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Chase- go to www.weather.gov

Any thoughts on how long it will take the activity to start affecting the downtown KC area?

will all the flooding in iowa flow into the mississippi and affect st. louis? That could be a major problem.

here we go again on our own, goin down the only road we've ever known, like drifters we were born to walk alone. HERE WE GO AGAIN FOLKS!

So what are the timelines for the severe weather, possibly tornado event? And what locations are in the highest risk area for this type of weather?

Tornado Warning for Northwestern Sulivan County...I have a nice view of that storm from down here in Marceline.

Alex

RDub..
Thanks for clarifying that for me.  I suspected that but needed to 'hear it' from someone:)

My son has baseball at 5:15 at the 3 and 2 fields out in Lenexa, any idea if they will actually get to play or will they will be interrupted by the storms?

Hail!  I love Whitesnake!!!!  

Well last night was a stormy one in St. Joe, I tried to post after 2 a.m. but it just said Error.  I heard the sirens going off in Elwood from my house in St. Joe when the tornado warnings were going off for Northeast Ks.  then we had a good light show for a long time and finally the storms moved in with very heavy rain and lots of lightning and some wind, well now it looks like there will be some neat looking lightning to my south tonight as you guys have your heavy rain event.

A second tornadic t'storm near Gallatin and Jamesport heading towards Trenton...

Heavy rain MD out for the area haven't seen one of those for a long time

ROCK ON Subby!

I so want that song played at my funeral. but anywho.

I was waiting for my weather radio to go off and it never did.  Found out that one of my kids was messing with it and changed the code.  Glad I found it now and was able to reset it before anything severe happened.  

I was wondering the same thing as Kimberly.  My son has baseball practice at 6:45...curious as to if there will be practice.

Wow.. 80's flashbacks...

Looks like almost every storm is headed almost perfectly to the NE.  If we are lucky, we won't have anything major fure up SW of us.  Cross your fingers and maybe we'll get to skip the beatings tonight. (Just as soon nobody got a beating, but that's not realistic this time of year.)

Kimberly,

My son also has practice tonight, it could go either way, you know these die hard coaches, they want their practice!! I would not be surprised if they canceled it.

Is anyone else's workplace filled with newly arrived people from India, just off the plane,  who don't understand much English?  My floor is teeming with them, let alone the whole company.   The other day when it was supposed to be the worst outbreak since the Super Outbreak I tried to explain "tornado" and "basement" and make a noise like the tornado siren and they didn't even know if their apartment building had a basement.  I had to draw a picture of a tornado and write down the URL to the TV station.   I asked the guy I talked to to please explain to his friends.   We're on the top floor at my company surrounded by glass.  We have a signal that means to go down to a certain floor but the people from India don't work for our company.  They work for an outsourcing company and just sit in these booths.  I think they even bring their own computers.   I bet the company they work for is some out-sourcing outfit in (well, who knows where!) and hasn't explained about tornados in the least, such as, don't go outside, don't get in your car, etc.  

it's just been one of those  years where everything lines up perfectly sw to ne and it takes FOREVER for things to get here if they ever do.

Ours is a game, not a practice.  If it was practice I wouldn't take him. But a game we will be there unless they call it on our way out there. I got notices on my cell phone from 3 and 2 about weather cancellations.

the Upper Low is ever so slightly pushing it's way through KS so i expect things to get explosive here soon. Any thoughts Gary?

Grundy and Daviess counties are under tornado warnings, right now... Trenton is under one of these warnings, and their tornado sirens are BROKEN.  I hope they can get to their area of safety, all right.


-Nicole

Verrry Interesting Kelly

Something to keep in mind, if you watched last night's storms, it was the same patten, a stalled front that only seemed to move when the storms behind it pressed them out, causing the bow echo like it did last night.  As long as the front stays stalled and a system behind it does not develop, then the storms should stay along the stall line and continue to shif torwards the northeast.  I would expect by around 7 this evening, that the system will explode and will press into our area, as activity off to our west will advance in as well, pressing these storms into our area with another bow echo. Just my prediction.

Long time lurker...first time blogger.......but this does not look good

SEL4
 
  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 514
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  305 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
         WESTERN ILLINOIS
         SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
         CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.
 
  TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 65 STATUTE
  MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
  BURLINGTON IOWA TO 40 MILES WEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A
  COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
  UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
 
  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 513...
 
  DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG THE
  RETREATING FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN KS INTO NORTHERN MO...WITH
  OTHER MORE ISOLATED STORMS FORMING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON SOUTH
  OF BOUNDARY.  MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...COUPLED WITH
  FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE
  OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
  POSSIBLE WITH MORE ORGANIZED SUPERCELLS THROUGH THE EVENING.
 
  AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
  SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
  500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
 
 
  ...HART


  SEL4
 
  URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 514
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  305 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
 
  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
  TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
 
         SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
         WESTERN ILLINOIS
         SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
         CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MISSOURI
 
  EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 305 PM UNTIL
  1000 PM CDT.
 
  TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 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 65 STATUTE
  MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
  BURLINGTON IOWA TO 40 MILES WEST OF WICHITA KANSAS.  FOR A
  COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
  UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
 
  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 513...
 
  DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG THE
  RETREATING FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN KS INTO NORTHERN MO...WITH
  OTHER MORE ISOLATED STORMS FORMING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON SOUTH
  OF BOUNDARY.  MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS...COUPLED WITH
  FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WILL PROMOTE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE
  OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
  POSSIBLE WITH MORE ORGANIZED SUPERCELLS THROUGH THE EVENING.
 
  AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
  SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
  WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
  500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
 
 
  ...HART


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  WOUS64 KWNS 122003
  WOU4
 
  BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
  TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 514
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  305 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
 
  TORNADO WATCH 514 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE
   FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
  IAC007-051-123-135-179-185-130300-
  /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0514.080612T2005Z-080613T0300Z/
 
  IA
  .    IOWA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
 
  APPANOOSE            DAVIS               MAHASKA            
  MONROE               WAPELLO             WAYNE              
 
 
  ILC001-009-130300-
  /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0514.080612T2005Z-080613T0300Z/
 
  IL
  .    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
 
  ADAMS                BROWN              
 
 
  KSC001-003-005-015-017-031-035-045-049-059-073-077-079-085-087-
  091-095-103-107-111-113-115-121-127-139-155-173-177-191-197-207-
  209-130300-
  /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0514.080612T2005Z-080613T0300Z/
 
  KS
  .    KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
 
  ALLEN                ANDERSON            ATCHISON            
  BUTLER               CHASE               COFFEY              
  COWLEY               DOUGLAS             ELK                
  FRANKLIN             GREENWOOD           HARPER              
  HARVEY               JACKSON             JEFFERSON          
  JOHNSON              KINGMAN             LEAVENWORTH        
  LINN                 LYON                MARION              
  MCPHERSON            MIAMI               MORRIS              
  OSAGE                RENO                SEDGWICK            
  SHAWNEE              SUMNER              WABAUNSEE          
  WOODSON              WYANDOTTE          
 
 
  MOC001-007-013-019-021-025-033-037-041-047-049-053-061-063-079-
  083-089-095-101-103-107-111-115-117-121-127-129-137-159-165-171-
  173-175-177-195-197-205-211-130300-
  /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0514.080612T2005Z-080613T0300Z/
 
  MO
  .    MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
 
  ADAIR                AUDRAIN             BATES              
  BOONE                BUCHANAN            CALDWELL            
  CARROLL              CASS                CHARITON            
  CLAY                 CLINTON             COOPER              
  DAVIESS              DEKALB              GRUNDY              
  HENRY                HOWARD              JACKSON            
  JOHNSON              KNOX                LAFAYETTE          
  LEWIS                LINN                LIVINGSTON          
  MACON                MARION              MERCER              
  MONROE               PETTIS              PLATTE              
  PUTNAM               RALLS               RANDOLPH            
  RAY                  SALINE              SCHUYLER            
  SHELBY               SULLIVAN            
 
 
  ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...LSX...ICT...TOP...
 
 
 


Note: The Aviation Watch (SAW) product is an approximation to the watch area. The actual watch is depicted by the shaded areas.

  SAW4
  WW 514 TORNADO IA IL KS MO 122005Z - 130300Z
  AXIS..65 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LINE..
  10SSE BRL/BURLINGTON IA/ - 40W ICT/WICHITA KS/
  ..AVIATION COORDS.. 55NM N/S /49NNE UIN - 28WSW ICT/
  HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT..2 INCHES. WIND GUSTS..60 KNOTS.
  MAX TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
 
  LAT...LON 39709105 36709816 38599816 41599105
 
  THIS IS AN APPROXIMATION TO THE WATCH AREA.  FOR A
  COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE WOUS64 KWNS
  FOR WOU4.
 

Watch 514 Status Report Message has not been issued yet.

I understand one's passion for sever weather, but keep in mind when you state your disappointment, people have lost family members and their homes and it may be a member of this blogs family.

HUMMERSEEKER:

Here is an update on rainfall predictions....looks like your area has been increased a bit like us.  3+  Jim in Clinton

Chris Rice from stormchaselive is in ottawa.... ummm tell me he's just passing thru

why didn't you just tell us to read the tornado watch status?

Wonderful.  Hey 41 Guys - you gonna be on the air tonight tracking all this?  Like the last time - non-stop? Don't think there's anything I'd rather watch than you!  Serious.  I'm ghetting really nervous now.

Jon, what time do you think it will be rolling through so i can plan for Amber?

Sorry HUMMERSEEKER, here is the link.....  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=sgf

Jim

Mark, Definitely too early to be asking that question man. The upper low hasn't quite yet interacted with the front down here yet. when that happens, thunderstorms will explode on the front and then once that happens I'll have a better idea where the thunderstorms are going and how long it'll take them to get here. But right now I can tell you it's gonna be a while, unless something isolated pops up ahead of the front.

thanks jim for posting that link.  Kristy

Good late afternoon again!!! Currently sitting at 91 here in SW Lawrence with gusty South winds.

I am still watching those storms that are firing just NW of Emporia-they are really growing and Are in what I think is a more favorable enviornment as it has been warmer down there today. Will be interesting to watch those and see what they do-they have really grown in the past 45 minuets.

On a different note: anybody looked at the satelite imagery of the main Upper Level Low spinning along the border-man that is massive-quite the pic and one can see why we are having the weather we are having-its circulation is reaching the Nebraska/Kansas border. By the way, still snow advisories in Wyoming-I think I am going to chase some snow LOL!!!

Bill in Lawrence

Not a prob Kristy.  

Thank you Jon, I dont know what I would do without you! I am always so glad to have your input on these things. You are a good friend and I hope everything is going better for you. Hopefully we can find some time to get together soon. Take care!

a Heavy Rain Meso is out for the Metro.

Thanks Mark, I trust you more than any other friend I have=)

there is also a heavy rain MD going on now as well.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1343
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  0352 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
 
  AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF KS/MO/IA/IL/WI
 
  CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1343.html

a real nice little cell just poped up west of Ottawa a few moments ago, tracking torwards the northeast along the stalled front.

I think we're skipping practice tonight.  It's just not worth it.  I hate it when I get that feeling in my stomach.  Ugh.  Looking forward to severe weather season to be over.  

HailJonathan- I know someone who actually had that Whitesnake song played at his wife's funeral- it was really sad and touching.  dea

Barbara, way too early in the evening for panic=)

Brocksmama, that's really neat, I'm sorry if I brought up some bad emotions.=(

There's a HUGE cumilonimbus cloud outside my window, here in south KCMO.  Quite the anvil cloud it is, there's a lot of them forming over here.

yeah those cells are trying to get their act together, but like I said before I don't think the Upper low has fully come into contact with that front yet so i'm thinking within another hour things will really start to come alive on that front.

Is it really a front much now?  Looking at the obs, it is marginal.  Perhaps a boundary, but..dunno...

NWS - 4PM Forecast Discussion Update.

"CONVECTION HAS BLOSSOMED WITHIN A NARROW CORRIDOR NEAR WHAT IS LEFT
OVER OF THE STATIONARY FRONT."

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=EAX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1

Guys i'm sorry really you should listen to a professional I am just a hobbyist I'm just saying what I am seeing but remember I am just a hobbyist and I am very knowlegable and know a LOT about weather but for those who dont like hearing that information from a hobbyist i'm sorry. Gary will be on in about 40 minutes so we'll hear what he has to say. i'm just an information gatherer and am rolling off the info as I see it.

Bill in Lawrence--

Let's go chase some snow! That sounds like fun after being a bit tired of this humidity (I won't add heat since we haven't hit 90 yet!!!!)

HailJonathan- no prob. - it was my son's hockey coach's wife- several years ago.  That song had been their favorite song when they first started dating.  Dea

HailJonathan said:
yeah those cells are trying to get their act together, but like I said before I don't think the Upper low has fully come into contact with that front yet so i'm thinking within another hour things will really start to come alive on that front.


........

Well, as long as I can do some paper work tonight while I watch the Weather Plus station or Ch. 41, I'm happy. I don't want to have to go to the basement since I have pets that scatter in every direction when I try to corral them!

I just read something a minute ago that called it a retreating front.

But really is it that important what I call it? I'm not freakin perfect. sorry.

Thanks for the links JPnKC, RFub & TyndallFlowers!  Those are great sites & I've added them for future reference.

FairWeather, I have 2 cats and a dog in a 1 bedroom apartment that's exposed on the southside I know how ya feel. except no basement or center of the room to be safe in.

There *really* isn't any need to be smart aleck, Jonathan.

sorry scott for snapping at you...that's what I'm on risperdal for.

now I've fired up everybody. Here I go again on my own. Goin down the only road i've ever known, Like a drifter I was born to walk alone. I've made up my mind, aint wasting no more time, here I go again.

I am curious why Gary and the Gang aren't on the Action Weather Plus station during severe weather, in addition to the regular Channel 41?  It would be interesting to see extended coverage on 41.2 when it doesn't warrant coverage on 41.1

Well I'm leaving from Blue Springs to Kingsville -- hopefully we won'tneed a boat in our basement tonight!  Everyone who's out and about - be safe.  Chasers - be careful!  Later.  Laura.

Not panicing (panicking...paniking...whatever) yet, Jonathan!  Just nervous.  That's all.  

It's okay Barbara. I dont have anything else to do but to help you guys feel better. and to tick everyone else off apparently.

I wish I needed a boat in my basement...I love boats(wait I don't have a basement) anywho. I LOVE BOATS!

Bye Laura!

All, I have read some of the comments here about people who look forward to severe weather and may be disappointed when the weather does not meet their expectations. Honestly, I find these comments to be rather ignorant of the reality of weather.

The reality is that for every disappointment, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of people who are glad the severe weather did not occur. For every thrill of seeing a tornado, or watching a super cyclone develop, there are people who are facing economic ruin. To say you are thrilled to see a tornado and not understand the economic and personal destruction they cause seems to me to be the depth of ignorance.

The insurance we all pay is driven to some degree by the losses covered by weather. And to personally attack someone who both understands the thrill of stormchasing and has seen first hand the utter destruction severe weather, and tornadoes, have caused seems to me highly unfair.

To all the trained meteorologists I thank you for keeping things in perspective. I know they have seen the terrible effects of weather. When people choose to leave because of the personal attacks and what is seen as ignorance, I see nothing wrong with saying goodbye. Leave her alone and learn what tornadoes really do to people.

Hey Bill I got your 91 in Lawrence beat.  Here in McLouth its 96 with 82% humidity.  Nothing like a churning environment.

For those of you who are not able to hear Gary

Tonights set up is NOT like last night- No where near lastnights set-up!!

He is concerned this is a Flooding Event setting up....

JP

Right now, the training seems to be setting up to the NW of immediate KC.  Is it possible the heaviest rainfall will occur from Topeka to St. Joe, then the line will begin to progress east and KC itself will have less of a major flood threat, provided the line continues to move and does not stall over us?  Of course, all that water falling to the NW has to drain into the Kansas and Missouri rivers and head for KC, so it's not good for Parkville, Riverside, and points E along the river.

Only 0.25" of rain so far since last night at KCI....

Gary, thanks again for being reassuring, instead of overhyped covereage of a storm up near the Iowa border.  I think the other's coverage was a bit excessive, as usual.

Jonathan,
you cant leave.  you dont need to let anyone drive you away from here.  Ignore the comments that make you mad and respond to the ones that dont :)

Bones are you out there??

Hail, get a grip please. That was not directed at you. It was directed at the people who attacked JeriCorrell earlier and recently. I have lurked here long enough to understand your passion and believe that you and she got along. That was not to you.

okay...sorry 4runner..

who attacked Jeri?

PM Hail.

KCK N 18th and State:

Today so far: 0.44
Month so far: 4.03
Since 1/1/08: 23.24

Very heavy rain with several close lightning bolts exploding on the ground around I-635 and the Missouri River about 6:30 this morning

okay I'm grippin like the All wheel drive subaru I am..

The way this is setting up I think i might need to up my prediction for KCI to 2" plus. I am expecting Gardner, where I live to get mostly heavy rain and wind.

My co-worker whose husband is the mayor of Belton was telling me their home phone was ringing off the hook from people complaning about flooded basements. I really don't think the mayor can do anything about flooded basements.

http://www.zazzle.com/lrc_shirt-235010432022908057

If you would read the previous blogs carefully, noone "attacked" Jeri.  An opinion was given that differed and it sparked a debate.  Some people cannot get over it and move on with their lives.  

The focus is now weather, let's try to keep it that way like the team has asked.

Did any of you see the footage a few minutes ago on NBC 41 of the storm chasers in Iowa who were literally close enough to a tornado to have their ears pop?  No one should put themselves in a position storm chasing where they are that close to a tornado.  How long will it be before a storm chaser or chasers die because they got too close to the show?  Don't know who the folks in the video were, but I hope they were amateurs.  A professional storm chaser should know better.

Gary HELP! I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO! I have a strong passion but can't express it any longer!

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

HailJonathan,

Scream your excitement outloud, but in the blog just talk about the weather.

Gary

I guess I'll just lie...

My prediction of 0.82" of rain for KCI may or may not end up being low, it depends on the configuration of the line of storms as it passes that station.  I'm going to hope there's a "weak point" in the line as it passes KCI and my prediction does not end up being way too low.

Hail, stop. No one said you can't express it did they?

lol more debates???...

more tornados?....its seems like quite a long severe weather season he4re...but really I have not really seen a decent storm yet the one last night or tuesday night was ok..we had 50mph winds but it did not do to0 much...for some reason I am fascinated with floods..I think its so cool when water is everywhere...I know they are devastating and everything but we hardly ever get close to a flood where I live...we are on a big hill...but the Harrisonville park is a cool sight when its all underwater.I will try to get pictures before tomorrow evening's forecast of it, if it floods here.

Brent

Is it still okay that I like active severe weather? I feel like I'm committing a sin for loving severe thunderstorms. I survived the Lawrence Micoburst/Tornado. my windows blew out right in front of my eyes and I saw debris hundreds of feet in the air. But I still love it. I can't help it. I just have to get that off of my chest.

okay i'm sorry I'll stop

Hey Hail, don't leave man. I don't wanna have to go through tonight without my main source of calmness. I listen to Gary and the weather team but you and other people on this blog (like Simplykristi) keep me calm and informed when the weather team is not on.

For every negative comment, just know there are people like bewild79 and myself who value your input.

Thanks again

Being passionate can be a good thing, but folks should keep in mind that there are those who are made uncomfortable by passionate and opinionated folks whose views differ from their own.  I should know, my passion and opinions cost me my job last summer because I offended an office administrator.

Hail, no need to leave.  Your sense of humor is needed on the blog most days.  

People, people, people, calm down. We are weather geeks. Save the drama for a political blog.

I had .25" in my gauge from this morning. I don't know how much evaperated but that makes my prediction of 2.3" for Gardner look pretty good. Then again we may be in the 3"-6" range Gary said was possible.

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lol I know what you feel like...by favorite thing is ice storms..lol I got quite a bit of ridicule for wanting one of those to strike me last winter..lol

I second that chief

Storm Spotter activation Jefferson County KS due to severe weather in Shawnee County KS

I won't leave. I won't let this place go to Heck. i'm just having a bad day today.

Tornado Warning west of Emporia.  The storm that hit Manhattan had a max strenght of EF4.

Hail,

Here I'll be the one to say it, on behalf of this blog I can tell you that I'm not very well liked, so they are saying that your cool man, but that brian1234 guy he's a jerk so don't be like him.

I like eggs.

BTW Hail Dont leave. its fun when you talk

Chase County KS tornado warning

I guess the way I see it....people were complaining that we weren't talking about the weather in here. so we started talking about the weather. and now people are complaing that we are    talking      about     the             weather???

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Jonathon,

The point is, when you get super excited, just yell out loud.  Try to keep that emotion out of the blog.  People were killed last night in tornadoes. So, try to understand there are a lot of viewers that want to be able to relax and not get so scared about what you are getting excited about.

Gary

Based on the level of discourse, maybe KSHB should lay off the news department and just run cartoons all day.  

Twister11, I don't know if your first question has been answered...but, I have family that live in Elsberry, about an hour north of St. Louis, and less than 1 mile from the river.  They had a town meeting yesterday morning about 8 am., and were having a bunch of sand brought in and dropped off about 10 am and they were looking for volunteers to fill sand bags.  THey were expecting it to crest sometime soon this week.  They got it pretty bad in the flood of 93.

I think Ice storms are amazing Brent.

yeah Ronnie that's exactly what they should do can I put in a request for the Muppet Babies..I LoVE THE MUPPET BABIES!

I have come out of my slumber.

3-6 inches of rain eh? That will do serious damage.

Ohh well. Not much of a threat for severe weather.

thanks turd...I like you too.

I'm partial to the old school Tom and Jerri, gotta love that Mammi...lol  or course Ronnie, you gotta love the roadrunner too, if not , Family Guy is perfect...lol

Weather wise,.. we'll get hammered in the next hour or two.

The training is definitely establishing itself from Topeka towards St. Joe.  I've observed many situations like this over the years, and in my experience storms like this train in the beginning part of their evolution, remain stationary for a period of one to three or four hours, then they begin to move east and rarely will such a system stall again once it has begun to move.  That gives me hope that the immediate metro will be spared the 3+ inches of rain.  So maybe we'll only get 1-2 inches of rain here, let's hope.

I agree Ronnie. What is with the histrionics in here? Screaming for help from Gary? People bashing each other? That seems to be the norm in here anymore.

I am thinking about designing an unofficial Action Weather Blog logo. Any thoughts or ideas?

The storms seem to be following a very NEasters path.  Are we still expecting the line to expand outward?  I ask for areas Northeast of Kansas City; will areas like Excelsior Springs and Plattsburg make it into the path of the rains?

Tornado Warning for Topeka

I think you should incorporate thundersnow in it Awetherfrd

any word on timing yet jonathan? remember an hour before she needs the meds. i noticed on radar that they are up and coming and just didnt know how long we have.

Radar indicated tornado 17 miles SW of Topeka headed right towards my location!

Never a dull moment!

Mike in SW Topeka

Topeka storm looks nasty!

whirly girl you just bashed me by saying that. so that didn't help either. it's over and done with we're back to weather now okay=)

Does anyone know if simplykristi will be on the blog tonight?  I am hoping so, but am guessing after last Thursday she will stay away from the possible drama.

Tornado warning for a cell moving directly towards Emporia.

I think we can all agree that I deserve the award for the most emotional blogger on the blog. so lets just give to me I'll accept it and thank everyone for it and move on.

Hey I noticed that the Tornado watch lasts untill 10:00 but when I type in my zip code (64068) in to the NWS site it says that storms won't start untill after 10. So, does anyone expect this watch to be extended? I know it still has 4 hours to go I just thought that was interesting and wondered what other people thought.

Thanks

Alby she has family in town for her neice's wedding saturday... she popped in and out lastnight, so hopefully she will tonight

The tornado warning is not for Emporia itself, but the cell causing the warning is moving directly towards Emporia.  Hopefully, its hook echo configuration will change before it gets there.

alby21,

with very little activity out west influencing the stalled front,it may take a while. Thus the concern for flodding.   The biggest influence for this stalled front to change is a storm system to flare up and press the stalled front ourtward, most likly causeing a bow echo. However  activity down south may end up firing up making it way up our way.

You're right HailJonathan. I'm sorry. Gary already addressed this twice with you on the blog here so it's done now.
Mike L, please be careful!!
I heard at 5:18 Gary said this should not materialize into anything like last night. More of a flooding issue for us in the metro.

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kinda cool to watch...Stacey

Heading off to the swim meet in Merriam...

We are going to get a lot of rain, but thats about all I am sure of.

Possible tornado on the ground about 12 miles SW of here moving my way.  Mike

Awtherfrd,'

if your looking for a logo, my suggestion would be a red circle with a bunch of whiners and cryers and a couple bullies...lol that woudl be funny, oh and have a couple of nerds in there.

Just sent text to sis in emporia to tell her heads up.  Her kids are freaking out

Gary I appreciate your advice. You're a really nice guy. not everybody understands what I go through.

chieffan07, these storms are likely to go all night, so there is a good chance a svr t-storm or tornado watch will be issued as a successor to the watch currently in effect until 10.

simplykristi is on somewhere else tonight.

Is Gary on?

I would think the watch would probly be extended past 10 especially to the east.

Jon, did you see my comment above about when I should give amber her meds?

Thank you Brian and grumpy.  :-)  

I teach just south of St. Joe...I think my school is going to get nailed tonight!

Hi Lorie? how are you? I am hanging in there. I'm wearing lots of body armor though. lol

Jonathan ~ Are you watching any live stormchasers videos? Might be an outlet for your adrenalin.

MikeL be safe!! I hope it falls apart before reaching your area!

My sister is in central topeka and she just called me (family weather geek) all freaked out. She does not have a basement but I was hesitant to scare her any more and tell her to seek shelter elsewhere at this point.

Anyone in Topeka on here?

Thundersnow, nerds, jerks, and complainers... Hmm I might have to sketch this one out for a bit.

I have a mac and I can't watch a lot of the storm chase vids

be careful Lorie,  there are those in here who are a little touchy about getting too excited about the weather and beleive it's disrepectful to those hwo doed in the tornados last night, and the rising costs of insurance.,....lol

hey hail, i've got plenty of body armor if you need any extra.

If there is a tornado it's only a few miles form here at most - may miss us to the south - not confirmed on the ground - check that  - still headed this way. wow!

Mike

I'm doing good. I'm getting so used to these storms any more. Talk to me at midnight when the storms are supposed to be settling in near me. Been watching the blog all day. Said little though.

yeah I saw it mark. it's not time yet.

Thanks Seds. Looks like we might have a long night. Hopefully it will just be a lot of rain.

Tornado warning for Emporia.

Brian what I need is a Lobotomy.. or shock therapy.

WIBW in Topeka is reporting some tornadoes on the ground.
Live coverage:  http://www.wibw.com/

I want a bloggers meeting and I want awards given out...and I want the award for the most impulsive and most emotional blogger.

get out there mike, grab your camera and get to work man,.. i was just discribing the frustrations about how rare it was to get one, you've got a "dopler indicated on" coming right at you, so mostlylkey just a wall could with rotation.. get some good shots,.

Tornado warning for Emporia until 6:45.

sirens going off in emporia

Be safe Mike!!

Yeah I know, Brian. :-{ I somewhat understand Jonathan. He and simply have been pal's to sit with me via the internet while I was about to get hammered with storms.

With this group? They'd be crazy to hold a bloggers meeting now LOL

is the tornado warned cell heading for emporia or north of it

On radar, the cell headed toward Emporia appears to be elongating and should pass just north of there.  However, there is another supercell with a tornado warning on it that follows just to the SW of the first storm.

This is my worst fear confirmed. Unconfirmed report of a large tornado on the ground heading directly towards downtown Topeka. Another tornado warning near Emporia, this one with a rotating wall cloud. More storms forming. If they form a line before they reach us, we'll have destructive straightline winds. If not, we could be under the gun for tornadoes. If someone confirms the Topeka tornado one way or another, let me know, I'm not trying to be an alarmist but just going off what I have heard.

Boy, this video that I'm watching is AMAZING.

THanks seds, I have a sister there and trying to keep her updated via text message....

Check out the Roger Hill chase cam on severestudios.com/livechase

Rain wrapped tornado in Highland Park -- Topeka

No one from WIBW has said there is a large tornado in downtown Topeka.  I would think they would know.

Wow folks!

The tornado was obscured by rain from my location - probably passed about 4-5 miles south of here at most- apparently has touched down at least briefly, nothing real clear on that - we have had quarter size hail here and probably wind of about 50 MPH.

I had my camera and never saw anything to take a picture of.  Starting to calm down now.  Wow!  Mike

I know whirlygirl...I'm afraid I'll never get to be at my first bloggers meeting..

CONFIRMED!! large tornado on the ground 4 miles north of Beryton KS, in Topeka,  i just got off the phone with my parents they live there.

It is a rain wraped event as well in topeka. My parents had a rain shielded tornado off clinton lake in that first major bow echo event of the season. Destroyed a house on the corner of thier property and ripped off quite a bit of thier siding.

your not being an alarmist, seigel12, i confrimed with my parnets in topeka. good call.

Looks like these storms are slowly starting to move east. Man I'm gettin the feeling that this night is gonna SUCK! I'm not trying to scare anyone because I don't know the first thing about forecasting weather, I'm just saying I really hope these things weaken before the line gets here.

I'm off work soon, I knew this evening would be an active night, i've already got my gear packed and headed out in about 30 minutes after looking ar radar, I'll stake out my spot!!..

Cheiffan I hope they weaken too.  I was wondering the same thing as you said earlier....wonder if this watch is going to be extended past 10.

I'm concerned because when these storms first formed, they were more linear.  Now, as they have begun to turn into "right movers" and begin their move to the east, the line has broken apart into a number of discrete supercells, most of which have tornado warnings on them.

Did Gary say anything new on the weather at six?

Wow, I'm sure glad no one is cheering. That had to be very scary Mike L.

The latest on the Topeka cell. It suddenly shifted more to the east, meaning it will thankfully miss downtown Topeka. Residents in Topeka can expect (and are probably receiving) quarter to golfball size hail and winds 60-70 mph. However, the Southeast side of Topeka is in trouble. There have been multiple reports of brief tornado touchdowns and no word on any damage.
Brian1234, your parents (hopefully) are seeing the rain-wrapped wedge funnel cloud. I don't believe that thing is on the ground, because if it was, there'd be a tornado emergency for southeast Topeka. Let me know if you get any reports of damage, though.

My nervous breakdown has just been extended past 10, with 90% chance of heavy panicking and isolated becoming a raving nutcase.  

A discrete watch is technically not "extended," what happens is the SPC may issue a new watch that overlaps the former watch and carries further into time.  But the net effect is that if you are in a location where the new watch overlaps the old watch, you are still under a watch and so it seems extended.

I'm really getting tired of this severe weather stuff. I feel aweful for the people in Kansas and Iowa for what they had to deal with last night. I really hope Gary is right that the severe weather threat will start to go away after the 15th.

Warning for Topeka expired

i think these storms will lessen in tornadic activity as they move east but still be prepared. I think these will cause massive amounts of rain in many areas.

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Continued rotation Emporia, SV Warnings continue Shawnee, Osage and Jefferson County

their sirens have been going off for the past 40 minutes or so.

please keep in mind folks, this is the same system that effected west and north last night.

Now that these storms have started moving east, could anyone give me an ETA for the Liberty/Claycomo area?

Thanks

This is a fascinating situation, but darn if I don't have to leave at 9:30 to go to work. :-(

Let's hope that as these storms turn east, these supercells will once more coalesce into a more linear feature.

can someone give me link to radar on the emporia cell?  I will see if I can get it to load

Okay for those who are interested,

I never left my location (my house) because the tornado was heading right towards me.  We started getting very heavy rain and the sky just to my south became a much darker green and I think the circulation, funnel, tornado was there but I could not see anything because of the rain.  At the same time we had strong winds of about 50MPH or so. As it passed we received quarter size hail.

I have the TV on but I have not heard any reports of damage.  We are in another severe thunderstorm warning for another cell following the same path but it apparently does not have any rotation. Pretty wild for a bit.  Stay safe everyone! Mike

I'm becoming a little bit more concerned now. and that normally doesn't happen.

The 6:36 pm radar frame from the Topeka radar shows a well-defined hook on a storm west of Emporia.  This storm also exhibits rotation in storm relative velocity mode in the vicinity of the reflectivity hook.

Topeka is out of the woods as far as tornadoes are concerned...for now. The storm in Emporia is going to miss the city to the north. The storms are starting to form a line, which means some straightline winds. If it bows out enough, we could have a repeat of May 1, where most of the metro reported hurricane force winds (at my house in N Shawnee we clocked 80-85 mph). The storms are also training (moving over the same area time and time again) because Topeka's under its third thunderstorm warning in the last hour. This indicates very heavy rain which will aggravate the present flooding situation.

tornado in chase county

thanx seds

The storm that prompted the Emporia tornado warning will miss Emporia to the north.  However, there is another storm on its heels with a well-defined hook as of 6:36 that is taking direct aim on Emporia.

Gary,

We're out time now from Barry/I-29, headed to Platte City area for LCL observations.

grumpyred, were you able to use the radar link?

I am working in a building alone at 119th & College area. Do I need to worry?

HailJonathan, it makes me nervous when you become concerned.  What are you seeing that makes you worry?

nice bubble clouds are forming and be a nice pic, to bad dont have my camera

Stillwell you should be ok

I just took some pictures of some impressive looking Mammatus clouds.  Wish I knew how to send them to Gary...
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Yea, thank you

I don't like that this line seems to be breaking into supercells and that more are developing SW of Wichita.

stillwell,

you have quite some time before you will need to worry. Just keep this blog refreshed

6:45 pm image from Topeka radar shows a classic hook echo on the storm W of Emporia!!  Incredible!

Nothing is near you now stillwell, but keep an eye out. there is a tornado watch for the area, and there have been tornadoes not too far away.

I am seeing mammatous type clouds from looking out on my deck from my back yard. No bad weather here yet, I know, but these clouds give the sign severe weather is not too far away.  (I think that's the right term for that type of cloud...Correct me someone please if I am wrong!)


Andrew

Hello,

What time will these storms enter the metro area tonight?

People in Emporia need to keep a careful eye on this storm approaching from their west.  IF it continues to exhibit strong rotation, Emporia will probably be put into another tornado warning shortly.

Maybe this is a odd question, but is the "spin" energy translating south down this line of storms?  Seems the rotations started out up north earlier, and now seems to be moving south.  
I just came in from rolling up the windows on the car, and saw the mammatus clouds, and it's gone pretty still & quiet outside.  Birds are chiping like crazy, I"m over by the stadiums.

6:54 image from Topeka continues to show a very pronounced hook echo on the storm W of Emporia.

Here in Topeka - I have had 1.85" rain in the last 2 hours.  We have street flooding around the area. A tornado warning for Osage  and Lyon counties for a tornado that could track about 20 miles to the south of here.  Mike

(Thanks to all who wished me safety earlier!)

Andrew...you are correct...

I am very worried about my mom-lives on Pomona Lake in Osage County....

What time will these storms enter the K.C. metro area tonight?

Anyone?

At 6:54, the doppler-indicated rotation was about 25-30 miles WSW of Emporia.

Reporting here from Easton, MO...we just had a huge pass by us and I went outside and looked to the East...and my husband and I can see the rotation of the clouds.....I am waiting for the Weather Service to issue a Tornado Warning soon...What do you think????  

Starting to get a lightning show in western KCK

Emporia is approximately 75 miles sw of Gardner-Edgerton area. IF the storms down there hold together, then come up the I-35 corridor............wow.   But who knows?  Just keep your fingers crossed!


Andrew

Current conditions in Shawnee, 79 and humid, light winds, and pronounced mammotous clouds. Thunder heard at 7:09PM
Mr. Steve, I think the storms will enter the Kansas City area between 9PM and midnight. What time they enter your neighborhood depends on where you live.
Debster, my prayers go out to your mother. There is a tornado warning in West and Central Osage County. There is a tornado on the ground, reported by spotters. The radar also looks pretty juicy, but nothing like F5 tornadoes along the lines of OKC, Greensburg, and Parkersburg, Iowa. Tell your mother to take cover in an interior room of her house and avoid windows. I think she'll be fine if she does that.

We're going to amend that to I-70 W.

Satellite internet back so I'll give you an update from Jefferson County KS.  In McLouth they had top wind of 65 mph, golf ball size hail headed NE towards Easton and Kickapoo.  Some minor street flooding in town of McLouth, numerous lightening strikes east side of county.

Forbes Field is reporting 77mph wind.

Mammatous clouds still seen outside. They are not dark or green, though.  They are light grey. Light winds, humid air.  No thunder or lightning strikes here yet....It will still be a bit for us versus those who live near or in KCK, who just reported lightning earlier.

Andrew

North Jefferson County KS severe storm spotters released

How am I just west of Ottawa?  

I think Gardner is going to get hit for sure. I still think it will mostly be a heavy rain event and high winds.

Can everyone post there city/location as the are giving updates?  Thanks!

No tornado warning yet for Emporia, although NWS extended tornado warning just W of there until 7:45.  Now I'm seeing signs of rotation in the next storm in the series to the SW of the one approaching Emporia, although NWS has not put a warning out on that storm.

Shunga Creek in Topeka flooding parts of Topeka -- 23RD & Randolph, being evacuated

Nothing to W of Ottawa for a good 40 miles until the tornadic cell in Osage County.

Thanks for the prayers siegel12....very worried and she has no basement-I live an hr away in Louisburg...

New Severe Thunderstorm Warning Jefferson County, Shawnee County until 8PM

Just lost Topeka radar display.

I'm down in Johnson county Missouri and was wondering if maybe they will cancel the tornado watch for us since the storms don't look like they are heading our direction any time soon. If they do, it would be well after dark and I would think the severe risk would go down.

I am going to be done here in about 15 minutes. Thinking of running out to the speedway to return something. Should I not do that tonight? I am at 119th and College in Lenexa now, then go to the Legends in Wyandotte and then home to 167th and 69 HWY. What do you think? Just go home when I am done here and skip the retail therapy???

SW Topeka - moderate rain now and I have had 2.00" in the past 2 hours.  Street flooding continues.  The severe thunderstorm warnings out this way are for the storm heading generally towards Lawrence.  Mike

Thanks seds, went to cell phone and can't get radar  (I am between ottawa and pomona.)

Im finally hearing some thunder here in between Smithville and Plattsburg!

Switched to Wichita radar.  Storm W of Emporia starting to look more linear and less tornadic.  Rotation less concentrated and weaker.  Topeka radar back now and confirms this.  A few more minutes should tell the tale.

Id go home and skip the rain.

Braysmama:
Im in Johnson COunty, Mo as well. REal close to Whiteman AFB.
I was kind of thinking the same thing as you but I wanted to get some kind of feeling from GAry. That would make me feel a little better. WE are still going to be sleeping in the basement with the weather radio close by reagardless if the cancel the watch or not, just to air on the side of caution. Storms of any kind really make me nervous. I hope everyone everywhere stays safe and sound and that these storms start to lose their punch soon!

I Don't think Gardner-Edgerton area will have tornadic cells, in my view.  I think straight line winds and a big downpour will be the case......The windspeed?......Well....that I just have no idea!  Pea sized hail if we have any hail core.

Andrew

wall cloud in Lawrence

Skip the Legends, it has bad tornado karma.  

People saying that cell in Lawrence moving to Johnson CO, KS, has definite lowering

We saw an amazing wall cloud here at 6th and Iowa here in Lawrence.  We have wind and heavy rain right now.

-Brian

tornado in de soto

Possible tornado in Desoto

holy cow, did you all see that tornado develop on skytracker with GAry. I hope it stays in the clouds and not come back down! my heart just stopped!

Yes, that was excellent.  I can't believe how quickly it broke up!

I'm in JOCO Ks and down towards I-35... and Santa Fe, it is pretty "calm" and sticky...
T

Just checking in-I am pretty sure there was a wall cloud in NW Lawrence-I could see it from my deck looking towrds 23rd and Wakarusa-it was low and there was a bit of rotation. I will be the first to admit that winter weather is my forte (and since I lack in that to a great degree!!!LOL) not thunderstorms so do not quote me on that at all but I am pretty sure it was one.

We have heavey rain with some gusty winds here in SW Lawrence right now. Biggest question now: does the line stay put for a spell or continue to push South East-there has been some development back by Wichita so if this line stays fairly put for a couple of hours, Lawrence could have some definite flood issues.

Take care everyone

Bill in Lawrence

Well, the tornadic threat seems to be receding, so I'm melting back into the background.  Looks like Gary's rainfall prediction is going to be right on, that's an impressive train of rain heading this way....

Possible tornado in DeSoto?  My girlfriend better change the TV channel!!!

Question, if the center most part of your basement is the furnace room is that a safe place being all the gas pipes, furnace, hot water tank are there?  Thanks.

Wthrworrywart, I'm over in Kingsville and hoping that the storms die down some. I have no shelter as I am in a manufactured house. I did buy another weather radio since the one I took camping stopped working for some reason so hopefully if anything does come my way I would have some time to get to a safer place!! Maybe they will change it to a severe t-storm watch instead of a tornado watch.

Thank God the Osage co warning is cancelled....

Are these storms going to stay strong as they get to the east side of the metro?  I'm in Independence & so far, besides the strong winds in early May, we've been pretty fortunately that the storms have typically weakened as they've come through our area.

wow that was crazy to see. this is making me nervous. my husband is doing Corp Challenge Soccer and i hope to goodness they have sent everyone home

tornado in desoto again

WOW! Tornado on the ground and no warning?

That was some impressive tornado footage from Skytracker a moment ago.  Strong rotation evident, funnel descending, power lines arcing.  Wow.

Incredible tornado coverage by Gary right now!!  

sirens in JOCO

Kelly
You were right bad mojo at the legends

What is wrong with the National Weather Service lately? They should've issued a tornado warning right when that funnel touched down the first time.

Hey, Look, there's is a tornado headed right for me!

Sirens in Mission.

Bill in Lawrence-

I saw the same thing you did just from 6th and Iowa.  Were on the 2nd floor of our apartment and had a GREAT view as it moved by!

Just called all of my family in Shawnee and Lenexa.  Grandpa was in the Chapman tornado, hope the rest of the family doesn't have to go through that.  

Bethany in Lee's Summit

i am so fruastrated that sports still go on when we have torando watches in the area. i am sorry but i think safety should come first over the frustration of having to reschedule. also upset my husband doesnt have his cell phone right now. i hate not having any contact with him

Might be a stupid question, but is skytracker looking back through the storm, because you can see light on the underside of the storm.

Gary is on TV doing a fabulous job of reporting these as they are happening!!...that was really scary to watch that on TV!

Well, the storm is generally headed my way so I'm signing off in order to get ready for the worst.  Everyone stay safe tonight.

Thundering in Lee's Summit....150 hwy and South 291

Is that tornado warning heading our way?!

Go Gary! Great coverage! Somebody needs a flogging at the NWS for a delay'd reaction to severe weather!

Lots of thunder, vivid lightning, and the air is very still in Shawnee. There were sirens earlier. I see rotation in the clouds and radar favors possible small tornadoes...NOT severe tornadoes. There have been reports of funnel clouds and a contact of mine has just detected a well-defined wall cloud. I'm on my deck, but I've got a straight shot at the basement. DO NOT try to film this, get in the basement...

Ok, it looks like the cell everyone is watching over by Lawrence is heading right towrds where I am at?

Sitting at Outlook and Johnson Drive in Mission.  Air's a little sticky, but not bad.  No rain (yet); sirens are still going off.  Radar doesn't seem to show anything tracking this way though.  

Naturally, since I'm at work, I have no way to see Gary's coverage (NUTS!!)

.96" of rain so far here in my part of Lawrence, and it is still raining fairly heavly.  This puts my today total at 1.84" with apparently quite a bit more on the way.

Hey guys.  I am in Gladstone, should I be worried???  Or will these storms weaken?

Major street flooding in Perry KS. 24 Hwy close east of 59 Hwy to the Jerrson - Douglas County line

It is getting really dark here in Olathe. Still pretty calm, let ya know if anything changes
T.

Pea to marble size hail in Lansing KS

This is crazy, very tiring weather. I am so tired of being concerned about life and property for everyone. Still kinda confused on the amount of rain. KSHB forcast says 3-6, but NOAA is still saying 1-2" for tonight.

After this line moves through, will more develop to the south around La Cygne? It is dry right now, but I can see dark ominous clouds out to the north west.

I hope all of you in the JOCO area stay safe.

It's getting dark here, in south Kansas City.  Brief wind gusts, some thunder and lightning... so nothing really, yet.  My mother and her boyfriend are out, and my grandma and uncle are out in Johnson county, so I hope everyone's doing all right.

Everyone else, I hope you're okay, too.  I'm frightened beyond belief.


-Nicole

Ahh, can't get a hold of my husband-he works north of KC and hope he's not in the path of these storms!!!

Looks like that tornadic cell is heading straight towards our house, we're getting to the basement!

108th St. North and 169 - Rain starting....extreme lightning....very dark

Sirens MIGHT be going off, in south Kansas City.

Screw this, y'all, I'm gonna hide, now.

Hey everybody, sorry to barge in here.:) This will be my only comment of the day (probably) I am on a trip and I am near Wichita in SW KS and a friend called me about the warnings there in KC. She said that there were 2 touchdowns near KCI. Is  that true? Thanks!
                Roberto

Gary and team -

I keep hearing you reference "EF" in regards to tornado ratings....when did it change from just plain "F" and why?

nothing yet in Lees Summit

Don't freak out, but yes, there have been touchdowns. Watch Gary and listen for warnings from the NWS. These are big storms. I'm shutting down and getting ready to head to the basement now.

Okay, I'm here close to the the May 5th tornado near Liberty...wondering if I should be worried about a pop up tornado and go downstairs?

Okay, I'm here close to the the May 5th tornado near Liberty...wondering if I should be worried about a pop up tornado and go downstairs?

2.6 inches this evening in the storm just south of St. Joseph.  Both of the other rain gauges had 5 inches each from last nights deluge.  That's 7.6 inches in less than 24 hours and a June total of 8.25.

Getting strong pea-size hail just south of KCI and northwest of Parkville.  It almost looks like snow coming down.

Richinpv,

Here's a link that explains the Enhanced Fujita Scale:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Fujita_Scale

Are they really going to extend the tornado watch??

3/4 in hail   65th n State ave.. kck

scared ta death
well 1 in hail now..

Just got back from our shelter in Tonganoxie. Definite green skies before sirens.  Very bad lightning and we have minor street flooding.  It missed us slightly to the south.  Our sky is a weird yellow orange color now.  No wind damage no hail here.  Just weird.  Got an awesome rainbow pic for ya gary!

Tornadic track on wunderground just turned to the East.  I suggest (just from that radar track) that if you are in the Northlands, it would be wise to duck.

We're holding at 435 S and 45 HWY.  Small hail and high winds so far.

Jeff

big wind gusts starting in the Mission area now...

The sky is tornado green here in the northland!!!  Very interesting....

torrential rain but no hail...

Gary,

My mother lives on 157th and Kansas Avenue in Basehor. She said there was indeed a quick touchdown at that point. No bad damage but golfball size hail and very heavy winds.

Amanda

Ok...I am wondering when or if I should be worrying right now or if it is just mainly thunderstorms?  I am in Lilly, just south of Plattsburg.

Gary,
You NEED to be live on the Internet!! PLEASE. Weatherplus can carry you right?
ryan

I wish Gary would talk about that scary cell to the south near Ottawa.

Raining hard here in fairway. lots of lightning

Thunder and wind just ramped up something fierce here.  Still trying to work and watch at the same time.  

OK.  I'm outta my basement now here in Olathe.  Lots of rain coming down now.

Gary,

You and your team have done a great job once again!  Thank you so much for taking the time to address the children.  My middle child gets so very upset during these things.

Heavy rain and an erie looking sky here at 152 and n.oak

Still nothing in Lees Summit................looks like it will be here shortly!

Yeah I am preparing for some nasty stuff to hit here in gardner

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still no word from husband, hope he is okay, making me very nervous

sounded like things were okay but than he cut back in, hoping they are just storms for the rest of the night

pea size hail near parkville

I'm really hoping that northern cell will stop turning east.  It's turning it's path a bit to close to my house for comfort at the moment.

Marble & pea size hail near 169 & 68th St.

Quarter size hail at 108th St N and 169

Wall cloud from Eudora storm went directly over Falcon Ridge at 8:00

lots of thunder and lightning and heavy rain worlds of fun area

Can someone tell me if strong winds are occuring in the cells to the south? I'm a nervous wreck since my Chimney cap is just perched on the flue.... it was damaged in the last storm. And of course the barn roof saga continues!

just went thru hail and a huge down  pour downtown KC..I live 11 floors up and wind and hail was really bad for about 2min.

Hail you still out there??  

Is is safe to say the metro is out of the woods for severe weather and flooding is now our main concern?

big thunder just starting to roll through Independence.  There is loads of lightening, winds are starting to pick up a little, and just light sprinkles.  I'm sure more is coming...

Looking at weather underground right now, looks like the line of storms are starting to train over the KC metro area.  But, this can always change

Hail is still here. I was sleeping.

No rain..............COOL wind, lighting in Lees Summit

Gary, I'm so glad your staying on the air tonight.  You all are doing a great job!  It's also comforting to know what's going on til we're all in the clear.

Nlow that we've had our dose of Fear, will the station play the new episode of Fear Itself later tonight?

latest radar trends indicate a jog to the east so Miami County South looks to take the hardest hit from these storms based on the latest radar trend.

  MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1347
  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
  0818 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
 
  AREAS AFFECTED...EASTERN KS/NORTHERN MO INTO SOUTHERN IA/FAR WEST
  CENTRAL IL
 
  CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 514...
 
  VALID 130118Z - 130245Z
 
  THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 514 CONTINUES.
 
  TORNADO WATCH 514 CONTINUES UNTIL 03Z ACROSS EASTERN KS/NORTHERN MO
  INTO SOUTHERN IA/FAR WEST CENTRAL IL. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT A
  REPLACEMENT WATCH WILL BE REQUIRED BY 0230-03Z FOR MUCH OF THE
  REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL/EASTERN KS INTO NORTHERN
  MO.
 
  A BROKEN BAND OF SUPERCELLS CONTINUE WITHIN A CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH
  CENTRAL KS /NEAR WICHITA/ INTO NORTHEAST KS AND NORTHWEST/NORTH
  CENTRAL MO AS OF 0100Z...WITH A DISTINCT SEVERE THREAT LIKELY TO
  INCREASE INTO THE KC METRO AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR. A FEW TORNADOES
  HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS...WITH LARGE HAIL
  AND AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND THREAT LIKELY AS WELL. SUPERCELLS
  WILL REMAIN COMMON WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
  AMIDST 45-60 KT OF EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR...WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
  BOUNDARY LAYER /AROUND 70F DEWPOINTS/ AND SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL
  HODOGRAPHS /150-200 MS/S2 0-1 KM SRH/ MAINTAINING SOME THREAT FOR
  TORNADOES.
 
  ADDITIONAL STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS MAY CONTINUE TO INCREASE SOUTHWEST OF
  THE WICHITA AREA INTO THE REST OF FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KS AND PERHAPS
  FAR NORTH CENTRAL OK THIS EVENING. AN EASTWARD PIVOTING SHORTWAVE
  TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...AND AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL
  JET...MAY FOSTER ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTO THESE AREAS EVEN IN THE
  PRESENCE OF AMPLE CAPPING /AS SEEN IN EARLIER 18Z LAMONT OK RAOB/.
  OTHERWISE...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT A REPLACEMENT WATCH FOR WW 514
  WILL BE REQUIRED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION PRIOR TO 03Z. IN ADDITION TO
  THE AFOREMENTIONED HAZARDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A
  DISTINCT POSSIBILITY.

Very bright and loud thunder just starting to pass by. Lightning hit our house twice. Some hail fell, but it was small and didn't last long.

We just had pea-to-dime-sized hail in the Shoal Creek area.  Very vivid lightning and lots of heavy rain.  I thought it was much later than it was around 8:40.  

7 miles south of Pleasant Hill...and the winds have died down from 15-20 to around 5. NO rain, just recently did we completely cloud over. I can see the lightning to the north and west. Looks like it's tracking very much like it did last Tuesday. I could do without the 4.5" of rain we got that night.

Hail...I can't believe you've been sleeping through this:)

Did they cancel the tornado watch for Johnson county Missouri? My weather radio has no watches on it now.

HailJonathan I was looking for you.  So in your opinion are we clear of tornados for the night?  Can I put my kids back to bed?  

I've lost my satellite feed so I'm depending on updates from here.

Just now getting our first bit of rain at 167th and Metcalf in South JOCO. I did end up driving to the Legends and right when I got there the sirens sounded. The clouds were SCARY. I high-tailed it home. Wasted the gas and didn't get my return made.. oh well.

Why does it seem that all the bad (tornadic) weather goes through Bonner/Edgerton/Legends/Gladstone/Liberty area? Not that I want it, but down South we rarely get anything. It is weird, sometimes I feel I am not even in the same city.

Thanks Hail, I was looking at radar and it doesn't look like the Lee's Summit is is probably going to get much.  Sound like you agree?

Sounds like it is raining very hard here in Olathe now.  

I can sleep anytime...weather doesn't scare me.

Looks a like a windfrot is forming near me, there is really really low clouds like a cone over me and (by the way it isn't rotating) then phew, nothing but. . . . lightning, very bright and it goes strait up like it is starry behind it even thought the storms haven't moved on thru yet! Weird weather, barley movin'!

So when this moves through, are we still going to have to worry about more bad storms coming through?  I know they say rain, but is it JUST supposed to be a rain event?

There is this ANNOYING cricket right outside my window, apparently.  You'd think the rain and storms would shut it up.

Yes, that is right...it excites you:)

braysmama:
they have not canceled the watch for us (johnson co, mo) yet
my radio is lit up with a warning but for a flood watch in cass county, i have it programmed for layfette, cass and hackson so i can be alert to stuff coming my way. apparently and unfortuantly there has been talk on other tv stations that the tornado watch may be extended for areas south and east of the metro. not sure the truth behind it, guess we will have to wait till 10pm to see :-(

I don't know Radar Trends are VERY tough to analyze tonight. given the motion of the storms and how they are kind of broken up a little bit.

pea-sized hail in western shawnee... 9:30pm

That was weird, very very very very very very very very very very very heavy rain all of a sudden came down for about one-two min then turned to drizzle.

They will probly extend the watch. I don't mean to give you more wards =P

Gary, is there a posability that you could make a new, blog soon? Thanks!

warts*

Weather Underground is showing a vortex signature in OP.  Anyone got anything over that way?

I think Gardner South will get the heaviest amounts of rain.

Um, ok. My darn weather radio does have the flash flood and severe t-storm warnings, but no tornado watch any more. I have mine programmed for Cass, Jackson, Lafayette and of course Johnson counties, but still no tornado watch.

very heavy rain 135th and quivira

This question is for anyone who can answer it, down here in drexel, are the storms headed this way look to be tornadic? They have quite a bit of rotation according to SWIFT, just trying to figure out if I should get my tornado stuff ready to go downstairs?

there is an MD out for our area concerning our current watch. a replacement watch will be issued when or a little before our current watch expires.

Huh, I spend $60 dollars for a weather radio and it don't work properly!!! I just remembered that it said the watch would expire at 9:04pm-wonder if that's why it don't show it anymore? :(

the watch expires at 10

I've got friends at my house, so I'll be brief. Lots of heavy rain and frequent to excessive cloud-to-ground lightning. One hit within 100 yards of my house. Pretty crazy stuff. Now we've gotten up to nickel-sized hail and continued heavy rain. I think we're done with the tornado threat here as the storms have lined up. Now the concern is heavy rain and flooding.

Yep, looks like a new watch coming out soon.

Hail, where is the MD?  I didn't see one.
Just went out during the sprinkles with the umbrella, have .5" in the rain gauge by the stadiums, and it's starting up again.

Just starting to thunder & lightning in Osawatomie.  Those cells look mean & I surely don't want them to track this way.  I know one is but most likely more will too.

HailJonathon, I know the watch don't expire til ten, but my dumb radio was scrolling that it would expire at 9:04 which I don't get that!!

Anybody?

Gary what are your thoughts on this????

 

Watch 514 Status Reports
STATUS REPORT #6 ON WW 514

VALID 130240Z - 130340Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 WNW HUT
TO 5 NE TOP TO 15 E LWD.

A REPLACEMENT WATCH FOR WW 514 IS FORTHCOMING.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1347

they just took off the MD, braysmama, that's why I haven't used my weather radio in 2 years. but just cuz i don't use mine doesn't mean you shouldn't use yours.

Gary I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful job you did showing the line of storms as it first hit KC. I was really worried that it might drop more funnels, but you kept letting us know that it wasn't that bad and that made me feel better. So, thank you!

Hey everyone. I left when storms started coming close to Worlds of Fun but I just got back. Can anyone update me on how everything is looking for the rest of tonight. Please, any information would be a great help. I am trying to figure out if I am going to have to leave again tonight or if the severe threat is starting to go away.

Thanks

This question is for anyone who can answer it, down here in drexel, are the storms headed this way look to be tornadic? They have quite a bit of rotation according to SWIFT, just trying to figure out if I should get my tornado stuff ready to go downstairs?

actually they just extended 514 to 3:00am

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1347.html


Tornado Watch #514
Issued/Updated: Jun 13, 2008 at 0204 UTC
Expires: Jun 13, 2008 at 0300 UTC
Latest Watch Status Message

everyone be safe-

Move to northeast KCMO near Liberty.  There is never any severe threat here, although it rarely rains anymore than a quarter inch either.  You can enjoy watching the storms from a distance with complete impunity to the dangers of mother nature.  As an added bonus, you won't have to worry about the large snow accumulations during the winter either!  ~ Dave

Had quite a hail event around 8:00pm here at 68th and leavenworth rd in kck. Lots of hail up to 1". Alot of leaves on the ground under the trees. Also very heavy rain. So far including the rain this morning i stand at 1.40. Seems to be letting up and moving out for now.

-Rodney

Well, it does look like the tornadic threat is over with, but still, without my weather radio, I lose my satellite and internet and have no clue what's going on. I thought they were going to reissue the watch-what happened??

Tyndall, that's 0300 UTC, which is 10pm here.  The watch has expired.

storm relative velocity doesn't indicate any tight rotation moving into drexel I think your safe there adogg

Well adogg ~ my radar on the internet keeps locking up. (probably too many hits tonight) Sounds like you have a really good radar. Wouldn't be a bad idea just to go ahead and head downstairs. Or at least have your stuff ready. It couldn't hurt to have that ready all of the time.

Um, where did they extend the watch?

TStorm warning for Miami and Cass County

I am confused. On the watchbox that I see on TV the Tornado Watch has been removed and on the NWS site there are only 2 counties in far North East Missouri still in a Tornado Watch. However, TyndallFlowers' post at 10:00 says that they are going to reissue the watch untill 3:00am.

What should I believe?

braysmama:
not sure if this will work but what it you try reseting your radio, not sure what you have but what if you re-entered the counties, maybe that would work, i know i freak out more when I dont have tv to track the storms cause I turn off the computers when there is lighting and what not.
just watched a different station (im recording gary) that said the talk is that rather than issue a tornado watch it may be a severe thunderstorm watch instead

Isn't 0300 UTC time 10:00PM local time??

The watch was not extended... that is old info.    No watch will be issued for this area, maybe a Severe Thunderstorm Watch to the south.

Bow echo segment forming in Miami County

braysmama - go to www.spc.noaa.gov/   for the latest updates on meso discussions, watches, warnings and etc

Starting to thunder here in Louisburg...

there is no watch in effect at this time

How strong are the straight line winds for Miami??? Severe storm warning just issued.

it looks like Gardner is going to be done with the rain. The line seems to be moving pretty much to the east. Will these continue to move more easterly? We have had enough rain and I would love to see it move on.

What are thoughts? I can't watch Gary since I have satalite.

I don't know how strong they actually are but I would prepare for 70 +

severe t storm watch reissued

severe tstorm watch till 4 am for points se of the metro

Hey Hail, I know you are probably busy tracking this stuff but do you think my severe weather threat is over or should I still be worried?

Thanks

OK, I feel better-I got the severe t-storm watch on my weather radio. Hopefully nothing too major comes thru tonight!!

yikes, sounds like a nasty storm headed towards us in drexel, thanks everybody for the great info! I will keep everyone updated on the conditions

pea size hail 135th and quivira

Very Heavy Rain in Olathe.

Wthrworrywart-trust me-I am constantly looking at the SPC and NWS weather sites! :)  As for the weather radio, I may take it back and get the one I had before-the ones that Price Chopper sells!! I know that one was reliable!

Chief what county are you in?

I live in Independence near Buckner.  We have had 1.75 inches so far but it is probably alot more than that because the rain was totally sideways.  We have had absolutely nonstop thunder and lightning.  We had dime size hail for about 15 minutes.  Very neat!  

momof3 I'm very glad that you enjoyed your thunderstorm, I know a lot of people that would have been scared.=)

Lol. I guess that would be helpful huh? I live in Clay County. Not too far from Worlds of Fun.

chieffan07, I would NOT rely on the most of the fellow bloggers for an opinion on whether your severe threat is over.  It's like asking a mechanic for medical advice.  There are some bloggers on here who are very well educated in this area, but 99 percent do not have the knowledge of the weather staff here.

As far as some posting info and telling people whether they are safe, don't give people a false sense of security.  Let Gary and staff tell people if they are safe.  Right now, they are very, very busy tracking this storm.  If you tell them not to worry about taking precautions or contribute to them letting their guards down and something happens, best of luck.  You'll need a good attorney, not to mention a way to escape your conscience.

okay Chief I'd say your A OKay the rest of the night. you may hear some thunder occasionally but really I think your gonna be okay the threat is quickly shifting south and east.=)

hail here in Louisburg now

very beautiful thunderstorm here in South KCMO

Chief heads up a new cell just developed moving into Clay county. I don't think it's severe.

It's so cool Jeremy is out chasing the storms!  

Chief, I'm no expert, but your out of both the tornado watch and your not in the t-storm watch, so the severe threat for wind & tornados is probably over.  Lightening and flooding could still be problematic, if your in a low, or flood prone area, please do be careful.  Make sure you have a landline phone (not portable), weather radio and flashlights.  Gary just said on tv, the biggest threat is flooding.  

Yes yes yes!  I love the thunderstorms and HailJonathan I love your enthusiasm!!!!!  You rock! Don't stop!!!!!  

Thanks matt. appreciate it man

what can we expect from those storms forming out by great bend?

Thanks M3!=)

Hey Matt. I know that not all of the bloggers have the expertise that the weather team does but I trust Hail. I believe that he has always givin me the best information that he possibly can and when I can't watch Gary and the weather team, he and Simplykristi are who I turn to. But thank you for the concern.

I have a question...I am using that SWIFT radar.  It shows big and little yellow circles on it that I take to mean rotation, and also it shows little red upside down triangles I take to mean possible tornadic conditions.  The NOAA and the tv do not talk about this at all. So what does all that mean?  The tv and NOAA have missed tornadic stuff before just this year even.  So should I be worried? It is heading my way.  Even if the "experts" say the tornado threat is over?  Just last Thursday I was watching this SWIFT and all the circles and red triangles go over my house than they issue a tornado warning for Johnson county MO that is a mile from my house from these same circles and triangles.  Is SWIFT wrong or is the media and NOAA missing it?

Back satelitte finely came back on.  We lost electricity  briefly.  We had strong winds and some bright lightening, along with an inch of rain.  Listening to scanner sounds like parts of town lost power (ottawa)(=me in between ottawa and pomona)

Wind was very strong down here in drexel, 60+, no hail, lots of lightning, raining moderately, look like more strong storms in line to hit us.

ohhhh boy...my power might be going out here in a bit....it just flickered big time so if I disappear that's why.

Matt, I'm no expert as I said, all I did was convey information from the national weather service and Gary, with a little common sense about what to have handy at hand.  
Things tonight do change, these storms just keep building and morphing, and I've been sitting here for hours trying to find a dry few minutes just so I can get my dogs out.  Lord knows, I won't go to bed until this clears out.
So Cheifs, just keep watching Gary, he'll keep you informed.  :o)

i am in cleveland Missouri and we just got slammed hard driving rain almost horizontal to the ground high winds rolling lighting over and over have no phone currently and the lights keep flickering

twistedsisters...I wouldn't pay any attention to them. just pay attention just if a warning is issued for your area, be on alert.

momof3, nobody's trying to dampen anybody's enthusiasm but just trying to instill some common sense.

Perfectly said, Chief.

Matt,  some of rely soley on this blog when we lose satelitte.  Hail and others are our only source of information.  The weather team usually doesn't post when they are busy on the air.  I trust hail and some of the others.

Nice heavy rain and lots of lightning and thunder here near the Triangle.  Weather radio continues to go off now and again.  I think I might move the radio to the kitchen where I can still hear it but just so its not in our bedroom going off all night.  

Is that another line of storms forming out west? They seem to be getting stronger.

thanks chief and lorie

Matt P- No one said anything about dampening anyone's enthusiasm I am just saying I appreciate it.  I have great common sense but it doesn't stop me from wanting storms.  My ultimate experience would be to be able to go storm chasing.  I need that to be on the top of my bucket list!

Matt I have a lot of common sense don't you worry about that buddy.

Time for me to leave for a little bit...storms look to hit before too long....

Don't hate the player, hate the game!!!!!

Chief has that new cell hit you yet? it's fairly weak. after that there's really nothing else behind it except for some REALLY isolated stuff which is just wimpy and isn't worth mentioning so sorry I did

Thanks StormWyndd. Actually, flooding is the one thing that I'm not really worried about. We up pretty high and if it floods up here then somebody better start building a big boat. LOL.

Also, thanks again Hail. I've been watching the radar for a little while and I think my area is about done. Unless there is supposed to be any redevelopment of storms.

Thanks.

okay braysmama see you later!

Looks like South KC is in for a SERIOUSLY long night with the storms until the front moves out of the area.  Well I think I am gonna try to get some sleep...

We are at 2.2 inches now.  Still lots of thunder and lightning going on.  Loving it!  I hope that I am not offending anyone with my excitement but it's alot like the movie Twister to me.  Had the firsthand tornado experience as a little kid and been hooked ever since.

lots of wind and rain in lee's summit

I don't expect redevelopment Chief, once a big line of storms moves through it stabalizes the atmosphere to the point where storms really have a hard time redeveloping.. especially at night.

lol M3!

Grumpyred also thank you for your support.=) I'm sorry I didn't receive your PM in time.

heavy heavy rain and pea sized hail in SE lee's summit at 10:51

momof3...I've realized it's okay to post your excitement....because...the reality is..this is a weather blog. If your excited about the weather your most likely going to blog here. Some people just get sensitive unfortunately. Just like I get emotional to reactions sometimes. But really as long as your talking about the weather. You've got the green light!

I wish it would move thru my area in the next 30 min. So tired of waiting.

Hail-
  I don't think that cell is yet. But it looks close on the radar. It is still lightning here a lot and a few rumbles of thunder but thats about it.

Does anybody know if the storms near Great Bend are supposed to make it here. And if so, about what time and are they expected to be severe? I think a couple of people have already asked about them but I didn't see any answers.

Thanks.

"But really as long as your talking about the weather. You've got the green light!" but don't over-state it, understate it, or cheer for it ...... then you're ok.

new blog

It seems I'm spending so much time, Waiting. and when you cant make up your mind I'm waiting, for you....if thats what it requires, then waitings what I'll do.

when you all say a long nite for the south are you talking further south of lee's summit?  thx to anyone who will answer.  Kristy

so hurry your self up..I'm waiting!

where's great bend Chief?

New blog??? I'll go look.

Dang, it looks like us in drexel are about to be pounded again, looks like a long night for us!