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the only way i see it working is if you had internet through a cell phone company. oh and jeremy i have .69 so far in sedalia

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Super...thanks for the update!

Jeremy

ME!!

Hey Jeremy, real bonus to meet Gary today and then talk to you on the phone tonight. this might be the best day of my life! Seriously though I have a question.

The rain we are having right now. it's mostly rain but you see the occasional lightning with rumble of thunder. Is that still considered Cumulonimbus or is that just really tall nimbostratus clouds?

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I'd probably say cumulonimbus.

Jeremy

Still raining pretty good here in Overland Park, the intial severe storms were fun to watch from my balcony

wow that was quick! thanks Jeremy I feel a little smarter now.
Hey Lorie How you doing tonight? =)

Lol Lorie!

Looks like the rain is just about to hit you! Just another good old fashioned thunderstorm with heavy rain is about it, as it look now. Enjoy you thunderstorm!

David

Jonathan/Jeremy,

When I step out side, and the clouds were lit up by lightning, it looks like the rain is actually falling from the anvils of the thunderstorms to our south, so I guess you would call that Cumulonimbus, since its part of that cloud....

Lorie, where are you again??
I'm in ozarks n just curious.

Stacy

Lorie when I was talking to you yesterday I was right on about the timing of the storms for you huh? I'm so proud!

David thanks for that info. It's kinda hard to look up here cuz it's raining so hard lol so I can't really tell what kind of cloud their falling from

I don't know if Lorie's still here or not so i'll answer for her. She's in Joplin, MO

thanks johnathan.

I'm on vacation and I thought she was closer to here.. and I'm a curious person.  Anyhow gonna sit back n watch the lightning over the lake..

gnite KC

Hi Bellgolf
I have a battery backup on my router and cable modem. In the event of a power outage, that gives me an hour or so to continue working from my laptop. I actually reported a power outage that way once.

Stacy your in the ozarks? the osage beach area is under a Severe tstorm warning are you in that area or are you further south?

Now well over the 1 inch mark here in Lenexa, with rain still falling! Just had a very close lightning strike, nearly fell out of my chair! lol

David

g'night stacy.

geez does everybody think I spell my own name wrong or something?=P

That Happens David! I know. I LOVE thunderstorms but I'd almost prefer those real close ones happened a LITTLE farther away=P

I'm still here. Hadn't hit the refresh button in awhile. :-P

Yep, Joplin.

It just started raining. Yeah!

Jonathan ~ Did I have storms yesterday? Seriously, I can't remember. We have them everyday or every other.

Tornado near us Friday night. I was hosting a scrapbook thing at church. At one point we went to the bsmt and one lady brought the pan of brownies down. Important stuff you know? Funny!

yeah I forget to do that too sometimes Lorie! How's the Thunderstorm Nice and Relaxing or Big and Boisterous!

I've been surfing for a steel above ground storm shelter. Finally figured out where I could put one without looking .... well like it was storm shelter.

Nice and relaxing. No lightening, no wind, light rain. Oops, just said no lightening and there went a good one. Not enough to make me almost fall out of chair. ;-)

Jonathon,
My dad spells it that way too, so I'm used to it! lol! :)
Still rain with some good lighting here. Enjoying the nice steady rain. Its a good break from the intense thunderstorms earlier.

David

Lol Lorie! =P

Glad you're enjoying it! Well, I'm off to bed, good night and enjoy the gentle (I hope) overnight thunderstorms!

David

David you just spelled it wrong too. LOL

Good night David!

Lorie I think you did have storms yesterday

Oops, and I was trying to spell it right! Geez, I must be tired. Well, good night then!! (for real this time!)

David

So does anybody ever pay attention to the arrows on wunderground? Does it mean there's rotation if they're pointing in 3 different directions? Just wondering.

David, I still have your radar up. I love the graphics, colors, and i love how it pops up with a symbol if there's rotation. I really look for those.

Hey you guys. one of the bloggers sent me a private message yesterday and I wanted to know if I ever needed to in the future so I don't embarass myself like I a lot of times do, send a private message to another blogger, how to use that feature. I can't figure it out.

I have a nephew named Nathan and a nephew named Jonathan. So I remember it as Jo....nathan. I'm such a bad speller that I need very trick that I can get.

Back to weather....nice flashes of lightening already to my east. never heard any just to my west or nearby. Soft steady rain.

Sorry no idea on PM (private message). Ok, so if I had storms yesterday AND Friday AND Thursday AND Tuesday, Oh good grief. This has got to stop. Somebody needs to have a tallk with Mother Nature.

lol lorie. no it doesn't mean there is rotation it just means they are tracking indvidual cellets I guess you would call them inside the storm. but as you can see they change direction every frame so they aren't that trustworthy.


David don't worry about it I'm givin you crap lol

those storms in Texas are EXPLOSIVE i've never seen the radar use up the entire scale of colors on a storm before. that's incredible.

sorry father nature beat mother nature senseless if she doesn't do what he says...=P

Those ARE impressive and still no tornado warned area that I could see on the map.

Ok, I'm heading off to sleep in a bit.

So did I read that right in Jeremys blog that most of the rain is going to stay south of the northland tonight?

Thanks for the info on the arrows, Jonathan. Probably talk to u tomorrow. Afterall, I'm sure that I'll have storm.

well I don't think they're tornadic they're just very very heavy rain producers and large hail producers. They're Right next to that Low pressure so there's lot's of vertical motion right there.

Okay,
One more thing, lol, there has to be something wtong with that radar in North Texas, there is no way that those storms are that intense. Its like the radar is stuck in clean air mode (sensitive mode) or something like that. There is no way that every little shower show over 75 DBZ, that would be like baseball sized hail in everyone of those storms! If you use other nearby radars, you will see that they are much less severe than they appear, thats not to say they aren't sever though!

Lorie, glad you like it. Ya, those rotation and hail icons are nice. If you see red or yellow circle with blue dots in the middle, that is a indication of hail. A red circle with a big blue dot in it usually indicates 1" or larger hail, just so you know how to use it.

Jonathan, (I will spell it right this time!!!) to use the private messaging, click the Forums link up at the top,  then you will see a list of names, people online, click one of the names and then click send a private message. I'm sure there's an easier way, but I haven't found it yet.

David

I know David isn't that insane down in Texas! thanks for the PM Tip! I appreciate it!

okay I'm off to bed all have a wonderful evening!

THIS ONE GOT US GOOD.
I was at my Grandmother's most of the day today, and I was of course watching as the line of storms developed and moved towards us.  I noticed a bit of mammatus before the storms moved in and I figured it would be a pretty good storm, the shelf cloud and the slightly bluish green sky behind it in the rain field was just breathtaking.  Well the storm moved in and we had lots of cg lightning, strong winds(50 to 60 where I was at would be my guess), and sheets of wind blown rain. The power did not flicker at all at her house and there was no immediate signs of limbs down, but minutes later as the storm was winding down, local media started getting reports of tree damage in the north end of town, and a report of a gust at the airport in excess of 70 m.p.h.  Well around 7 p.m. we went to our house. driving north we did not notice much, there was a tree split down the middle and some small branches down along the way but when we got to our neighborhood we could see splotches of green down everywhere it seems. across the street there is half a tree that fell over, there is numerous branches from the trees in our yard down, lots of small pieces of an walnut tree scattered in our yard in the front and the back yard.  Ironically one branch fell in an old pile of twigs/sticks/ branches that we still have from the ice storm.  There were city trucks surveying the damage with their lights flashing, and the power was out.  Well the power just came on about 30 minutes ago.  I did take pictures and hopefully I can get them to you guys by sometime tomorrow.  Is this still the best address to send them to: weather@nbcactionnews.com? THANKS!!

Where is the backside of this storm??? Really tired of hearing the rain hitting the window and gurgling in the gutters.

2.15 inches in Lee's Summit so far!

KCK near N 18th and State:

Last 24 hours so far:  1.25, but light rain starting to move in again at this time.

Month: 3.45

2008 to date:  22.66

I don't think there is a backside to this storm farmgirl.  It just keeps raining and raining and raining here in Paola.  Radar shows no end in sight.  I just came in from walking Windy, my dog.  She doesn't much like the rain or the puddles but she loves her walk and will endure just about anything.  We walk rain or shine, only time we don't go is if there is lightning or really high winds.  I will never understand people who like this dreary, dismal stuff that ruins everything.  Just my opinion, give me sunny days, humidity and heat and I'll not complain.  Jeremy, please make the rain go away..............

.72 for this event, although not much wind, and little rain after the first storms last night, even the redevelopment somehow missed me.  If you look on the radar est. totals I am in the light blue streak right up central Buchanan County to just south of St. Joseph.  How the heck that happens I don't know?

The June total is 1.88 inches.  I am not ready for the storms to end, they have never really begun up here.  I am not sure what the June average rainfall is, but how come this is such a "wet" weather pattern and this one area misses all the heavy rain?

I am glad though that we have had no hail and no strong winds and no close lightning this entire season.  However, our pond is still down about 3 feet and has never recovered form last summers dry weather, which is amazing when you look at areas very close to us.