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Hey Gary, I'm debating booking a tee time for 1 p.m. this afternoon. Last night I thought I wouldn't even consider booking one for today but things aren't looking as impressive as I thought they would for us getting a direct blow. To book or not to book that is the question?

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David,

Look to the northwest.  The MCS is what we will be tracking this morning.  It seems to be intensifying right now. 

Gary

You said that like "Were running out of time! Its  the only way we get get back to Earth in 1000 years, I don't think it will get to us in time honey!" Your good at that Gary! ;)

So do you think there is any chance I could get in a round of golf from 1 -5 p.m. today? 10%, 25%, 50%, 100%? What do you think?

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David,

I am at just above 50% that this complex grows and moves in.  The timing is still in question.  We should know a lot more in about one hour.

Gary

It seems to be waxing and waining with showers and t-storms forming to the south. Whadaya think those will do?

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Look to the northwest.

Gary

NWS has issued an MCS discussion on this;

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1152
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  0722 AM CDT MON JUN 02 2008
 
  AREAS AFFECTED...SERN NEB...NERN KS
 
  CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
 
  VALID 021222Z - 021315Z
 
  CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ESEWD WITH A MAIN THREAT OF LARGE
  HAIL. DMGG WIND THREAT MAY INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING. A NEW WATCH
  DOWNSTREAM OF WW #0418 MAY BE NECESSARY.
 
  CONVECTIVE INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER THE PAST HOUR OVER
  PORTIONS OF SRN NEB AS A DEVELOPING MCS CONTINUES TO TRACK ESEWD.
  LOW LEVEL JET AND THETA-E ADVECTION IN COMBINATION WITH STEEP MID
  LEVEL LAPSE RATES HAS AIDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF A MCS THIS MORNING.
  SHEAR PROFILES AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ABOVE 700 MB AS
  SHOWN ON 12Z NEB SOUNDINGS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A RISK OF LARGE
  HAIL. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...DMGG WIND THREAT WILL INCREASE AS
  SURFACE HEATING MINIMIZES LOW LEVEL CAPPING OBSERVED ON SOUNDINGS
  EAST OF CURRENT CONVECTION...AND ALLOWS STRONGER WINDS TO MIX TO THE
  SURFACE.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1152.html

Awful humid here in Jefferson County KS with a good inflow into the storms.

OK, now we have a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 2PM here in Jefferson County KS

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued..

My weather radio went off a few minutes ago for the Severe T-storm Watch.  What a way to wake up on a Monday AM.  Looks like severe t-storms in northern KS and southern NE.

Kristi

That meso in Nebraska is starting to look impressive. tops over 60,000 and dropping hail.  It looks like an organized line is forming, and the NWS just put a waring out on that cell east of Concordia.  This could get interesting!

Ours went off too! Here we go. That woke me up. LOL!

Anyone seen this software?
http://www.stormpredator.com/
I am in no way connected to this. It looks interesting.

Kelly

My weather radio just went off on my nightstand...it is so loud! t got me up though (which is the pint, i guess!). According to the NWS and SPC, the severe weather threat may include a lot of wind when this comes our way. Bow echo event, maybe? It looks like whatever it comes as, it will be only a small area.

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Roberto,

The big question is will it turn southeast and miss us to the west, or turn right over us?  We should know within two hours.

Gary

hahah juba thats funny! but yeah im still kinda waiting for things to be clear throughout the week, but everything really looks interesting.

That storm in and near Concordia KS is dropping hail up to golf ball size.

Kristi

dpollard, Gary only answered the weather part.  Your game will have a lot to do with whether you can finish 18 holes in four hours. LOL!!

I'm wondering if this new MCS will grow.  The way the cells are developing north & south of Salina I'm thinking this *might* affect a fairly large area...

Yep, the hail core can be seen on the radar now on that cell around COncordia Kristi.

A severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for our are by the National Weather Sevice.

SEL9
 
  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 419
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  750 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS
         NORTHWESTERN AND EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI
         SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 750 AM UNTIL 200
  PM CDT.
 
  HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
  MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
 
  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55
  STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH
  SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF
  KANSAS CITY MISSOURI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE
  THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).
 
  REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
  FAVORABLE FOR 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
  DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
  OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 418. WATCH NUMBER 418 WILL NOT
  BE IN EFFECT AFTER 750 AM CDT.
 
  DISCUSSION...DEVELOPING MCS -- ASTRIDE CENTRAL PORTIONS KS/NEB
  BORDER AS OF WW ISSUANCE -- IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
  ORGANIZE/INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ESEWD PARALLEL TO LOW LEVEL WARM
  FRONTAL ZONE.  LARGE HAIL IS PRIMARY INITIAL THREAT.
  HOWEVER...FOREGOING INFLOW LAYER AIR MASS SHOULD BECOME ROOTED
  PROGRESSIVELY CLOSER TO SFC WITH TIME AS BOUNDARY LAYER DIABATICALLY
  DESTABILIZES.  THIS PROCESS -- COMBINED WITH POSSIBLE BOWING
  ORGANIZATION TO CONVECTION -- SHOULD RESULT IN INCREASING THREAT FOR
  SVR WIND AT SFC.
 
  AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
  TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
  KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM
  MOTION VECTOR 29035.

It doesn't seem to be moving SSE.  So the question is will it will shift SSE or will the line of TStorms S of Manhatten form and continue to move E.

but notice that the cell SW of Manhatten now has a warning on it and there is development to the south of that.  

Right now the complex is moving to the east.  Looks like storms are trying to form to the south of it.  I just took my dog outside a few minutes ago and it is humid out.

Kristi

Intellicast Radar: http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Summary.aspx is reporting that large cell as having a tornadic vortex signature (TVS).

The hail near concordia and with the sell to the SE is off the charts! 70kg max on the radar im using, and it is displaying plenty of that! That must be at least baseball sized hail!

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i am wanting rain, nothing too severe but i need it to hold off till about 1030, i have my windshield getting replaced in my driveway and don't want them in the process of fixing it than, boom rain!

You were right, Roberto...  That storm has baseball size hail...  OUCH.

Kristi

I'm getting a small hook near Miltonvale SE of Concordia with some slight lower level rotation, actually fairily moderate. 30 knot towards and 30 knot away. I wonder if this storm will intensify more??

Geeeeeeesssssss, that s=cell is huge! And now a line forming?!?!?!

I hope that there is no property and crop damage up there.

Kristi

Gary and fellow bloggers, I have a huge cottonwood tree across the street to the SW of my house of course the wind mainly blows from the SW. So my question is why is this tree producing so much cotton? My yard is covered and looks like it has a blanket snow on it. I have a picture to send to you Gary of it. If anyone knows why this tree is letting out so much cotton let me know, thanks MT

Brett/Gary,
   Your watch box on the upper right of the NBC screen is only displaying a SVR T-Storm watch for couties west of the metro, ie: Douglas, Jeferson, Jackson(KS), Franklin. I checked on the NWS website and the metro is still ino n the watch. Just wondering wy there is no display for the metro in your watch ticker on NBC.

Is that a hook echo forming on that cell SW of Concordia? (the one dropping the baseball size hail)

You can see the hail core on the storm south of Manhattan on the radar from KC/PH.  That storm means business too with quarter size hail.

Kristi

Kelly said:
Ours went off too! Here we go. That woke me up. LOL!

Anyone seen this software?
http://www.stormpredator.com/
I am in no way connected to this. It looks interesting.


Kelly, The Best Software is StormLab Pro ( interwarn.com ), and GRLevelx (grlevelx.com)

A hook is forming on that cell near Concordia.

Kristi

Wait I see two hooks forming near Concordia.  I am looking at the NWS radar out of Topeka.

Kristi

It looks like the line is now forming S towards Emporia and it appears that the whole complex is starting it's shift SSE.

Looks like there may be some rotation in those storms, possible tornado's forming now?  The sun was out a little bit this morning...to add some more instability to the equation.

I am looping the TOP radar- some of the cells look like they are starting to rotate- especially the one on Concordia- looks like the Warm Front is interacting with these storms...are you guys seeing the same thing?

Other than the May 1-2 event, KC has done remarkably well in missing the severe weather that has seemingly been occurring all around us for weeks.  Perhaps this is the week where we share the wealth, so to say.

Kristi: I see a hook with 30-22 rotation near Idana and Clay center, and a stronger one with 30-30 rotation near Aurora, SE of Concordia. Those are looking fairily strong and consistent with their intensity. I hope the NWS doesn't miss a tornado if one develops. Brett is on the air right now saying that the watch may be extended into W Missouri, but W Missouri still has a watch in effect along with the extreme eastern portion of KS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
 SOUTHERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 816 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEN EGG SIZE HAIL...AND
 DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
 NORTH OF JAMESTOWN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING
 SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
 JAMESTOWN...
 CONCORDIA...
 AURORA...
 CLYDE...

LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY
MOVE INDOORS NOW...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


Hens are Falling! Hen size hail that is!

Thanks Andrew, I'll go check it out! Another outbreak coming??

Kelly

There maybe hooks, but at last check of the warnings out there none of them have gone tornadic. Lets hope it stays that way.

Looks like we will be getting some good ole boomers here in just an hour or so...

Man, I'm sooo bummed---I want to use GRLevelx, but alas I am a Mac guy and always will be! Guess I'll be loading Parallels on here so I can use it.

No problem, Kelly!

Those storms around Manhattan are intensifying.

Roberto,
I hope that NWS is not missing any tornadoes from those cells.

Kristi

I can't afford GRLevelx right now so have to use the free stuff.

Kristi

This looks like it can get busy

No problem, Kelly!

To me it looks like all the storms are going to go south of 1-70 and miss Liberty.

This has to be done by 3pm or else go around. My sellers are moving today and I start taking stuff over at 3.

Just curoius, could we just post links to the NWS ? Some of the info is repetitive, or in some cases 6 inches of blank space. Yeah, I'm feeling testy and stressed today.

the kc area got removed from the watch

Andrew,
  I downloaded GRlevelx GR Level 2. How do you get it off of Atlanta, Georgia radar? I know it's probably fairily obvious to most people, but for some reason I can't get it to pan to Kansas City.

Kristi- is GRlevelx a software?

Jeri,
Good Luck moving!  If I could, I would help you move.

Kristi

Teamster83: I just checked the NWS website, and an update from 9:10 AM says that the watch still includes us.

i kn ow that. but garys front page says they shifted the watch over to the west

Yes, JP  I know a lot of people at STORMWATCH.org and SevereStudios.com use it.

Kristi

i may end up chasing this storm, leave for just south of topeka.  I'll let u all know how it goes.

I use both StormLab,and GrLevel3.

Stormlab has pathcast, Grlevel3 has smoothing which I like.

I just don't understand why the NWS won't switch to smoothing.

Im watching ABC 49-2 from Topeka and they are focusing on the storm that went through Clay Center and headed to Manhattan.   Tennis ball sized hail has been reported with this storm and he is focusing on this storm.

-Brian in Lawrence

Kristi,
did you see my question last night??  I have the weather radio programmed, but i didnt' have an audio alarm.. any tips.  The manual I found for it, doesnt' really make it clear.

Jeri.. Good luck on the move..

IMO--I agree with LSgolfer it appears that the storm motions are to the South SouthEast- we might miss out on the real severe stuff to our West

Jeri- I hope you stay dry.....

Andrew (or anyone else),
I figured out the way to get over to KC, but why am I not seeing any radar on it?(Grlevelx Grlevel2) Thanks everyone who can help!

Basebell size hail near Council Grove KS.  That storm could land here in the metro if it kept on its current path.

Only watches are modified thru the NWS.

Kristi

What free stuff do you use Kristi? I use WeatherPulse now.

Kelly

Sorry Stacy!  What brand is your weather radio?

Kristi

Go to site,and select! To use GRLevel2, and/or Analyst

Go to configure polling,and copy/paste this site
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/nexrd2/raw/



GR2Analyst is real sweet!

I just use NWS radar.  How is WeatherPulse?  I was using Intellicast earlier..  It seemed OK.

Kristi

Its' a midland hand held.  I have all the alerts set.. or so I thought.  But I musta messed up, cuz there wasnt' an audio alert.  I couldnt' find it anywhere in the manual, which I downloaded a copy of.. for those late night emergency county programming..
The little yellow light is flashing.. showing "no messages" last night.. this morning showing "thunder storm watch"

I am not going to go look at it because it s way out of my price range right now.

Kristi

I have a feeling that areas like Clinton or Sedalia might see the brunt of the storm.  Although the cell just SW of Manhatten looks to be shifting.  My guess is that the West side of the metro will start to see something in the next hour and the entire metro area will see it within an hour and a half.

Jason

and as far as radar goes.. I use wunderground and NWS.. but seriously considering getting interwarn N skylab (I think those r right names) before we leave.. extra added security..

My feathers are showing lmao.

Have a link to the manual and radio?  I will take a look.

Kristi

GrLevel Analyst make a 3D Pic of the storm !
http://grlevelx.com/gr2analyst/

Does it have three lights...  one for advisory, watch, and warning?

Kristi

GrLevel Analyst make a 3D Pic of the storm !
http://grlevelx.com/gr2analyst/

No Kristi it only has one blinking yellow light.  
Here's the radio...
http://www.midlandradio.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=3104

It's OK, The radar I can't zoom in. Unless I am doing something wrong. The Star Trek warning scares the pants off you. LOLOL!

The sat loops are useful.

Kelly

Looks like the nastiest of the storms, the one now near Manhattan, will pass south of the metro.  The metro will end up with some moderate rain with perhaps some rumbles of thunder and that's all.

GrLevel Analyst make a 3D Pic of the storm !
http://grlevelx.com/gr2analyst/

Roberto,

To see the radar, you have to enter in the data "polling" site. If you check out the help forums, or grlevelxstuff.com forums, I think they have the url that you need to enter to get the data. Personally, I use GR Level 3, and just get the data from the NWS.

Kelly,
I have to back Andrew up on this one. GrLevelx radar are the way to go. Storm Predator is just about worthless. You get the same thing from weather underground.
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These  storms sound pretty nasty! I just got a report of 3.5" hail out in Clay Center in Cloud county.

David

I've tried GR2Analyst once, but the price is way up there,and for Level 2 Data you really need High Speed Internet. I decided just to buy GrLevl3, mainly because of Smoothing, I still use StormLab Pro though!

Roberto, It seems Andrew got to it before me! Must not have git refresh enough! lol :)

Thanks Andrew, David. I went ahead and downloaded Level 3 Trial. Thanks again.

I fly out tomorrow to Las Cruces,NM to stay with my grandparents for 2 wks!! I'm gonna miss the rest of severe weather season! :(

Kelly, I have one similar to that one.  The button on top you must hold in until the NOAA symbol is on and make sure the volume is turned up all the way.  Does not have powerful sound.....hope this helps.  Jim in Clinton

"simplykristi said:
I just use NWS radar.  How is WeatherPulse?  I was using Intellicast earlier..  It seemed OK. "
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Use weather underground. That radar is very user friendly, and you can zoom in, and for $5 a year you can get a 40 image loop. Not bad in my opinion.

Daivd

Based on current trends, if the storms hold together, I would say Ottawa has an excellent chance of getting hammered by 11:30 or noon.

I see that you all have finally been invited to the party. ;-) Seriously though, I hope everyone stays safe.

The expected early morning storms popped up just to the east of us. We got a bit of rain (what else is new) but nothing else. I think our next round is tonight.

Stacy,
That radio should have an alarm on it for weather alerts.  I just have to find where you set it.  I can do either text or alarm.  I have mine set to alarm.

Kristi

Kelly, you also have to make sure these two symbols are on the screen, NOAA and an icon that looks like a speaker.  Just hold down on the top button until you see both of the symbols on the screen.  You probably only have the NOAA icon on the screen now.  Jim in Clinton  ps. it is on page 10 of the manual that you downloaded for the radio.  

Thanks David! Now if only I could get my hands on GR2 Analyst! First I need HSI.

Jim
You rock! :)  I have the tabletop one so I was trying to help Stacy thru here.

Kristi

I thought so too, but I cant' seem to find it.  I have the noaa in top right corner a little alarm looking thing on too.. but no sound  I'm gonna play with it again.. cuz I HAVE to have this working right

Thanks David  Got a link for me please? :)

Kristi

I think this MCS will make it to KC!

Thanks soo much Jim..  now to figure out how to get that top alarm thingy up.. other than that I have it set right.

It will rain, it will thunder in KC, but the severe stuff will miss us and pass to the southwest and south.

The storms seem to be breaking apart.  Do you anticipate that they will continue to break up, or will those individual cells intensify?  Is this thing dying down or building up?

5kckmartins:  Make sure it is not a bell looking icon.  That is simply a sleep alarm.  You need the speaker looking icon.  It is on page 10 of the manual.  Here is the link again to the manual.....http://www.midlandradio.com/comersus/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=3104
Jim in Clinton

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
947 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

KSZ103>105-MOZ028-021600-
JOHNSON-LEAVENWORTH-PLATTE-WYANDOTTE-
947 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LEAVENWORTH...NORTHERN JOHNSON...
SOUTHERN PLATTE AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...

AT 945 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 48 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MUSCOTAH TO 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUSCOTAH TO 34 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TONGANOXIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
 LINWOOD BY 1035 AM CDT.
 TONGANOXIE AND DE SOTO BY 1040 AM CDT.
 OLATHE AND BONNER SPRINGS BY 1050 AM CDT.
 EDWARDSVILLE...BASEHOR AND LAKE QUIVIRA BY 1055 AM CDT.
 EASTON...SHAWNEE...LANSING AND LEAVENWORTH BY 1100 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF RENO...CLEARVIEW CITY...JARBALO...MONTICELLO...ZARAH...
LAKE OF THE FOREST...LACKMANS...HOLLIDAY...FAIRMOUNT AND PIPER ARE
ALSO IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

Looking at the radar loop, is there a small ULL developing? Because I see a little rotation when looping.

i have the speaker icon on.  its talking now.. lol.   i thought that was just a weather broadcast, cuz now it won't shut up lmao

I would really prefer to miss the hail myself.  Anyone see the hail core west of Manhattan?  That storm has baseball size hail in it.

Kristi

There does seem to be a bit of cyclonic twisting to the radar echoes, centerd around the most intense cell now just SW of Manhattan.  

And with that, it's starting to thunder pretty good in western Shawnee.  Dark enough now, I had to turn the lights on in the home office.

Softball sized hail confirmed near Manhattan just reported on 49 ABC from Topeka! They have sounded the sirens there because of the hail size!

-Brian

Not unusual to get lightning in the anvil well ahead of a complex of severe thunderstorms.  The lightning is probably very frequent out around Manhattan right now.

I am not surprised, Brian.  That cell just SW of Manhattan is nasty looking on radar.  I hope that motorists on I-70 can get off and see shelter.

Kristi

The hail core with the storm near Manhattan should be hitting I-70 in the next few minutes.  Hope drivers can find an underpass or place to shelter their vehicles!

ooops seek not see

Kristi

seds,

That's what I meant! In Olathe, Its getting a little bit dark now too.

5kckmartins:  It confuses me a bit, because if you want alert mode without the constant broadcast, all you need on the screen is the NOAA icon.  The speaker icon is for continual broadcast from the NWS.  When a watch or warning is issued via NWS, as long as you have the NOAA icon on, you should receive both text and audible alert.  uhmmm.  I might not have helped you too much. Jim in Clinton ps. if I think of anything else, I will let you know.  

Here in Lawrence we are starting to see some lightning, but no rumbling yet!  There is no better feeling than to wake up and get to watch/track storms!

-Brian

Holy *** softball size, that's extreme.  That could kill people in the open and severely damage your vehicle.  Hope that misses KC.

Now there appears to be some cyclonic twisting to the storm just NE of Emporia, and velocity mode indicates some weak rotation in that area.

Nice flash of lightning just now, with a good boom following!

Live Radar

http://liveradar.zxq.net/

Subby, I had it like that.. and I didnt' get an audible alert.

We had a big rumble of thunder here a few minutes ago.

Kristi

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guy is working on my shield right now. i sure hope it doesn't start raining for about 40 more minutes or i will be submitting another claim for the interior of my car.

Kristi,
Sorry, missed your post. Here's the link. http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=EAX
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It looks to me like the big storms are going to slide to the southwest of the metro. Lots of lightning and thunder here though. I can't figure that out. There aren't any thunderstorms near us, but there sure is a lot of lightning. But no big storms for us, I think.

David
P.S. I also have live radar :P http://weather.kskoellers.com/radar/radar.shtml