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I had to run downstairs when the weather radio went off and I missed Gary's total rain fall forecast. Is the southern area (Miami/Linn) still under the gun for 3+ inches by morning. When is this rain event suppose to exit the area?

Goodnight everyone!  I have to work the next few nights so I am off to catch up on some sleep!  Hope everyone is safe and has a goodnight!  HailJonathan thanks for helping keep us so informed!  Between Gary and the weather team on the news and you all on the blog it has made for a very exciting night!

We can see the lightning off to the west and north from Sedalia. It is already quite impressive since the storm to the west is still about 50 miles away. We had some very brief rain a few minutes ago. Looking at the radar, it looks like it came from a thin line out ahead of the storms. What is that line from?

We live in NE Johnson Co in OP, KS.  We weren't under immediate threat, but we heard the sirens and my wife kicked me downstairs.  I think it is wise for everyone, even if you know it's not close, to go to your safe place.  Great job tonight, wx team!  

Very intense lightening and thunder here in Lee's Summit!  0.61in so far today!

well if you think about it Kristy...the storms are moving from southwest to northeast as they push east...thats all I mean.

Gary you were great tonight go home and get a good night's sleep. Jeremy That's so great that you got to get out and chase. hope you guys have a good one tomorrow

Good night Momof3 have a wonderful night!

yeah farmgirl there is still another one coming after the one your already experiencing=(

Looks like us in drexel are about to get pounded again, looks like we could be in for a long night!

I asked this on the last blog but don't know if anyone will see it. soooo again when people are saying a long nite for those south do you mean lee's summit or further south of me?  any inputs would be greatly appreciated.  kristy

Yes I did get to see those tornadoes live!!!!
This video also goes to show that even when there is not a well defined funnel on the ground it does not mean the circulation is not on the ground, for at times even when the funnels seemed to have dissolved a bit the power lines were still being blown, unreal, and tonight is like the third or fourth time in like a week that I have seem mammatus clouds!!

Hail-- you know he wont leave the weather center till the storms have cleared a good deal of the metro viewing area.  

HJ- you too!

Gary, after the past week you must be exhausted!  I was watching when you first saw the tornado, amazing is an understatement.  

Well, I have one soggy dog, 1.5 inches in the rain gauge and while we were out there was a crack of lightening perhaps only a block away.... short trip outside!  

So far, power has stayed on and there's no river's running through the basement - yet.
Sure hope that MCS fizzles!
Good night all, stay safe & dry.

Ok, so the line is now moving east, correct? But are the storms still heading NE? Our local met guy kind of wavered on whether we'd see anything tonight.

One point he said < "Joplin you probably won't see and of this" then awhile later he said that everybody in the viewing area will get in on the action. It looks like to me that's it doubtful I'll getanything severe. What do you think?

Looks like the storms are starting to train over Miami/Linn Counties now and towards Cass. :(

Nite StormWyndd

Sure am thankful I kept my old 13" TV with the rabbit ears. Dish is out. Hiding out in the basement tonight. Hope it doesn't leak again.

I think for the most part the KC Metro should be mostly cleared the rest of the night with the exception of isolated rumbles including lees summit. to the south. Miami, Linn, Cass Bates and south of there may have the heavy storms a few more hours.

Paranoid momma your right I completely forgot about that sorry.=)

Kristy, I'm way south and if I stayed up for these storms to make it here, I'd probably have to stay up til 4.

I think the whole weather team needs a long, quiet vacation on a nice beach. They have done a great, calm job tonight.

is there any chance of those storms out by great bend forming a second mcs for early morning?

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Hail, Np  It just drives me nuts when I lose satellite and it takes me forever to refresh and scroll with the little tracker ball to the bottom of the page.  Sounds like you have been busy keeping others informed.  Greatly appreciated you looking out for us.  

hey everyone,

chased the storm tonight, decent footage, but nothing really worth showing to be honest.as a matter of fact i took k-10 a little past bonner springs and there she was. As short lived as it was it was still the first tornado i have seen this season, better late than never. where i was driving it was hard to see but i intercepted it at just the right time cause when i came up the gravel hill, there she was coming right at me about 1 mile away, so by the time I got out to shoot footage, she had retreated. I followed the cell up past bonner springs, and it was gone.  But still a successful chase.

I asked this right at the end of the last blog so I'm not sure if anybody noticed it but are we expecting the storms, that are forming near the Great Bend area, to make it to the Metro area. If so, about what time should they be here and are they expected to be severe?

If someone had already answered that on the last blog I'm sorry for asking again.

Thanks.

Thanks hail for answering my question.  Kristy

Looks like Cass County is gonna take a beating tonight...thanks for the update Gary!

Grumpyred,
aside from Gary Lezak and Jeremy Nelson being my heroes....Clark Kent is my hero. because he helps so many people. All I wanna do is help people any way I can. I know some people don't appreciate it and think I'm too much of an amateur. but anywho, your all very welcome.

Lorie I think you'll see the line move through very late tonight because it hasn't fully gained it's eastward momentum yet.

where is Great bend?

Good Night fellow bloggers!  Stay safe and dry!

It seems to me that the front has not yet gone through the city, the wind is still from the south and the temperature has actually jumped a couple of degrees in the last hour. Perhaps something more could still form? Does anyone know exactly where the front is now?

David

farmgirl, it looks like we are in for a long stormy rainy night

i forgot to add this, the NBC 41 chopper flew right over me as I was heaeded for the intercept, i did get footage of the power lines exploding.  It all blew by pretty quick. but nevertheless, a good chase and pretty exciting.

Sorry Awtherfrd. I didn't see that you had already asked that in this blog when I asked.

oh okay I'm seeing this. an outflow boundary moving westward interacted with the Upper low it looks like. I wouldn't worry about them. there firing and then falling apart and refiring. the dewpoints are low out there.

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i remember stating earlier today that they said that the storms would not be much of anything, and I replied that we would get pounded, althought we sustained no damage, plenty of hard rain, little hail and one hell of a lighting show and a handfull of tornados, and a couple breif touchdowns.  just thought i'd state that for the record.

Good night paranoidmomma Stay paranoid!=)

Yes we were watching you on the air just as it was all unfolding.

Unnerving how fast a funnel cloud can just drop so quickly.

Hail, Great Bend in out in Central Kansas. North East of Dodge City. You can see the storms beginning if you watch the Topeka radar on the NWS site.

LoL HJ!!!

and to answer your question Gary, yeah, I was there skytracker flew right over me in desoto I was there. Sorry for the redundancy everyone. just thought i'd sharre my chase story is all.

David it was an outflow boundary moving at a pretty good pace actually from the east that moved through that kicked off those storms. that probly explains the rise in temps. but I checked the dewpoints out there they're pretty low. I wouldn't worry about them.

humm and I see nobody really cares about my story, alrighty then.  I kinda thought I would get a little credit and respect since I was the only one in the field and on the ground when it was on the ground for those brief moments, while everyone was inside looking at radar. But oh well, I just thought yo uwouuld enjoy the story,. night all.

=D

Those storms down by Iola look scary. Hope they weaken a bit before they get here.

im sorry brian. I would love to see what footage you did get. Let us know when you get it posted.

Brian I'm paying attention I think that's really cool

Very interesting brian

Hey Brian1234, did you get a picture of the exploding powerline? If so, I would love to see it.

i'm not posting footage, how would you do that anyway? second it's not really worth showing, by the time i got out of the car, she was gon, only on the ground for a short time.  thanks hail and awtherfrd

hail,

do you have a take on the line forming out west? It looks kind of weak but if it brings more rain to areas like topeka it could cause more flooding.

Don't forget Brain that there's a delay on posts. I too would be interested to see any pictures or video.

Here is to getting pounded.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080612_rpts.html

One tornado report that was shown to touch down for about 15 seconds, two hail reports that are considered to be at severe levels, and one wind report.

Four reports.

Pounded.  I bet folks yesterday would loved to have had this level of being "pounded".

Just asking..would all the other days this year where we have had more than four reports in the metro/burbs be considered...say...devastating?


;-)

tell you guys what,. next chase I'll get better footage. kinda hard when your watching radar, shooting driving and looking at the gps.  , man I just realized somethign, I give people a hard time when they are driving and talkign of the cell phone and done use their indicators!!,...lol  anyway i'll get better footage next time. She was just so short lived I couldn't get any footage of her. I'll cross my fingers for a longer touchdown next time.

Ok, I'm heading off to bed. Took my sleeping pill and seriously need to crash. Hope to God (actually, I'm a prayer, not just a hoper) Anyways, hope it's not bad down here at all!! I have no place to go if it is.

Making plans for a safe/storm shelter by next spring. :-)

I honestly don't think it's gonna hold together. those ones to the south of us though seem to be holding there own just fine though.

lol well good luck to ya Brian maybe you'll get your chance sunday or monday.

Yep that is certainly a pounding Scott!! Yikes....I feel for them! I am certainly no expert but it looks like Linn (me), Bourbon and Bates (MO) will get a lot of rain tonight. Is that a Meso starting to form around Wichita now?? The complex is getting bigger...appears to be growing. Am I wrong? I was just curious.
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

and how much time did you take/waste to research all that kcwxguy? don't you have anything better to do than attempt to make me look stupid? and why do you feel the need to throw something back in my face? this is not a comparison between tonight and last night.  the metro area got pounded with rain , and warnings all night tonight we had a solid storm come through. i never said that we were going to have a massive outbreak, just that we would get pounded. and we did. so you just keep looking at your little stats and charts,  gee your not an attorney or engineer by chance are you?

Good Night Lorie you'll be fine. Should just be a heavy rain producer just listen to your weather radio if you have one and head warnings if you need to but as far as I know there are none.

Just about the most spectacular sunset I have ever seen tonight.. from 5 miles south of Atchison on the Kansas side.  Took about 200 pics.  Just a brief moderate shower at Atchison from the storm.. I wasn't even really sure I went through the line until I saw the smoke from the grain mills there drifting south.. then the thing back built until the sun went down.. Wow...

About an inch and a quarter in the gauge in KCK at N 18th and State last I looked at about 10 PM.. with back-building continuing.

Exceptional day and especially evening.

Hail, I wasn't talking about the storms in central Kansas, I was talking about here! Temps have gone up here, and so have dew points. Now there are more showers beginning to develop to the southwest of Topeka...

And I was asking about the front. I don't think it has passed through us yet. If Scott is still around maybe he can weigh in.
As for getting pounded, they were pretty intense storms! And if you look at Local Storm Reports, there have been several more than just four reports. I see 4 just north of KC alone, then several in Cass county and Jackson county. But whatever. I'm still more curious about where the front is.

David

David

<<<<asking santa for a new cell phone with better internet capabilities and no annoying trackball

ohhh sorry David my bad...

Hey Brian1234, I don't know how you would post them either. However, if you do get any awesome pics let me know on the blog and I can give you my email address and you could send them to me if you wanted. I would like to see some cool pics but I'm too big of a punk to actually get out in the storms and take any myself. LOL.

yeah mommaof3. looks like lots of rain to the west of Pleasanton. Been watching to see if it trackin north. I'm north of La Cygne so not too far from it.

well i am off to bed. Good night all.

I don't know what to make of those storms...they certainly aren't explosive... and yes I don't think the front has made it through here yet.

Hey Farmgirl....couple weeks ago you were having problems with your weather radio. Did you know that here in Ptown ours do not go off cause we have no signal. BUT...did you know that Parker is getting a weather radio tower signal placed on their tower and it will be up and running in the fall. So after that we will have the perfect signal for ours to work for Linn county now. Woo hoo!!! Finally!
Monica
Pleasanton

I have a question for you guys.. What does the lightning that streaks across the sky and splits into lots of fingers called.
Audra

Gary I am sure I am not the only who has noticed this.  It seems that this year the area around Eudora/De Soto/Tonganoxie/Linwood has been the place where an awful lot of the severe weather has gotten its act together and moved across the KC metro area this year.  The cells might have been born further west or southwest but when they get to that area it seems that is where they seem to start dropping funnels over and over again.  Its just amazing that every time they rise back up and move on and not develop further or stay on the ground and gain strenght into an EF-2 grade.  It just seems to me that the area from Eudora from 24/40 to K-10 and then on east up to about De Soto and I guess on across the river has just been a major source of energy climax for severe weather this year.  Hope I haven't made this more complicated than what it appears.

g'night A!

David the redevelopment west of and south of topeka I don't think should be too concerning because of the major storms that have already moved through and the atmosphere is now stabalized very well so i wouldn't expect much out of them

Hey grumpyred, what kind of phone do you have? A Blackberry?

The thing about chasing is you can't see much within the storm.. one needs to get on the edge of it on the sunlit side.  Besides, kind of dangerous to be right in the thick of it.

I aced it tonight.  Great view of the sunlit back side and tower cumulous to the west with plenty of lit mammatus for a couple of hours.. not to mention the lightning.  

It was almost too much fun.

cloud to cloud lightning Audra.

I missed tommorow's forecast, rain? Can see the Light show south of me,

Lets see..was this the pounding?

"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."

Bow Echo - http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm#definition

Um...a line of thunderstorms formed.

Maybe it was this thought...

Oh wait..I found it - "Weather wise,.. we'll get hammered in the next hour or two." at 5:45 PM.  How profound.

Point being...more posts were made about others than anything of real content, Brian.

You make a point out of pointing out others that you feel contribute little, yet..in reviewing the posts you have made today...I did not see really anything of analysis that you so badly want to claim.

Puffery - Me thinks.

So if the front has not passed by us should we expect redevelopment?

Grumpyred(whats your name by the way) it's supposed to be really nice tomorrow.

Audra,

Well, uh... Lightning. Thats about all I can think of. Maybe fork lightning, but other than that, I don't think there are specific names for lightning like that. Maybe cloud to cloud fork lightning? (Not trying to make you sound bad here, there's no such thing as a stupid question ;-)
It is really cool to look at though! I've been watching it out my window for some time now.

David

Man it is just pouring here and the wind is crazy!! I am sure the electricity is about to go off..so I am signing off now. Later!
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

Chief...if it were daytime I would say definitely yes but since it's night. the sun isn't here to boil the atmosphere and make things unstable again. you know what I mean?

g'night Mama! have a safe night!

Scott,

Back to weather here!! Where do you think the front is right now? If it hasn't passed through yet, do you think that more storms could form overnight?

David

But alas - Brian..before you get wrinked up..LOL, I am just messing with you.  This is a weather blog.  

And I get its relevance.

Good night - ;-)

Okay seriously no thunderstomrn warning down here...or did I miss it. The wind is so strong it is blowing my trees all over...marble size hail.
Pleasanton

New weather tower will be great! I get a faint signal with the NOAA radio so sometimes it will sound the alarm. I really hope this tapers off soon. Getting tired.

There is a special weather statement for you momma3. 50 mph winds

Gotta love scott...

mama where do you live...It's okay Even general thunderstorms can have Very strong winds with them it can be scary but that's just mother nature. I've been watching those storms all night and I think you'll be okay.

Thanks guys. I did not know if it had a special name or not. I just think it is cool looking. It seems like something is trying to redevelop over Lee's Summit. Not sure if it will firm up or not. By the way according to the Lee's Summit airport we have had almost an inch of rain so far this evening. Our temp has dropped to 66 degrees.
Audra

Linn and Bates county have a severe thunderstorm warning.

Yeah I got ya Hail. I'm gonna hang around for a little while but it looks like everything is pretty much over for my area so I'm gonna head to bed pretty soon. I've gotta get up in about 5 and 1/2 hours so I need to get some sleep.

Thanks again Hail, Gary, the weather team, and all of the other people on this blog. Hopefully everyone stays safe tonight.

mama,
There was a severe thunderstorm warning issued for your area just a little bit ago, at 12:05. 1" hail and 60mph hour winds.

David

Well now that my girls are all awake..I am for sure signing off. That was only 50 mph winds...HAHHH, man I would hate to see 80. The wind has died down. Now just rain and thunder. Off to get my girls back to bed now. Later all!!!!
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

Chief, I have a sidekick 3.....hate hate it.  It doesn't have flash so can't get radar or any other fun stuff.

Hail, it's laura

momma3 - severe weather warning now. Stay safe!

monica it'll be over soon I'm watching the radar it's getting ready to move out.

great to know your name Laura=)

Just stopping by the blog before I go to bed....  The storm was a yawner here....  I sat outside on the covered part of my deck during the storm talking with family and friends.  I loved watching the heavy rain and lightning.  I know not a smart move but I didn't care.  Yeah the most we had were some gusty winds and heavy rain.  I had an inch of rain in my gauge.  

I have been listening to a live stream out of Cedar Rapids...  CR is experiencing record flooding.  The estimate river stage (lost gauge due to flooding) tonight is 30.3 and the crest is expected at 31.8 later today.  You can catch the live stream at http://www.kcrg.com/

Tornado watch now until 4 am for miami/linn ks counties.

I'm gonna step outside for a moment....

David,
I love your GRLevel3 radar... simply awesome.

Nite all... time to put grumpy to bed.  Stay safe... Thanks Hail

Kristy,

It sure is! And Level 2 is even more awesome now with the super resolution radar now installed at Pleasant Hill. If you haven't already, look at my page and then look at the difference in resolution between the "local radar" and the "Super Res Radar." It is really awesome. I see little features that you would never see on NWS or Wunderground, or even ESP radars, like little hooks that show up sometimes several minutes before tornado warnings are issued.
http://weather.kskoellers.com/radar/radar.shtml

David

HI KRISTI! I was just out on my balcony and there is the most incredible lightning out east. there was one where you could clearly see it sprout from the ground it was was amazing. it was about 2 miles away.

Goodnight Laura!

farmgirl I don't see anything about a tornado watch?

I had my NOAA weather radio going, and those guys are pretty accurate predictors of current storms, even if their speech synthesizer is a bit wonky.

I heard the severe thunderstorm warning around 8:15, stating that the storm should hit "Lake Wa-oo-come-us" at 8:40.

I live directly north of Lake Waukomis, and at 8:40 on the dot, hail
started falling. Not too much of it, and not too big, but it arrived
on time, by Thor!

Let me add my thanks to the weather team for keeping on top of things.  I wonder if poor Russ will ever dry out!

yes I did make those predictions and I was off by 45 minutes or so. considering i got off work at 7 drove from k-10 and ridgeview back to thie middle of overland park, grabbed my gear and drove out through k-10 to desoto, knowing where the storm would hit, i was in route to my intercept location before anyone else , even skytracker,    If i had my gear with me before i left at 7 am this morning, I would not have had to back track i would have been there 30 minutes before hand. A little field expereince paid off, so if your gonna waste your time going through bloggs then have at it, just look at the time stamps of them, I was only off by about 45 minutes or so. and i would not have spent an hour driving time and backtracking if i was not pretty certin I would not get results. I am not a pro, nor do I claim to be. I'm  more of a hobbiest  of 12 years indoing this. I don't get much of a chance anymore but i try. i'm still damn good at it.

I thought I would share my experience tonight with you all, hoping everyone would enjoy it, but instead I've got someone like you trying to discredit me. Why?

just a blog or not, learn some respect and state all the facts before attempting to make somebody look stupid.

Grumpyred, I have T-mobile and they have a phone called the T-Mobile Dash. It gets pretty good internet service. In fact, when it starts storming bad I leave and keep up with the radar and this blog on my phone.

Brian don't worry about it. Scott just likes to debate. I used to get emotional(still do sometimes) and it doesn't do any good so you just have to try and ignore some of those comments sometimes.

oh that dern weather.com had the wrong watch. I like their map overlay, but not much else about that site.

Dang Brian1234, what happened?

hail, where do you live?  that had to be the same lightning and thunder that scared me to death!!!  kristy

farmgirl...use weather.gov not weather.com it's much more accurate and up to date.

South KC MO which is near 115th st and Holmes Rd or. 435 and Holmes

Aurora I've always called that kind of lightning spider lightning.  Mainly because it looks like a web.  Sometimes I'll even call it web lightning.  Mainly spider though.

Are we supposed to have an MCS happen here tonight?

that was a BIG ONE just now

Lilly It looks like that MCS is forming in SE KS and should not affect the KC area.

i'm gonna step outside again as another weak thunderstorm has moved in

Anyone still in here?  I am back at my house now.  Got scared earlier in the evening and decided to head where there was a basement and just ended up staying because I didn't want to drag my son home in the lightening so we waited until it let up...which took until now, lol.  Hope everyone was safe tonight and Jonathan I hope you enjoyed watching the storms roll in! :)

I've been livin it up Aurora!:-)

David,
I noticed a TVS down in southern Bates County a week ago Monday right before a Tornado Warning was issued for the cell.  WOW Amazing on that radar!  I wish I could afford GRLevelx.

Jonathan,
I enjoy Scott's analysis. :)  I have known Scott for over a year here thru the blog.  There's been some rumbling around here. :)  I can see a pond in my neighbor's yard.

There you are Kristi...about time! I do too I was just explaining to Brian about him.

That was some AMAZING tornado footage that sky tracker got huh!

Bottom line is...I love Scott and his analysis. I miss you Kristi, No matter what my feelings are...I have an obligation to make scared people not so scared. and be the best amateur weather man I can be. lol=)

yeah my wife woke me up and was like "honey wake up theres a tornado in Johnson County" and I shook her off me and I was like "i'm sleeping leave me alone" lol but finally I got up and saw the second one touch down.

Brian,

Praise is better when others bestow upon you - rather than you almost demand it!

I think most folks try to be light hearted here - this is a weather blog and all of us try to have some fun either because we love weather, or because we have a curiosity or fear.

In the same post that you were pointing out how great your predictions were you were also pointing out that others were less great than you. You stated: "i remember stating earlier today that they said that the storms would not be much of anything" - humility my friend! They they you are referring to are often correct (as they were tonight). Respect is earned not demanded!

Have fun - do your best and trust me praise will come! Avoid however trying to make others look bad in order for you to look good!

I hope the worse is over for tonight - I see some storm forming towards Colorado and they can add to our rain problem if they track the same way the rest of the storms did tonight.

Good night everyone!

John

Good night John!

okay well HailJonathan is going to Hail the bed...I'm TIRED. Good night Aurora I think your the only one still in the game right now. have a wonderful night and day tomorrow if I don't see you.

Hey I hope you have a great day too, get some sleep I am headed that way myself.  

willl do g'night! g'night Chief if your still here! rest easy!

Good night Hail. Thanks again for keepin me informed and calm tonight. You really are a huge help to me and many other people on this blog.

KCK/N18th and State:

From the line of storms yesterday evening untill 6 this morning (with light rain having just resumed in the last half hour):  1.30".  That is in addition to 0.44 that fell earlier Thursday, for a 'storm total' of 1.74" since early Thursday morning.

Month of June to date: 5.33"

Year to date: 24.54"

Will upload yesterday's spectacular (hopefully) storm and sunset photos later today after work.

Wow, Brian, that's the pot calling the kettle isn't it? Scott is one of the most educated on here.