ride
southeast on the east side of the upper ridge. Will maintain rain
chances for much of this period with cooler temperatures.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening)
Issued at 559 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2016
An mcv over KS and a surface front across the CWA were sparking
some afternoon/early evening convection across the area. Will
likley see this continue as the mcv tracks east into the area. For
now will go with vcts wording for the TAFS for the first several
hours this evening at SGF/JLN. May have to increase probability if
convection associated with mcv out west holds together during the
evening. Will go with VFR conditions, but if a thunderstorm does
occur onsite, will drop briefly into MVFR/IFR.
&&
.SGF Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
MO...Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening for MOZ088-093-095>098-
101>106.
KS...Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening for KSZ101.
&&
SHORT TERM...DSA
LONG TERM...DSA
AVIATION...LindenbergHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 413 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-242115- 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- 413 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. DISCUSSION... HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 102 TO AROUND 107 DEGREES WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL RANGE FROM 96 YO 103 DEGREES. A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HELP FOCUS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY POTENTIAL HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW STORMS. A LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THREAT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS THAT SEE MULTIPLE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING UP TO AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN THE NEXT THREE HOURS FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
503 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
MOZ098-106-232245-
SHANNON MO-OREGON MO-
503 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON AND
NORTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 502 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTH OF WINONA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VAN BUREN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
WILDERNESS... GREER...
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 3664 9113 3684 9152 3698 9137 3694 9122
3685 9122 3683 9123 3682 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 296DEG 17KT 3686 9132
BURCHFIELDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
512 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
KSZ097-MOZ077-232300-
CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-
512 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND WEST
CENTRAL BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 512 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CHEROKEE...OR NEAR PITTSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
PITTSBURG... PRAIRIE STATE PARK...
FRONTENAC... ARMA...
CHEROKEE... MULBERRY...
CHICOPEE... MINDENMINES...
LONE OAK... YALE...
CROWEBURG... OPOLIS...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3758 9466 3746 9452 3740 9454 3736 9461
3734 9462 3734 9480 3736 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 223DEG 10KT 3735 9475
BURCHFIELDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
520 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
MOZ066-067-078-232300-
ST. CLAIR MO-VERNON MO-CEDAR MO-
520 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CEDAR...EAST CENTRAL
VERNON AND SOUTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WALKER...OR 7 MILES WEST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
EL DORADO SPRINGS... WALKER...
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 3781 9390 3778 9405 3777 9420 3792 9423
3800 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 257DEG 10KT 3787 9415
BURCHFIELDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 606 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016 MOZ090-095-232345- CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO- 606 PM CDT THU JUN 23 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NIXA INTO SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD... NIXA... OZARK... BATTLEFIELD... ROGERSVILLE... FREMONT HILLS... GALLOWAY... TURNERS... 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 3702 9337 3715 9341 3727 9306 3706 9306 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 255DEG 6KT 3708 9333 BURCHFIELD
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two power poles were blown down in Pittsburg.
A large tree was blown down in the road north of 20th Street.
A tree was blown down on 560th Street west of Pittsburg.
A carport was blown down on to the roadway north of 250th Street near Arcadia.
Several large tree limbs were blown down at Pittsburg State University. This report came from social media.
There were several inches of water over the roadway near Frontenac. There was a stalled vehicle in the flood water near Catalina and Kennedy.
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, June 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: 631660, 631661, 631662, 631663, 631664, 631659.