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That tropical storm that hit the El Salvador, Honduras area was ther first in recorded history to hit there.

Keep the storms coming!


Alex from Marceline

gary, the rain looks like it is moving more north east to me? I am presuming you are expecting it to shift gradually to the east, southeast?

Storms are firing to the North

Forecast sounding is picking up on a 800mb windshift at 21Z..from the WSW to NW and the cap builds a bit...wonder if the sounding are picking up on a outflow boundary from what is building to our NW?

Surface winds still out of the WSW then..so something is going on...

Thoughts?

Towering Cumulus exploding up just to the E of KCI. Impressive looking and quick to form...

Moderate to heavy rain over the field now.

Moderate to heavy rain over the field now.

--------------

That cell is developing right over MCI.

Gary

I was outside a little while ago, and saw a few raindrops.. but its stopped now..
just wondering what later today will bring to KCK.

Sorry about the triple post

on the topeka nws radar you can see the coldfront which there is a line south of marysville ks to north of falls city nebraska this is the cold front moving southeast.

columbia and st louis are included in a tornado watch til 10pm. Thunderstorms are popping up like popped popcorn :)

Still no watches????? It looks like this is really going to expand.

wow, the clouds have really cleared out up here at the fort, its almost clear skies...the temp has jumped to 90.1....first 90 of the year...hopefully the last ;)


scott, my guess would be the outflow boundary from the front up north...i guess 1600 will be our target time for storms, huh?

I think 4:00 sounds just right bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what time do you expect rain/storms to begin in the metro?

New MD discussion- for Tornado Watch

I will step outside to look at the sky to my north.  Nothing on the south side yet.

There's a Tornado Watch for St. Louis.  I have not read the particulars on that yet.

Scott,
I don't blame you for not wanting to chase today. :)  No fun without tornadoes. :)

Kristi

SPC considering watch for KC area and E KS W MO

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1099.html

new mesoscale discussion from the spc watch is likely as severe storms will develop from the next 1-3 hours a few tornadoes are possible they are saying expect a watch for our area shortly.

Gary- do you think we will have some supercells in the area??

JP

Tornado watch will be issued in the next 15-20 minutes

there's a nice cell developing pretty good nw of gallatin .

severestudios.com has a chaser in monroe city missouri it's hard to tell which way they are going but there are chasers getting ready.

No point issuing a watch if everyone is saying it won't be interesting.

Nice to see you TURD! lol I love it.
This is going to make rush hour crazy. I feel sorry for my co-worker who rode his bike to work. Atleast he will have a helmet on.

anyone know where i can get free weather alerts txted to my phone

The storm just to the north of KC nearing Liberty right now appears to have some weak rotation - the BREF radar presentation is not that great but circulation is developing and this thing may intensify soon.

http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MO&prodtype=discussion
new discussion from pleasant hill

I still say we have a threat for hail and wind.  Tornado threat?  Minimal at best for KC area, IMO.  

Twister,
You stay safe out there in Moberly.

Kristi

New Tornado Watch is up

weather radio is going off Tornado watch till 10

does the tornado watch include cass or bates

Tornado Watch
KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEN                ANDERSON            BOURBON
CHAUTAUQUA           CHEROKEE            COFFEY
COWLEY               CRAWFORD            ELK
FRANKLIN             GREENWOOD           JOHNSON
LABETTE              LEAVENWORTH         LINN
MIAMI                MONTGOMERY          NEOSHO
WILSON               WOODSON             WYANDOTTE
MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR                BARTON              BATES
BENTON               CALDWELL            CAMDEN
CARROLL              CASS                CEDAR
CHARITON             CLAY                CLINTON
COOPER               DADE                DALLAS
DAVIESS              GRUNDY              HENRY
HICKORY              HOWARD              JACKSON
JASPER               JOHNSON             LAFAYETTE
LINN                 LIVINGSTON          MACON
MERCER               MILLER              MORGAN
NEWTON               PETTIS              PLATTE
POLK                 PUTNAM              RANDOLPH
RAY                  SALINE              SCHUYLER
ST. CLAIR            SULLIVAN            VERNON

Okay I leave work soon. I need to know what is going to happen.

FOO is that a radar I can look up?

where is the tornado watch for

Tornado Watch until 10:00 PM.

Kristi

Kristi, TY for showing consideration to others even tho. you are going through it pretty rough. I hope you all r doin ok!

Where???

Called it. New Tornado Watch

tornado watch:

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 395
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

TORNADO WATCH 395 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

KSC001-003-011-019-021-031-035-037-049-059-073-091-099-103-107-
121-125-133-205-207-209-310300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0395.080530T1945Z-080531T0300Z/

KS
.    KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEN                ANDERSON            BOURBON
CHAUTAUQUA           CHEROKEE            COFFEY
COWLEY               CRAWFORD            ELK
FRANKLIN             GREENWOOD           JOHNSON
LABETTE              LEAVENWORTH         LINN
MIAMI                MONTGOMERY          NEOSHO
WILSON               WOODSON             WYANDOTTE

Storm up just north of Liberty is looking much better now - has a real clasic looking supercell structure with sharp cutoff on radar -- this thing may be going tornadic real soon - heads central and east central Clay county.

whoops, too slow...

92.3 degrees with a 72.6 degree dew point.

included metro area.

Chris Rice is up on US 36 east of Macon heading west.

Kristi

sorry john sickels for your "prediction...it's a tornado watch not a severe t storm watch

I knew we were under a tornado watch just by looking at the clouds outside when I was in my car so boo ya to all you nerds talking on your computer ;)

No prob, twister!  I think that threat is more east of here any way.  Chris Rice, one of the storm chasers is in your neck of the woods.

Kristi

Ok, I'm in a tornado watch til 10. I'm down in Jasper County. What's up with that. I didn't think that I was invited to the party. ;-)  Planning on a night out with hubby. Indiana Jones movie and dinner.

I went to school with a kid named chris Rice... and he beat the crap out of me every day for no reason. what a jerk.

Lorie,
Just keep an eye to the sky and an ear to the weather radio. :)

Kristi

Kristi..ITS BBQ TIME!

i sure hope if we get anything it will rain before 630 so my hubby's softball game is canceled. don't want him out in bad weather.

Was planning to take a nice walk this evening. The storms may change our plans quickly!

What is "east of here"  -- how far east and how far south?  And just storms, no tornados?  We live close to Holden.  THANK YOU!

When can we expect any devolopment on the south side like johnson county???

Didn't mean to scare you, HummerSeeker... I am thinking even farther east than Holden.  Right now everything has formed to the north f KC.  BTW, I have been thru Holden many times...  Nice little town. :)

Kristi

Why no new blog from gary and the gang???

Here is the meso for the watch that was issued...

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1099.html

;-)

I went to school with a guy named harry sachz. But anyway.

Tornado threat is low but ohh well.

Bye all !!!!!

I am sitting here calm cool and collective at the computer.  How about you all?  Just use common sense...  Watch the sky and listen to radio and/or TV.  If a warning is issued for your area, be prepared to seek shelter.

Kristi

waite!
Why isnt anything happening to our west?
Any chance of development back to our west? I want a storm in lv!

Thanks Kristi - we actually live outside of Kingsville off of W and 450 - but most people know where Holden is!  We're close enough.  Thanks for the info - I shouldn't get scared, we have a basement, but sometimes I do - especially when I'm at work at not at home with the dogs!  Twister's right -with all you go through, you take the time to blog and help us - amazing!

No need for a new blog, kane, at this point.  Nothing to update at this point.

Kristi

----> sitting back and preparing to watch the show...

i could use some more information as a armature who comes on the site to get information on time, place and what not. right now all i feel like is it could or could not storm, who knows.

any chance of this watch getting extended a bit more westward? Surprised Douglas county is not included.

I was thinking it would be a Severe T-storm watch since conditions are marginal for tornadoes, but I guess SPC is erring on the side of caution. Completely understandable...even if it messes up my prediction! lol....

The team is probably too busy to update right now. I've heard they do some kind of television program in the evenings....

LOUD LOUD boomers up here in Excelsior Springs. I let the dog out to potty and a strike of lightening was so close the hair on my arms stood up. No rain up here right now although the radar shows that there should be.

...like i said earlier lvstormspotter....

C,
Please feel free to ask questions. :)

Kristi

we applaud(that doesn't look right) your effort John!

Douglas County is not in the watch but is close enough.  Folks in Douglas County should be on the look out for possible severe weather.  

Kristi

thanks rdub you made me spit tea on my keyboard.  that was funny.

Hey, Team....your fhour-by-hour forecast on the weather home page is for THURSDAY and the 7 day is also from Thursday...forget to change it???

Right, RDub, the team needs to put the weather segments together for the newscasts so the team can keep everyone updated on what is happening.  The blog is secondary right now.

Kristi

So are the storms developing east of KC the main show for this afternoon or is there more development expected back west?

that storm in Ray county looks pretty rough.

All day SPC has been saying the threat was higher to the east of KC than to the west. That is why Douglas County is not in the watch. I think it's marginal even putting the KS side of the KC metro in the watch box.

Hummerseeker,
I know how you feel. I hate the storms here and I freakwith any chances of tornadoes. I worry about my cats while I am away from home.
I still worry about tornaodes just as much when I am at home but at least, God forbid, something happens I can grab my cats and get them in the shelter with me.
I live about two miles from Whiteman AFB, in warrensburg. Not too far from you.
I hope Kristi is right when she says the threat is more east from here, not that I want anyone to get tornadoes.
I have friends that live in Omaha, NE. I was worried about them all day/night yesterday cause they were in the bullseye of the high risk, but she said they didnt get any torndaoes, just some pretty gnarly storms.
THank heavens there were no injuries from the break out yesterday!

twister right now it just has a lot of thunder and lightening but very little else.  It really does look worse then it is. Although as soon as I hit send it will probably get bad and I will look like a doofus.

I think I like Chris Rice. (:

I think I like Chris Rice. (:

Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed for everyone to be safe and also to have a good show at the same time! I guess instead of mowing tonight I'll just crack a beer and watch the show---the grass (hopefully) will be there tomorrow. :)

I've been monitoring SevereStudios all day---man thank you so much Kristi for that link!

Thsi is what the tornado watch states:

 
  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 395
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  245 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         SOUTHEAST KANSAS
         WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
         FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.
 
  TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
  GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
  AREAS.
 
  THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
  MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
  BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE
  MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
  ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
 
  REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
  TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
  AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
  THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
  AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 
  OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 394...
 
  DISCUSSION...CAP IS ERODING QUICKLY WITH STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF
  APPROACHING SURFACE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL SUPPORT
  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING.  AIR MASS IS VERY
  UNSTABLE WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 40-50 KT FAVORING
  SUPERCELLS...LIKELY SPLITTING WITHIN UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR.  ALONG
  WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...LOW LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD
  REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR TORNADO THREAT DESPITE THE VEERED LOW LEVEL
  FLOW /ESPECIALLY WITH RIGHT SPLITS/.
 
  AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
  SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
  500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.

But these storms materialize I dont think anything will happen, I still dont and never did expect much from this outbreak but some tiny but strong storms have fired!

Thsi is what the tornado watch states:

 
  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 395
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  245 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         SOUTHEAST KANSAS
         WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI
         FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 245 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.
 
  TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
  GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
  AREAS.
 
  THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE
  MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
  BARTLESVILLE OKLAHOMA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE
  MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
  ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
 
  REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
  TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
  AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
  THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
  AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 
  OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 394...
 
  DISCUSSION...CAP IS ERODING QUICKLY WITH STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF
  APPROACHING SURFACE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL SUPPORT
  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING.  AIR MASS IS VERY
  UNSTABLE WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 40-50 KT FAVORING
  SUPERCELLS...LIKELY SPLITTING WITHIN UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR.  ALONG
  WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS...LOW LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD
  REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR TORNADO THREAT DESPITE THE VEERED LOW LEVEL
  FLOW /ESPECIALLY WITH RIGHT SPLITS/.
 
  AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
  SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
  500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27030.

But these storms materialize I dont think anything will happen, I still dont and never did expect much from this outbreak but some tiny but strong storms have fired!

There's a special weather statement for a significant weather alert for Ray County.  You are right, twister..  That is a strong storm.  I wouldn't be surprised if it went severe.

Kristi

I'm south fo douglas, what can I expect?  Trying to stay calm, but prepared

well, the wind has shifted to the WNW here at the fort....i was atleast hoping for some rain...too bad.

Just south of Lawson; continuous lightning, thunder shaking the house.  Very large rain drops, falling so heavily that visibility is only a few hundred feet.  We can't see across our pasture.  No wind to speak of, just lots of lightning and heavy, heavy rain.

More TCu towers forming just east of MCI. Much closer together and numerous than the last one(s)...  I hope the Towercam can see these forming from the plaza.  It is a sight to behold from the airport...

Bellgolf, (or others) what have you heard about that area? I'm headed home to Warsaw in about an hour...

HailJonathan, Where did you go to school? I went to school with a Chris Rice and I remember him to be kind of a punk.

wthrworrywart:

I can relate, too. I hate not being at home to look after my dog when there is a tornado warning.

Ohmigosh!  Been out of the loop all day with work responsibilities (dagnabbit!).  There are some gorgeous clouds up here in my neck of the woods and just heard thunder a bit ago, but sun is shining and not a drop of rain...  hitting all my fave weather sites now.  Where are chasers headed?  That tells me alot!

Like Scott, I'm sitting back waiting to see the show.  However, it appears the storms are having a hard time developing into anything severe.  Perhaps that will change with time, but perhaps not.

I'm not seeing anything forming really on radar to the west at all, but MCIRamp is right - the clouds east of KCI are beautiful!  To the blog experts...what is your take as I have double headers at the ball park tonight with 10/11 year olds.  :)

For all of you in the metro area, here's what I expect...  We are on the western side of the watch.  We will get the beginning of any storms that develop.  Storms could fire just to our west and over us.  If we get any tornadoes here, they would be quick spin up, IMO.  Our main threat in the metro area is wind and hail.

For those of you to the east, like around Holden and Warrensburg and Knob Knoster, you might see a little action.  The worst of it should be to your east tho.  For twister, he is on the edge of the moderate risk.  He is in Moberly.  If you live east of Moberly, you need to pay real close attention.

Let's just chill and watch the weather together. :)  If you get a warning, just tell us that you are seeking shelter and come back and let us know you are OK once the threat has passed you.  Remember we watch out for each other. :)

Use common sense. :)

Kristi

Chris Rice may be headed south on 63 towards Columbia.  Can anyone confirm this?

Kristi

In and out of sun here in drexel, very hot and sticky! It feels stormy!!

That cell in Ray County looks like it is trying to backbuild.

Kristi

Kristi..it did go severe...

000
WUUS53 KEAX 302031
SVREAX
MOC033-177-302115-
/O.NEW.KEAX.SV.W.0092.080530T2031Z-080530T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
331 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
 NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 NORTHEASTERN RAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
 DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
 MILES SOUTH OF COWGILL...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHMOND...AND MOVING
 EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
 6 MILES NORTH OF CARROLLTON BY 400 PM CDT.
 BOSWORTH BY 410 PM CDT.

I just don't see the cold front lighting up - I think the severe threat is over for points to the west of Cameron to Warnsburg line - including Kansas City.

For all the focus on today, June 5th looks like a busy day around here if the models are even close to right. Gary mentioned this earlier....the models are starting to come in line with the LRC....

TStorm Warning for areas south of Chillicothe

Too slow.  Scott beat me to the punch.

I cant confirm it, but cris is headed that direction, it looks like he might be intercepting a storm south of macon.

A shower forming right on top of us here at SMP and Antioch....

Thanks for the 'look' Scott. My computer is locking up on ur site.

Just had a quick rain here in Osawatomie.  Didn't last long at all, just enough to make the streets wet.

Tstorm warning for Randolph County around Moberly.  I think that Chris Rice is in that area or headed to it.

Kristi

never mind, it looks like he passed that cell up

Hey you all are bumming me out saying the severe threat is over :)

Looks like we got a cell starting right over Merriam/Mission.

I always like how calm you are, Kristi. I hope it's not bad for anyone tonight. I hate being out and about if it's going to turn nasty. I don't want to change plans because their *might* be storms. Then I'd really look paranoid. Shhhh, don't tell anyone, ok? ;-)

wish we would get some rain soon, but dont see it happening

storm chaser in moberly, it is dark to our west.

It was asked above, why not Douglas County?

I think as Douglas is in the Topeka WFO, they are playing it by ear a bit....waiting to see the initiation further to the west first.

Right now, cells are firing along the quasi stationary front or reminents of the outflow from last night.  Later, we will see them fire along the cold front to the NW.

If you are so inclined, go to the SPC page, go to the mesoanalysis, and check out the loop of the 0-3 MLCAPE/surface vorticity composite and loop it.  Also check out the MUCAPE/effective sheer composite.

Between these two, I think where the SPC put the watch is about perfect.

I wouldn't be suprised to see Topeka get in on the fun when the line initiates...

;-)

Kristi--

Looks like Chris is starting to get some good stuff on his cam...Looks to be just west of Moberly on Hwy 24

Gary,

Looks like the tornado watch box splits leavenworth county in half.  We live in Leavenworth.  Is our town included in the watch or did we escape this round?

Thanks,

Janine

Lorie,
Please don't your plans yet.  I don't even see anything going on down in your area right now.

Kristi

Someone said Chris was not in Moberly.  I had a feeling he was trying to intercept that storm.  That storm looks little mean to me.  It already has a severe tstorm warning for 60 MPH winds and quarter-sized hail.

Kristi

Another good place to monitor is:

www.stormtrack.org

Membership is required to post, but great nowcasting and forecast posts by chasers end up pretty accurate.

Kristi is always a cool, calm poster.   She gives very timely and helpful info to all.  Her link to Severestudios has been praised by many.   And she was even nice enough to reveal her age last night  :P     I am just 2 years younger and have lived in OP my whole life.  

I think everything will fire east of the metro

what are you talking about ShawneeMike?  is there a link?

Here is the link:  http://www.severestudios.com/  Just click on the Live ChaseCam links fr the chase cams.

Kristi

http://www.severestudios.com/livechase/

Click on his live stream ( for Chris Rice's chase)

That shot on Chris' cam looks VERY ominous.

Kristi

well looks like chris might be on to something.   Everyone please be careful tonight just in case

I do not see any green stuff on the map.  Try again

This storm is well east of our area and is impacting the area around Moberly MO, which is north of Columbia MO.

Kristi

When you look at storm relative velocities on NOAA radar of the moberly storm looks like it may drop a tornado any time, I personally am expecting a tornado warning soon.

It is coming right towards you run everyone!!!!!

Kristi,

Scott beat me on my other post, and now you.  lol  I must have a bad connection!

Jason

psychdoc,
I am expecting a tornado warning on the storm too.

Twister,
I hope that you are out of harms way.  Post when you can.

Kristi

good gravy 1budai is that really necessary?  


I dont care much about if we have severe storms or not. I just want enough rain to help with the humidity

Stay safe everyone. I'll be back around 10 ~ probably after it's all over :-(

The Carrolton cell is showing a bit of gate to gate as well.

I hit refresh a lot, Jason. LOL

Kristi

The Moberly cell looks very nice...

seeya folks..heading back to my lair...later.

Scott, the individual forecast offices do not issue the watches, so I don't think that has anything to do with Douglas County not being in the watch.

But if you look at the current forecast, there is only a 20% chance of any precip at all for Douglas County. That is why they are not in the watch; they are probably not even going to get a shower, let alone a severe storm.

Please do not feed the trolls, everyone. :)

Kristi

Lorie,
Enjoy your evening!  We will recap everything for you. :)

Kristi

conditions from drexel- off and on sun, fairly dark to the north and north west with those developing storms

50knot toward, 50 knot away winds in the storm near Paris, MO, just east of Moberly.  I am not trying to frighten people, I just think that people need to monitor this storm because NEXRAD is suggesting at least a small amount of rotation. The worst thing to do is panic, but just keep an eye out there. 30 knot to 30 knot very close Carrolton, so I would monitor that one as well.

I'm new to watching the "live" chase cams, is it normal to see the same bit of footage over & over again?

I'm watching Chris' & even with hitting refresh often I've seen him come up over those railroad tracks for & stop for that car for the past 2 minutes.  

Didn't know if that was usual, if they pause their cameras or not.  I can tell I'll get addicted to watching these chase cams!

RDub, no the local offices do not issue the watches, but they influence heavily where they are issued. The NWS offices and the SPC confer before issuing watches. Ever notice when the watches seem to fallow the CWA for certain offices, even taking weird turns? If TOP did not want Douglas in the watch, it wouldn't be.

Is Johathan around, he just disappeared. Not like him to quiet down like that.  Maybe Chris Rice found Jonathan again!

Is Johathan around, he just disappeared. Not like him to quiet down like that.  Maybe Chris Rice found Jonathan again!

JJohnson:
  The reason that Leavenworth county appears to  be split is because you are looking at the polygon watch box. That is just an approximation of the actual watch area. Leavenworth county is completely included. Here is the link: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/wou0395.html

It's a "poof" thing unless you blog from the east side of Missouri like Moberly.
Expect a good chance for severe weather in KC next Thursday, if not late Wednesday night.  
If you live on a raft on the MO River or own land beside it...be warned the River will have the first of many crests on Tuesday below flood level, but close (in KC)  expect that trend to continue through mid to late July.  

Chase,
They do the feeds off of their cell phones.  Please be patient. :)

Kristi

Chase--I had the same thing--my guess is he lost his data connection at the time, and that was the last bit of video. I do believe if you refresh it--it should be back in action!

-Mike

Thanks Kristi!  I didn't know that was how they did it.  No wonder. lol

Rdub...aware.  Point being none of the rest of the TOP WFO is in a watch either...and yes, I know it is the SPC...I probably didn't write that clearly.

Gone.

So far it does seem like a poof for eastern ks and western mo. I hope that is not the case!

Just keep hitting the refresh button. :)

Kristi

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3 inch hail heading towards here

I just now got text alert for franklin, good thing nothing severe going on here!!!!!