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Firing northwest and west of Platte City....Very cool looking towers.....

Thanks Gary,
You just answered my question from the previous blog as to why my weather radio was giving warnings of severe thunderstorms and tornado watches.

Will these storms die out a little once the sun sets?

while I appear to be the first one here. Gary thank you so much for doing that video clip for my wedding November 24, 2007, Border showdown, I sent you an e mail several months ago but I never got a response. I just want to say that what you did was wonderful and it made the evening. Thank you. Right now no severe weather in S KC MO but I see towers everywhere.

one thing I'm noticing around the area is a consistant South wind. for strong tornadoes to develop you really want a SE wind being pulled into a supercell so maybe since we don't have that SE component its keeping these things in check a little bit because i've seen storms go tornadic right after that go severe and this isn't happening right away. Just some analysis for thought.

Can someone please tell me why my weather radio is not working? It's set to the SAME code for Johnson County, but I can't pick up any channels, only static. It didn't even go off for the tornado warning. What a night for it to quit working. Help! Can anyone offer suggestions on what to try to get my radio working again?

Thunder in NW Olathe

that cell approaching Weston is looking more and more impressive.  It might be one to keep a very close eye on.

Gary...
  How soon do you think the Tornado threat will ocur in any of the supercells. And Brett said he was going to fly into the heart of the Douglas county storm. Am I the only one that thinks that might be a bad idea?
     Roberto

getting pea and marble hail in tonganoxie.  Some rain too.

getting pea and marble hail in tonganoxie.  Some rain too.

Nickle to Quarter-size hail, moderate rain. No severe wind or lightning to speak of yet. 2 Miles South of Reno at Rancho De Baker.

It is now Thundering in Olathe.  

Wow having SKYTracker with HD cameras looks pretty incredible for severe weather like this.  

marlina there is not a tornado warning, just a watch

It looks like the storms are trying to form into a line.

quarter to walnut sized hail in Lawrence right on campus...I was driving through campus and heard huge thuds...got a dent in my car darn hail

hail getting bigger in Tongie.  Big 1 1/2" chunks mixed with the marble size.  Really weird it just started hailing without rain at first.  

Is anyone else's weather radio in Johnson County, KS working? Mine is not.

that storm for north leavenworth just turned out to be a couple rain drops and some thunder...not even enough to get wet...

marlina 10 - go to the NOAA website and do a search for weather radios.  It will direct you to the brand you bought where you can look up directions to set it online.  Maybe you have it set to the wrong NWS office.  Somehow that happened to mine a couple of months ago and I had to reset everything.  Your county codes can also be found by doing a NOAA search.

JoCo is going to get nail by that storm down in Ottawa, because it's just riding right along I-35.

Mine is.

Roberto....in my OPINION...I think it's going to be hard to tell when these storms are going to produce tornadoes if they do at all because we have a straight South wind versus a South East wind. You really do want a SE wind to get a big tornado event someone correct me if I'm wrong or praise me if I'm right but that's what I think is happening tonight. Gary I know your busy as heck tonight your input on this thought would be greatly appreciated.

So very wierd I am at the 29-35 split in NKC, and I was watching out the window while listening to Gary do the weather, the wind was blowing really hard, then it stopped and has been stopped for about 10 min. Just thought I would let you all know.

does anyone see that hook echo southeast of ottawa?

well, im still in maryville,
still thinkin about leavin around 8 or 9 tonight goin home to chillicothe. do you think i will be ok?

Hello, looks like a wild night tonight. I was just wondering how many rounds of storms are expected and when is the tornado threat going to end?

Thanks

ok suns back out in Tongie.  Line has moved thru guess we might be done.

Mechanics at KCI have reported seeing rotation - any info?

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ESP has a meso on that cell right now.

Jeremy

Platte County storm is Rotating. Rotation on southern end on storm near Platte City. Gary are you gonna look at that

just worried about that cell up by weston

I am at 119th and Roe on the Leawood/Overland Park line, and it is EERILY quiet and calm outside!

my weather radio is going crazy!

It's hailing in Eudora.

I will try to update everyone on the weather here in drexel througout the night, as of now, very muggy and windy.

My Weather Radio keeps going in and Out of warnings.

BtW THE way the top thing is stuck.

After stopping for a few minutes the hail is back in Eudora.

After stopping for a few minutes the hail is back in Eudora.

ACK  Didn't know a new blog was posted!

How bad is the hail in Eudora?

Kristi

so far two severe thunderstorm warnings in leavenworth and all we had was some rain nothing of significance as of right now.

6:35  Spotty hail in Ottawa, KS.  2" at biggest.  Thunder and lightning and a little rain now and then.

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So bigger than golf balls?

Jeremy

How do we send pictures?
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lezak@nbcactionnews.com

OK all, have an update for you from Jefferson County KS.  Just to the east of McLouth is a "beaver tail" cloud.  Got a great picture.  We have partly cloudy skies here.  The weather event is probably over for us.  Until that surface low out west gets moving.  It is 82 here winds nearly calm out of the west, skies are partly cloudy.

I don't do the SAME codes...  I just get all the warnings fort the area.  I know my weather radio was going off earlier.

Kristi

In Drexel, we are hearing some thunder

South end of Platte City --nothing but a few sprinkles and some thunder.  Nice show to the northwest, though!

Hail in Eudora: started dime size moved to quarter.

is it safe to drive from maryville to chillicothe around 8 or 9 tonight? sorry i just wanna know and my girlfriend is worried about me driving if its dangerous.

tornado warning for elk county Kansas, The chasers are all over this one.

Look's like it's lining up instead of single supercells. Would that mean the threat of tornados is going down?

Starting to rain in NW Olathe

whats holding these storms back from being upgraded to a tornado warning

The line seems to be forming into a Squall Line?

Lot's of rumbling thunder and lightning at 108th and 169 north.  The planes are still coming in from the north to land at MCI.  No rain and very calm and muggy.

Just started pouring on the SW side of Ottawa with smaller hail now.  6:48 p.m.

The line seems to be forming into a Squall Line?

THERE IS A TORNADO WARNING FOR ELK COUNTY KANSAS.

It looks like the Discovery Channel chasers were in the perfect location today.  I believe I see a Tornado Warning not far from Independence, KS to the NW.

Thunder in Lenexa

Here in Lee's Summit it is rumbling thunder. No rain, just rumbles.

A lot of bloggers earlier in the day/week were talking about the city track meet -- where was that being held?  Did they get the meet in?

It is still very muggy here in Lee's Summit too...wind has died down a lot. Still breezy at times though...

rotation now over the Johnson County storm


Mhmmm.. I wonder if tonights the night.

I'm babysitting my 2 yr old brother, the other kids are out at their school program.

tornado sirens going off in Ottawa

I knew I saw a hook echo.

I can't believe the quality of the pictures when Gary broadcasts in HD....it is sooo cool!!!!

where are you seeing JoCo rotation? Gary was JUST on and I believe the cloud he is watching is north of us.

weak rotation detected on radar -20 knts to +10 knts

Jeri. It is he Southwest part of the Storm. Relouden is having tornado sirens going off. The Hook Echo was on the southwest part of the storm. Its developing right now.

Hey Gary.. where was Brett on that last break?? I don't believe you said.

stronger rotation now -20 to +20

Check out www.tornadovideos.net and go to live tracking they're trying to get close to that Tornado Warning in SE Kansas.

Gary,

We currently have well formed mammatus formation in Greenwood.

Ottawa it still on tornado sirens

ok where exactly in JoCO? I don't have a radar to look at? Thanks.

hang on I read that wrong -26 knts to +10 knts

It's about 7pm and the weirdest thing is that it is raining at a pretty steady downpour here in Bonner, but the sun is still shining bright!  We have had a bit of small hail mixed it- you can hear it hitting, but no accumulation.  Gotta love the KC storms!
Colleen

Its on The Live ESP now.

Possibly some weak rotation indicated by the NWS Storm Relative Velocity radar mode in far NW Johnson County, KS and the northeast corner of Platte Co, Mo.

People are asking why aren't the storms becoming tornadic....is it because we have a SOUTH wind instead of a South EAST wind. no one is responding and I know there are smart people in here that have input on this.

sirens turned off in Ottawa

lol we have  continuing mammatus clouds forming, and ya, i guess tornado warning for Franklin county... kinda getting creepy out there... and looks really dangerous

the storm now has 56 knt total rotation

The tornado threat isn't that high for a couple of reasons, one of them is, as some people have surmised, that the amount of directional wind shear in the atmosphere is not optimal for developing strongly rotating storms.  Another factor is that the surface moisture is not as rich and deep as it needs to be to have a large tornado outbreak.

Nothing so far, I hope that nothing happens in Olathe, I admit too, I'm babysitting, so I am a little scared.

oh by the way...INCREDIBLE Mammatus clouds here is south KCMO. still waiting for response on wind component comment.

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ok this is weird.. bright sunshine to the west, but out of my south window well..correct that.. straight out front window (which is west) rumbles of thunder.. not a whole lot of rain and NO hail.

SedsinkC,

That's a relieve! I want to see a tornado. but in the country!

Whomever said Emporia as target.....you weren't off by much!!!

Long rumbling thunder now at Vivion and Davidson in the Northland.  Threatening skies to the southwest....the hail threat is there because there is sufficient cooling with height and with strong upper level winds overhead, these storms are able to evacuate the air that is rising, which helps the storms have stronger updrafts, which supports larger hail.

Winds in Overland Park have picked up in the last 20 minutes or so. a little lighting, little thunder. Few sprinkles just starting to fall.

Because of the weather forecasting the Olathe City Meet started two hours early and finished just before 630 as the lightning was seen in the distance...way to go forecasters!!

UH OH. Tornado Warning. OKC

That's a nasty little hook-looking thing around K-7 and K-10.

There appears to be a hook echo on the storm in Caldwell(?) county (the county that Cameron, Mo is in) and there is rotation on doppler as well.  No tornado warning yet, it seems.

TORNADO WARNING
MOC025-049-063-020045-
/O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0006.080502T0012Z-080502T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
712 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
 NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
 SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
 STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRIMBLE...OR NEAR PLATTSBURG...AND MOVING
 NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 PLATTSBURG BY 720 PM CDT.
 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LATHROP BY 725 PM CDT.
 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSBORN BY 740 PM CDT.
 CAMERON BY 745 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF TURNEY IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

we got tornadoes

A couple questions, 1. Does anyone else have an NOA Radio, mine is not showing the watch.  2. Does anyone know if it will be raining/stormy early tomorrow morning?

Tornado warning now for the PLattsburg area in Caldwell county

Tornado warnings in leawood!

Tornado sirens going off around College & Pflumm.  Is there anything on the ground?

7:16 Overland park sirens going off RIGHT NOW!!!

SirenS ARE BALRING IN JHONSON COUNTY, TORNADO WARNING!

I can see a lot of lightning to the north from here by Shoal Creek.  The amazing thing is how far we can see in Missouri so it's hard to tell where it is.

7:17 p.m. rain coming down sideways the winds are so high in Ottawa.  Small hail also.

Hang in, Johnson County.  Best of luck!

nasty, I think Chiefs327 heard the sirens and he hit the ground.  I'm not sure about an actual tornado.

In my previous blog entries, I did not mean to imply that there was no tornado threat with these storms, only that the threat of a large tornado outbreak was very minimal.  That said, if you have a tornado moving through your neighborhood, even if it's the only tornado for 200 miles, then the threat is very high to you....

although it would seem ridiculous to have sirens sound all over Johnson County, KS for a storm only in the northwest corner of the county...there is another storm just entering the southwest corner of the county that is showing some broad-scale rotation

* and now this new storm has gone severe warned --

Someday in the future the technology will exist to only activate certain sirens within a warning polygon.  But not this season!  

Flagpole across the street is now bent to about 80 degree angle after that last burst of wind.

Matt P, the lightning you see to the north is from the tornadic cell in Caldwell County.

What an amazing view of the wall cloud here at K-7 and Shawnee Mission Parkway. We can see the helecopter from our house. It's directly north of us. We had dime size hail about 5 minutes ago.

brain2biceps, excellent point.  It is unfortunate that the warning polygons are for only specific parts of counties now, but the warning sirens are activated for the entire county, worrying many people needlessly.

From here you can definitely tell the clouds are rotating.

Marlina, in addition to setting your counties, you have to pick a channel on your radio, from 1-7, whichever comes in clearest for you.

For me, I think mine is set on channel 7

gary... sun to west.. heavy rain.. maybe tiny hail.. to scared to really look.. sirens goin off n on..

65th n State

NOW HAIL..   dime size

small limbs down in Ottawa

Lol. I was out getting Soda and snacks. Its amazing that i called johnson county. Right now the Severe Thunderstorm to the SW in Johnson County is rotating.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
726 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

MOC025-049-063-020045-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080502T0045Z/
DEKALB MO-CLINTON MO-CALDWELL MO-
726 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN CALDWELL...
CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 723 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 116 HWY AND W HWY BETWEEN LATHROP AND
PLATTSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 34 MPH. THIS IS A RAIN WRAPPED
TORNADO AND MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE. PEOPLE IN TURNEY SHOULD TAKE
COVER NOW!!!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSBORN BY 740 PM CDT.
 CAMERON BY 745 PM CDT.

THE TOWN OF TURNEY IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PLEASANT HILL.

rain has stopped in Ottawa

is that cell moving toward chillicothe?

Wall Cloud in Gardner. Rotation. Sweet

Rain ending, cloud that they are watching on tv is to the south of me at 32 and paralell. Had some small hail earlier but right now just light rain

More sirens in Johnson county ks

now experiencing thunder in SKCMO most of my family lives in Overland park and seeing those supercells lining up to the sw is irritating cuz I need to get some chinese food but I am My family's warning system and when I'm not I tell them to watch KSHB.

I here sirens to the west north south west! Faintish though.

sirens again in OLATHE.

That was short lived.  Raining again with quite a bit of thunder and lightning in Ottawa

Sirens going off at Vivion and Davidson.  NWS has us in the tornado warning polygon.  Was raining, but rain has stopped for the moment.

chfs... good grief..

ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING

CALLED IT BABY

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Take it easy...

Jeremy

Sirens going off at 108th and 169 - sun shining with rain and rolling thunder - no hail

rain has stopped here at 65th N State..

nice sunset to west..

I am teaching a night class tonight in Ottawa, on the west side of town.  We had a perfect view of the storm approaching.  From 6:20 to 6:40, there was nickel size to the occasional golf ball size hail falling.  Sirens sounded around 6:55.  There was rotation in the clouds, but it wasn't tight.  Loose scud drifting around.  Now, beautiful western sun creeping up under the last remnants of this line.

Another warning was issued for the south storm heading into JoCo - but the warning was issued at 7:33 and still not mentioned on air... does your software not auto-update those warnings?

Yup, in a TORNADO WARNING AGAIN! SIRENS arE TUNING ON EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE! WARNING: CIVILE DEFENESS ALERT!

Sirens going crazy in western Lenexa.  Anything happening near here?

This is the warning I haven't heard mentioned on air at all yet:

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
737 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
 JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORM
 SPOTTER WERE OBSERVING A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM...AND A
 TORNADO MAY TOUCHDOWN AT ANY TIME! THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
 LOCATED NEAR EDGERTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 OLATHE BY 755 PM CDT.
 LENEXA BY 805 PM CDT.
 OVERLAND PARK BY 810 PM CDT.
 LEAWOOD...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MISSION HILLS AND COUNTRYSIDE BY 815 PM
 CDT.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

 
NotesInTheMargin said:
Another warning was issued for the south storm heading into JoCo - but the warning was issued at 7:33 and still not mentioned on air... does your software not auto-update those warnings?

man you live off negativity?

Warning for metro updated again (7:37) still not mentioned??

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
737 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
 JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORM
 SPOTTER WERE OBSERVING A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM...AND A
 TORNADO MAY TOUCHDOWN AT ANY TIME! THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
 LOCATED NEAR EDGERTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 OLATHE BY 755 PM CDT.
 LENEXA BY 805 PM CDT.
 OVERLAND PARK BY 810 PM CDT.
 LEAWOOD...PRAIRIE VILLAGE...MISSION HILLS AND COUNTRYSIDE BY 815 PM
 CDT.

GARY THERE IS A TORNADO IN JOHNSON COUNTY WHY ARENT YOU GETTING THIS????

Pleasant here in Midtown

vdo:  It's not about negativity, it's about warned cells with wall clouds that people on this board are asking about because sirens are blaring and no warning has been mentioned on air.

TORNADO wARNING. green skies at my Location

Anybody have any idea why the StormSpotterNetwork is not displaying anyone being deployed?

HailJonathan:  No tornado reported in JoCo, a wall cloud prompted the tornado warning.

So far, so good.  The sirens are still going off, but it appears the worst of the storm has passed my location.  Not even any hail here so far!

Have there been any confirmed tornado touchdowns yet?

In Olathe I see bright light, possible RFD?

I'm in Osawatomie down in Miami County.  Right now just a few rumbles of thunder & lightning otherwise kinda quiet, kinda eerie actually.

Please delete the post by "JoeSzymkowicz" no place for that here.  Geez some people are sick.  

davidmcg, try here
http://www.severestudios.com/livechase

NWS is showing redevelopment of strong thunderstorms to the west of the main line, southwest of Lawrence and headed towards the Lawrence area.

Notes why did they issue the warning? the storm looks NOTHING tornadic like?

Sirens are off, steady rain with HUGE drops. Lowering bowl shpe cloud forming east of me. sIRENS AGAIN WITH GREENING SKY AND LIGHTENING RAIN, SCARY!

I was thinking about heading out that way But I see no point of interest to even head because there's no area I can pick out on the radar.

Not Olathe!!!

Sirens are continuing to go off. rotation is contuining at my station.

HailJohnathan:  In the warning text, they explain why:  a wall cloud was reported.

You need to remove "JoeSzym....." comments. He used VERY inappropriate language on the blog...I mean VERY offensive!!!!

Green skies to barley green and it is sprinkling!

Saw the wallcloud to the west on my drive home - damn was that thing visible from a distance - I was all the way in Raytown and had full visibility to the rotating wall cloud. No tornado - and somehow I managed to drive all the way back north of the river dodging around the strongest parts of the storm and didn't see a single hail stone :-D

Gary - you guys are doing a great job....keep up the good work.

Love the HD :-)

I think I saw the wall cloud that prompted the tornado warning near Olathe.  It passed over my house at about 7:50pm at 163rd st!

EEERIE green sky and VERY calm..
KCK

I heard one media report of a confirmed tornado touchdown earlier in Caldwell County.  Any confirmation on that?

Another update on the JoCo Tornado Warning text:  wall cloud and rotation:

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
749 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

KSC091-020115-
/O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0115Z/
JOHNSON KS-
749 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORM SPOTTERS
HAVE OBSERVED STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM...AND ANY POSSIBLE
TORNADO IS LIKELY WRAPPED IN RAIN OR HAIL. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GARDNER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 OLATHE BY 755 PM CDT.
 LENEXA BY 805 PM CDT.
 OVERLAND PARK BY 810 PM CDT.
 PRAIRIE VILLAGE...FAIRWAY...COUNTRYSIDE AND WESTWOOD BY 815 PM CDT.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3900 9463 3899 9462 3878 9461 3873 9498
     3874 9501 3888 9499 3904 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 233DEG 28KT 3885 9482

well, i think im gonna head on home and hopefully nothing will happen. wish me luck.

what mamaof3girls said.... PLEASE remove it

its sunny up here in Parkville

My cat is crying, my bird is screaming, but nothing scary exept for a greem brow sky.

I don't know if it was a wall cloud that passed over my location about 20 minutes ago or not.  It is very difficult to get a good view of the sky from my neighborhood because of all the large trees.  Whatever it was, it passed over while the rain was stopped, and after it passed it rained very hard for a few minutes.  The base of that cloud was much lower than the surrounding cloud bases, which is what a wall cloud usually is, right?  I could not see any noticeable rotation in the cloud.

Hi brett

I braved the outdoors to wave at you.. you jus flew over 65th n STate at 8:00 pm

As well. TORNADO SIRENS AGAIN IN OLATHE. Very Heavy rain.

Who operates the sirens?

Rain is falling hard in Olathe, Lots of lighting, very dark, sirens going off

sedsinkc said: I could not see any noticeable rotation in the cloud.

You'd know it if you saw it.

Other storm to the west of Baldwin city looks impressive. My eyes are popping.

Im scared, ?I just saw on the sky view, a tornado falling out as gary moved away from it.

I emailed the weather team about that rudeite "Joewhatever".  They'll get rid of him but don't expect it until the weather calms down.  

Some people have no class.  

On to more important things, NE Independence has distant thunder and cool winds.  Which means we'll get royally smacked later tonight if things go as usual this time of year.  :)

Lots of lightning off to my SW.

Kristi

JoeSzymkowicz said:

You really serious?  And you use OMFG in your message.  What are you Joe a little girl texting on her cell phone?

Actually he is a recent grad of NW Missouri St. with a degree in Computer Science has been dating the same girl for 4 years (too bad for her...) and he wants to move back to St. Louis and sponge off his parents for a few years...

Chump!!!  The Office????  You are kidding right?

Chump!!!

will anything ever come up the pipe to southern platte county?

i know everyone on here is mostly in the kc area but i am in sedalia and am watching the storms down by Iola, Ks

MrSteve, you're right.  I have seen rotating wall clouds in the past, in situations where I had a good view, but from my house the rotation would have to be very strong and noticeable to see it.  In May 2004, when the tornado hit Gladstone and Liberty, I was in Liberty and was at a friend's house who lived in a heavily wooded neighborhood just south of the HyVee there. And so even though the funnel cloud/lowering tornado came right over his house and did some tree damage, I never got even one glimpse of it approaching because of the extensive trees blocking the view!

Continuing very heavy rain. lots of lightning and rain. Pea size hail

pea-sized hail in OP / 119th-antioch area

Rain letting up in Olathe

Dark now, im waiting for the bottom.

Hmmm, still nothing in drexel. The line of thunderstorms never seems to get closer. Im still waiting for my first rain drop. I hope this severe weather season is more active than the past winter season down here!!!

By Olathe North HS- 0.71" Already!!

Tornado warning has been cancelled. A Severe thuderstorm is now in effect

Ok, I used to get the email warnings, but nothing yet.  Is anyone getting the email warnings?  I checked my SPAM folder and nada.

Hey it beats this.

Wind-driven snow will continue well into Friday across parts of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado as a storm slowly exits into the Plains. The Black Hills of northeastern Wyoming could see up to 3 feet. Blizzard conditions are possible at times.

Beautiful sunset from my vantage point in western Clay county.  Have had only enough rain to wet the ground.  Hope everyone out there is doing well and safe!

...please remove Joe's comments as well as his log-in credentials...  

Still muggy in Blue Springs. No rain or anything yet, some rumbles and some lightening as well. But nothing yet, just said on TV at 8:40ish should be moving through here.
Kinda strange question. I know the safe places and the things I should do if our sirens go off. The problem is I live ont eh second floor of an apartment building, we have no shelter here either. I know the bathroom, which ours is located near the outside walls, the closets are pretty close to the outside walls as well. So what would be best for us if something were to happen.

yeah it does.

adogg, I wouldn't worry.  This band of storms is just the opening act.  As the main cold pocket aloft move east tonight, a more general line of heavy thunderstorms should develop late tonight and sweep east and southeast throughout the area, so be patient.  :)

Kitty,
I've gotten quite a few.. but nothing in last few minutes.

Stacy

wow  JoeSzymkowicz, you can watch most of these shows tomorrow online! Is it neccessary to use that kind of language? there are tornado's..nothing you can do about it...take a breather.. I'm gonna miss Lost tonight..but that's ok! I understand this situation is more important than me...

It just opened up here.  Lots of lightning.

Kristi

From the looks of the radar, drexel once again misses out on the exciting weather!

Still lot of Lightning in Olathe!

hey Krista ~ what about a first floor or bsmt laundry room or storage area. Is that possible?

Hey, to that jerk who needs to watch reruns, there ya go, OFFICE is on. Good grief can we think of others getting these sirens going off every few minutes?

So far only 0.18" of rain at Vivion and Davidson in the Northland, but still raining and the thunder is increasing once again.

 sedsinkc, I know, but they wont be as strong as these, maybe even not severe! We will just end up with some old fashioned thunderstorms.

Krista, might be a good time to get a 6-pack and introduce yourself to the downstairs neighbors.

Ignore Joe. Don't give him the attention he's craving.

I see a weakening, possible wall cloud and ambulence firtruck etc. are blaring off to the south.

Jeri- hello-- this is your neighbor--- that guy needs to be deleted--

what a night- we have been lucky around here in Lenexa- some rain - NO hail here...

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I took care of that.  Thank you to everyone helping us out tonight!

Jeremy

New to posting but have been watching the blog for months. Took a while for the rain to finally start here in Fairway, but now it is coming down moderately. Lots of lightning. Nothing more yet.

adogg, the storms later tonight may not be tornadic, but would you really want a tornadic storm at your house?  Still, the storms later tonight may contain moderately large hail and strong straight-line winds, which can be exciting enough.  If it makes you feel better, I live in a location that was included in a tornado warning this evening, and we didn't even get any hail or high winds, and just a little bit of rain out of it!

I've always felt 87th St has a blessing over it no matter else happens. I have to believe that because it has worked for the last 10 years.
Stay safe JP. I am gonna sign off the computer . Stay safe everyone tonight.

SPC's new Convective Outlook  (7:59PM)still has us in the Moderate Risk and re-eforces what Gary has been saying that we are not done with storms and the possiblity of Tornadoes...

We just watch the news, if instructed, calmly take shelter.

It's about knowing what your doing and not freaking out.

There's a spectacular view from Oak Grove as the thunderboomers approach from about seven miles away judging by the lightning and thunder. Blue Springs should be getting some rain pretty soon. I can smell the rain coming, but it's still muggy and I'm expecting the wind to pick up in the next few minutes here.

We had a huge strike of lightning followed by almost instantaneous thunder a few minutes ago.  It scared all the people and pets here.

Kristi

No, I dont want a tornadic storm here or anywhere else. Its a hard thing to explain. I do want a tornado here, but outside of town where its not populated.

I was in my basement for like an hour with the tornado warning, but it expired just before it hit us. All tht for nothing... but its good to be prepared!
   Roberto

I noticed that the wind in Topeka has shifted to NW and dropped to 6 mph while a strong S wind continues in Lawrence.  Could this be an indication that the cold front has stalled and may be wanting to back up a bit in response to the approach of the surface low to our southwest?  There are thunderstorms in central Kansas west of Salina, and this is probably the energy that will trigger the second line of thunderstorms later on.  It will be interesting to see the 9 pm report from Topeka to see if the wind continues to back in a clockwise direction, possibly to the N or NE....

adogg, you should be a stormchaser. :)

watch we get a 3rd tornado warning out of this. I will be laughing.

But on a Serious Note. Hopefully my dog doesnt go crazy tonight during the Squall line.

We have no laundry room in this building and no storage and the laundry room in the next builing, well yeah, full of windows no good.


I do know the downstairs neighbors and none of them are home gosh darn it.

Excellent Job Guys! -- Skytracker was awesome showing the Joco wall cloud..

Thankyou!

Wichita went from SW winds to calm to SE in the past two hours, although the winds are light SE only.  Seems like the front or dryline is backing up, although the dewpoint has not risen from the mid 40's there yet.

Gonna have to sign off shortly and head to work, everyone stay safe tonight and enjoy the severe weather, if you enjoy severe weather.

holy cow intensive redevelopment

Am I correct that a tornado warning was never actually issued for Franklin County, KS?  I saw posts that the sirens were going off in Ottawa.  I live south of Rantoul and am not close enough to town to hear any sirens.  I only received a Severe Thundestorm Warning on my weather radio.  I want to make sure it is working properly.

One more comment, on the Topeka doppler radar there is a faint linear feature that can be seen running NE to SW just west of Topeka.  In loop mode, you can see this linear feature moving to the northwest.  This may be the front backing up to the west, or else it's outflow from the storms to the east.  A severe thunderstorm is moving east just NW of Salina.

Looks like an outflow boundary to me....

I hope to become a proffesional storm chaser!

Krista
If it was me. I'd go downstairs n just sit in the hall way.. sounds like that may be only option at least till someone comes home.

We have a Noah radio and it is set for Franklin County and all counties touching Franklin County.  It never went off for a tornado warning, but the sirens did go off earlier tonight.

Pouring here again.

Kristi

Newest surface ob from Topeka confirms retrograde frontal motion.  Wind is SE, and dewpoint has increased from 48 to 55.  Surface low seems to be near or just NW of Wichita, where winds are light SE and pressure is 29.34, while in Hutchinson the wind in the last hour switched from light SE to NW at 17 and pressure rose from 29.34 to 29.41, indicating frontal passage.

Tornado Warning for Jackson County to my SE.  OMG  My oldest brother lives out that way.

Kristi

Siren going off here now!

Kristi

Why are sirens going off in my area?  169 North and 108th - north of Gladstone...

This is so exciting, I'm going to be late for work....the tail end of the southern cluster of storms to the west of Chanute is backbuilding and lifting north towards Eureka.  I would keep an eye on this area of storms, if and when the local excitement dies down.  The Wichita radar also clearly shows the cold front moving southeast, and there appears to be some echoes starting to develop along the front.  Could be the beginnings of our late night squall line.