The month of September saw no severe reports of wind, hail or tornadoes. However, a few events caused heavy rainfall resulting in flash-flooding.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 TOP wrote it up.
The month of September saw no severe reports of wind, hail or tornadoes. However, a few events caused heavy rainfall resulting in 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 9, 2:39 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Topeka KS 339 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 339 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 08Z water vapor show broad cyclonic flow over much of the northern half of the country with a shortwave over the norther Rockies propagating into WY. Water vapor also shows a continued fetch of subtropical moisture from the southwest with whats left of Nicole over the southern high plains. At the surface, a warm front was noted along the KS/OK state line and profiler data showed the low level jet veering to the southwest with the greatest moisture flux and isentropic upglide over southeast KS, likely the reason for the continued precip in that region. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight) Issued at 339 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 For this morning, precip across east central KS is expected to eventually fall apart as the low level jet and isentropic lift weaken. The axis of mid level moisture and shear is also progged to shift to the southeast as the morning progresses. So think there should be a break in the precipitation until the front begins to move through providing lift. The break in precip may also allow for a little more insolation and greater instability as the front moves through. Shear parameters ahead of the front are kind of on the marginal side for supercell storms with 0-6km shear around 30KT and 0-1km shear around 10 to 15KT. So the expectation for storms late this afternoon and this evening is for a broken line along the front given the strong linear forcing. With this in mind, the main concerns to watch out for will be straight line winds and additional rainfall across east central KS. With areas in the flash flood watch pretty well saturated the last couple days, will keep the watch as is but the progressive nature of the frontal system suggests that any new flooding may be more isolated in nature. Most guidance is in good agreement in pushing the front through the forecast area and exiting Anderson CO around 06Z. With the expected brake in precip, think areas along and south of I-70 could see highs approach 90. Weaker mixing and an earlier onset of some cold air advection across the northern CO is expected to keep highs in the lower and mid 80s. With good dry air advection behind the front and skies likely to clear out, lows should fall into the lower and mid 50s for most areas. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 339 AM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 Saturday through Sunday night continue to look to be dominated by dry air and relatively cool temperatures. Sunny skies through the weekend are expected to keep highs in the mid 70s to around 80. Lows Sunday morning should be in the lower and mid 50s again. Return flow sets up on Sunday but the moisture return holds off until Monday. By this time, an upper low is forecast to cut off over the southwest. The interesting feature however is a surface ridge that slides through the central plains Monday night and Tuesday. This front combined with potential weal pertibations within southwest flow aloft make it unlikely for dry weather Monday night and Tuesday. Have stayed with the model consensus and gone with likely POPs for Monday night and Tuesday as there is reasonable agreement between the GFS/ECMWF/GEM. With the surface high pressure system, low clouds and cooler air are progged to move in through Wednesday night. This is likely to be the coolest period the next seven days with highs only in the 60s for parts of the area. The surface ridge weakens and allows souther flow to return by Thursday. This is when the cutoff low over the southwest may start to influence the plains. There is some difference in timing the upper low between the GFS and ECMWF. Because of this have only kept a token chance POP for Wednesday and Thursday. Models do not show a great deal of warm air advection on Thursday, so highs are forecast to only be in the mid 70s. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday Night) Issued at 1131 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 Isolated to scattered showers will be possible through the early morning hours at TOP/FOE. Some of the model guidance is suggesting IFR/MVFR ceilings between sunrise and noon north of the taf sites. There is a chance these ceilings could be further south. Also a few models are forecasting isolated showers and storms ahead of a cold front early afternoon although confidence is low. A front will bring a line of storms and the chance for hail and gusty wind during the evening. Periods of heavy rainfall could restrict visibility at times. MVFR ceilings could move in behind the front. && .TOP Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Flash Flood Watch through late tonight for KSZ054>056-058-059. && SYNOPSIS...Wolters SHORT TERM...Wolters LONG TERM...Wolters AVIATION...Sanders
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 851 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-100200- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 851 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...MAINLY FOCUSED OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AN MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35 WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG A COLD FRONT...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED DECENT RAINFALL THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL BE MORE PRONE TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING BY FRIDAY EVENING. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 MAY SEE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL BY LATE FRIDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TOP/SITREP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1124 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
KSZ056-059-090500-
FRANKLIN-ANDERSON-
1124 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND
ANDERSON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1124 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES WEST OF GARNETT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNETT...RICHMOND...COLONY...GREELEY...LANE AND HARRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 9507 3812 9508 3804 9552 3834 9544
3847 9507 3826 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 248DEG 25KT 3826 9531The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:45 UTC.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Underpass on K-31 near Kincaid has water overflowing the road. One car was stranded, the highway is now closed.
Video of water running across the road at the intersection of 190th and Kestrel Road. Water looks to be 6 to 12 inches deep. Video via social media.
Highway 187 is closed 2 miles north of Centralia due to water across the road.
Highway 187 is closed 2 miles north of Centralia due to water across the road.
Several rural roads closed due to high water across the road.
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, September 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: 658798, 661109, 661110, 661111, 661112.