Strong to severe thunderstorms produced a few reports of wind damage and flash flooding.
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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.
Strong to severe thunderstorms produced a few reports of wind damage 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 Sep 8, 2:50 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Springfield MO
350 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016
.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday Night)
Issued at 345 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2016
Scattered storms and showers are currently spreading east across
the area and will continue through the late afternoon hours and
will dissipate from west to east early this evening. Deep layer
shear is on the weak side and therefore will limit the severe
risk with this activity. Wind gusts up to 40mph, cloud to ground
lightning, and brief heavy rain will occur with the stronger storms
this afternoon into early this evening.
Additional storms will develop across central Kansas this evening as
an upper level disturbance tracks across the region. This activity
will spread north across portions of western and central Missouri
tonight. A band of heavy rainfall is expected with this activity
across these locations tonight. This band will likely track north
of a line from Pittsburg Kansas to Lake of the Ozarks, but the
exact track could shift slightly north of south. No severe
weather will occur, but tropical influence from the remnants of
Newton could lead to efficient rain amounts in a narrow band
tonight.
Scattered storms will be possible during the day on Friday but
should not be widespread in nature and should dissipate by early
Friday evening.
An upper level trough will then dive south into the Plains Friday
night and will send a cold front to the southeast. Storms are
expected to develop to the north of the area Friday
afternoon/early evening and spread south into the area Friday
evening and night.
The storms should remain north of I-44 Friday
evening and then move south during the overnight hours.
Instability will weaken through the night, so the showers and
storms are expected to weaken as they spread south across the
area, and could dissipate all together by the time they reach
south central Missouri early Saturday morning. Deep layer shear
will increase across the region as the upper level trough
approaches from the west. The deep layer severe and expected
instability across the region will support a severe risk across
the northern half of the forecast area, generally along and north
of I-44. Mid level lapse rates and warm temperatures in the mid
levels will limit the hail potential. A few of the strongest
storms may be capable of penny size hail but the main severe risk
will be damaging straight line winds and will be isolated in
nature with line segments that can develop.
Additional heavy rainfall will be possible with the storms along
the front. The intensity in the rainfall will decrease from north
to south, especially south of I-44, as the storms weaken. The
heaviest rainfall from the round tonight and again with the round on
Friday night is expected to be across east central Kansas and west
central Missouri where the Flash Flood Watch is effect for.
Therefore, no adjustments are expected to the watch at this time
and will leave as is as these locations are expected to see the
heaviest rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches. Else where across the
area generally 1 to 3 inches are expected.
.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
Issued at 345 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2016
A few linger showers may occur across south central Missouri
Saturday morning but will end quickly during the morning hours. A
cooler and drier air mass will spread over the region behind the
front. Highs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons will be in the 70s
as lows in the upper 40s to the lower 50s occur Saturday night
into Sunday morning.
Temperatures will then warm back to near normal with readings in
the lower to middle 80s early next week. Another upper level
trough and cold front will track across the region by the middle
of next week. The front will bring additional chances for showers
and storms to the area along with cooler conditions.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday afternoon)
Issued at 1240 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2016
For the KSGF, KJLN, and KBBG TAFs: An area of showers and some
embedded thunderstorms are currently pushing through the area
early this afternoon. MVFR visibilities will occur with this
shower activity with IFR visibilities possible with any storm.
This activity will end from west to east this afternoon.
Additional thunderstorm activity is expected across Kansas this
evening and will spread off to the northeast into tonight. This
activity is expected to remain north of the area. Some scattered
showers/storms may be possible late tonight into Friday morning
across the TAF sites but coverage will be more limited and again
the better chances are expected to remain north of the TAF sites.
&&
.SGF Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
MO...Flash Flood Watch from 7 PM CDT this evening through Saturday
morning for MOZ055-066>068-078.
KS...Flash Flood Watch from 7 PM CDT this evening through Saturday
morning for KSZ073.
&&
SHORT TERM...Wise
LONG TERM...Wise
AVIATION...WiseHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 315 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-092015- 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- 315 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL THEN DISSIPATE EARLY THIS EVENING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE HAZARDOUS WITH ANY STORM THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND WILL SPREAD TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSISBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL THEN DEVELOP LONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL TRACK SOUTH INTO THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. AROUND ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG HIGHWAY 60 AND NORTHWARD. RAINFALL RATES IN THESE AREAS MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...PRIMARILY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. .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) WISE
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down on Highway 112 near Roaring River State Park.
A large tree was blown down southwest of Carthage.
There were multiple power lines blown down.
A large tree was blown down on Highway C. Numerous power lines were blown down.
A few trees were blown down on State Highway E.
Grabriel Creek at State Highway BB was closed due to flooding.
Water was reported over Marvin Road east of Versailles. Several basements in the city of Versailles were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 654849, 654850, 654851, 654852, 654848, 654853, 654846, 654847.