SPC MD 2372
MD 2372 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 682... FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN/EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI

Mesoscale Discussion 2372
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0858 PM CDT Tue Oct 13 2026

Areas affected...portions of southern/eastern Kansas into northern
Missouri

Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 682...

Valid 140158Z - 140400Z

The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 682
continues.

SUMMARY...An isolated severe risk for primarily damaging/severe wind
gusts continues across portions of Severe Thunderstorm Watch 682.

DISCUSSION...Scattered strong to occasionally severe thunderstorms
remain ongoing along a progressive surface cold front extending from
northern Missouri into south-central Kansas as of 0200 UTC. The
strongest of the ongoing thunderstorms is a convective cluster
progressing eastward across western Missouri that produced numerous
reports of damaging/severe wind gusts in the Kansas City metro area
over the past 1-2 hours. Latest high-resolution CAM guidance
suggests that this cluster may continue downstream for at least
another couple of hours, with 1000-2000 J/kg MUCAPE and 30-40 kts of
effective bulk shear helping to maintain some potential for
occasional damaging/severe wind gusts. However, increasing
convective inhibition and decreasing instability with eastward
extent suggest that the overall severe risk will decrease with time
as convection progresses eastward. Thus, a downstream watch is not
currently anticipated, but trends will continue to be monitored.

Farther southwest, scattered elevated thunderstorms remain ongoing
along the cool side of the convectively reinforced surface front.
While regional radar imagery has sampled occasionally stronger
velocity signatures within more robust cores (perhaps associated
with gravity wave processes), the elevated nature of the convection
and greater low-level stability on the cool side of the boundary
suggest that the overall severe risk has decreased, with any
lingering potential for damaging/severe wind gusts and marginally
severe hail likely to remain relatively isolated.

..Chalmers.. 10/14/2026

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...LSX...EAX...TOP...ICT...

LAT...LON   37569748 38409631 39209503 39559404 39869294 39899249
            39829220 39589210 39319217 39059286 38859362 38289499
            37339642 37149693 37059721 37129745 37259755 37409756
            37569748 

MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 90 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN

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