A cold front produced isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Kansas with reports of large hail and flash flooding.
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A cold front produced isolated severe thunderstorms across southeast Kansas with reports of large hail and 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 Oct 6, 5:38 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 638 AM CDT Thu Oct 6 2016 ...12Z Aviation Update... .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 255 AM CDT Thu Oct 6 2016 It sure doesn't feel like October across the Missouri Ozarks this morning. Temperatures are starting off in the upper 60s to around 70. In fact, we are around our maximum minimum record temperature for SGF and JLN on this date. The radar is showing clusters of convection just to our west and northwest this morning which may brush by areas from Pittsburg Kansas to El Dorado Springs this morning. The may be an isolated strong storm which this convection this morning with small hail and gusty winds up to 45 mph but most areas will remain quiet and rain free for most of today. Southerly winds will become gusty again by late morning through the afternoon with gusts up to 35 mph possible west of Highway 65. High temperatures will be in the middle 80s for most locations today. .LONG TERM...(Tonight through Wednesday) Issued at 255 AM CDT Thu Oct 6 2016 All eyes will be just to our northwest this evening as a cold front moves into the region. SPC has an enhanced risk for severe weather just to our northwest with a marginal to slight risk across our southeast Kansas counties into extreme western Missouri. The better potential for severe weather will remain to our northwest but this line of storms will begin to move into SE Kansas and west central MO by mid to late evening. These storms will be on the weakening trend as they move southeast. The strongest storms will be capable of producing hail up to quarter size and damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph initially when they start moving into our local area. By the time they reach the central portions of the Ozarks late tonight, they will be weaker and slowly diminishing. By sunrise Friday morning, the front will be roughly from Cassville to Rolla with showers still slowly moving southeastward. All indications that as the front moves into south central MO by late morning, rain chances will have mostly ended for the area. South central MO might not see any additional rainfall. The heaviest rainfall totals will be northwest of I-44 where localized 1 to 2 inches of rainfall may be possible. There will be a sharp divide of temperatures initially on Friday across the Ozarks but as the cold front advances, all areas will see the much cooler temperatures. High pressure settles in for Friday night and the weekend with pleasant weather...highs in the 60s and 70s and overnight lows in the 40s. Zonal flow early to mid next week will continue mostly quiet weather and seasonable temperatures. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Friday morning) Issued at 634 AM CDT Thu Oct 6 2016 Challenging aviation forecast for the area for the next 24 hours or so. An area of thunderstorms over western Missouri will likely affect the JLN terminal for at least an hour or two this morning, with MVFR to IFR conditions expected. Right now, it is not entirely clear how far east the thunderstorms will make it before dissipating; there is a low chance that SGF could be affected later this morning, though left mention out of the TAF for now. Later tonight, thunderstorm chances will increase again as a strong cold front approaches the area. The front will likely be moving across the area this time tomorrow. Ahead of the front, scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop. Showers and perhaps a period of IFR stratus will be possible for a short time behind the front Friday morning. Conditions should clear by later Friday. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Griffin LONG TERM...Griffin AVIATION...Boxell
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 642 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071145- 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- 642 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF WESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. THERE WILL BE LIMITED TO LOCALIZED ELEVATED THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. STORMS WILL HAVE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORMS WILL WEAKEN OVERNIGHT AS THEY APPROACH THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. LOCALIZED AREAS NORTHWEST OF I-44 MAY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING POTENTIAL OF DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY APPROACH 30 MPH FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) BOXELL
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:32 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous low water crossings were flooded west of Columbus.
A quarter mile section of Northwest 30th Street had one foot of water flowing over the road.
A funnel cloud was spotted by the fire department about 5 miles north of Bronson off of Highway 3.
Quarter size hail was reported north of Bronson.
Dime size hail was reported near Mapleton.
Multiple low water crossings were flooded across northern Bourbon County.
Kansas Highway K-65 was closed due to flooding along the Little Osage River.
Kansas Highway K-31 was closed due to flooding along the Little Osage River.
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, October 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 661867, 661868, 661872, 661873, 661874, 661869, 661870, 661871.