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Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0523
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
200 PM EDT Thu Jun 25 2026
Areas affected...Central and Eastern Kansas...West-Central into
Southwest Missouri...North-Central to Northeast Oklahoma...Far
Northwest Arkansas
Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely
Valid 251800Z - 260000Z
SUMMARY...An organized MCS and a secondary developing axis of
frontal convection will move eastward into a highly sensitive
downstream environment. Intense rainfall rates of 1.5 to 2.5
inches per hour will act on locally saturated soils and sensitive
terrain, making at least scattered areas of flash flooding likely
through late this afternoon and evening.
DISCUSSION...Operational radar and satellite imagery show a robust
mesoscale convective system (MCS) advancing steadily eastward
across central Kansas along a quasi-stationary frontal boundary,
with extension down into southern Kansas and north-central
Oklahoma. This activity is being sustained by strong large-scale
ascent from an ejecting central High Plains shortwave. Ahead of
this complex, a convergent 30+ kt southwesterly low-level jet
continues to drive warm air advection and favorable moisture
transport into the downstream region.
Thermodynamic profiles have become increasingly unstable due to
solar insolation, with MLCAPE values climbing into the 1500 to
2000 J/kg range across eastern Kansas, southwest Missouri, and
northeast Oklahoma. Precipitable water values are generally rather
high, ranging from 1.5 inches along the frontal boundary in
west-central Missouri to nearly 2.0 inches over southern Kansas
and northern Oklahoma. The 12Z regional soundings confirm rather
deep warm-cloud depths and high freezing levels, favoring highly
efficient warm-rain processes capable of sustaining 1.5 to 2.5
inch per hour rainfall rates within the stronger convective cores.
Going through 00Z (7PM CDT), two distinct axes of heavy rainfall
are expected:
1. The ongoing primary MCS tracking across central/southeast
Kansas and northeast Oklahoma where localized cell-training and
occasional backbuilding will favor storm totals as high as 3 to 5
inches based on the latest HREF/REFS model consensus. Some of this
activity may impact far northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri.
2. A somewhat more uncertain, but potential developing axis of
heavy showers and storms farther north across
east-central/northeast Kansas into west-central Missouri, focused
by frontal convergence and arrival of upstream forcing, capable of
producing localized 2 to 4 inch totals which is supported by the
HRRR/RRFS/REFS model camp.
Antecedent conditions are notably vulnerable across the region.
Recent NASA SPoRT 0 to 10 cm relative soil moisture data indicates
very moist soils, and USGS stream gauges show already elevated
baseflows, particularly across the rugged terrain of the Ozark
Plateau. Given the high runoff efficiency of both the
hilly/complex topography and localized urban centers in the path
of these storms, the projected rainfall rates will likely lead to
rapid surface runoff concerns. Some larger cities that may see
these impacts will include Kansas City, Chanute and eventually
Springfield. Consequently, at least scattered areas of flash
flooding are considered likely going into the evening hours.
Orrison
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