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I think I might start going on vacations just on thursdays! lol

So, is there some sort of 7 day cycle causing this to happen every Thursday here lately?

I think thursdays are cursed!!! I definetly have noticed the clouds starting to build up, and as far as dewpoints are concerned, they are very juicy.

My husband decided that every Thursday it storms because it is his work week Monday, and that many times it does on Mondays also because it is his work week Friday.  Apparantly at least the weather, if not the world, does indeed revolve around him.  =)  j/k honey.  

Definitely looks like an MCV is forming near the neb/Kansas border. You can start to see the circulation on the radar loop and a cell in Nemaha county is racing north right towards it instead of southeast. Will be interesting to see what it turns into.

On its present path, which is due SE, the thunderstorm near Beatrice would just barely miss KC to the west and south. There are more storms forming though. I think tonight is shot.

So what happened to the NOAA statement in that none of these would be severe levels. Geesh! Never know what to believe. Can't plan on how to run the farm with this type of info.

Wow, looks at the md discussions!! one for kc north, one from kc south, and one down in oklahoma and arkansas, you would think that they would just make one large md instead of little ones that touch each other.

Figures that this stuff would come tonight...of course my son has baseball.  

Are you surer your son wants to play? LOL Maybe his team asks for this

Will these be tornadic, or possible tornadic, or just regular thunderstorms?

Barbara I know your pain. We have a T-ball game tonight. We already have one to make up. Ughh! We have to get all these ball games in before tournament week..which is the first week of July.
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

tornadolive.com currently has a chaser in olathe? Hmmm....

Cant rule out a tornado in a severe thunderstorm, but I personally think the main threat will be strong winds and hail

HummerSeeker: No these, will not be ornadic. I mean, the risk is 2% of a tornado with in 25 miles of a point. Plus, the tornado season ended around June 15th. One wuestion I have had today is why is there no slight risk on the MO side but the watch is still there? The thnderstorms are fairily isolated now, bu tif an MCS and/or bow echo develops, I guess MO will have some kind of risk, well, just slight, I guess.

Thanks Roberto!

Chaser in Olathe?  It doesn't even look like there are any storms in Olathe yet.

Should have seen this crap coming, after all it IS Thursday.  

I thought the season ends on the 20th

Spotter activation Western Jefferson County -- Rock Creek and Kaw Townships.  Sirens activated in SHawnee County.  Citizen reported possible funnel aloft to a Jefferson County Deputy west of Meridan KS on the Shawnee County side.

A dogg - Is the chaser staying put in Olathe or is he/she moving north?  It looks like the line of storms forming will be stronger NW of the metro and wouldn't surprise me to see more chasers up there.

Roberto: Most storms this time year are not to much in the Spirit of the Holidays.  A few might dangle a charm or maybe even a nice light show, but as far as being classified as "ornadic", highly unlikely........Just kiddin' with ya.  I do that all the time.  Had a couple of cells blow up right on top of us here in Clinton.  They moved on to the east and caused ST warning to our south.  Jim in Clinton

yea, *** McGowen is acually just north of olathe, he is north of college blvd on renner blvd

Tornado season does not "end"...the conditions become less favorable for the formation of tornadoes the deeper into summer we get, but they still can and do form any time of the year!

I should've figured we'd have something. It's Thursday! We're in severe thunderstorm watch down here in Joplin, too. I thought that I could now relax on Thursday's. :-(

It just updated, it looks like he is headed west on 10 passing south of falcon ridge golf course

wibw is streaming again.  they are talking about the sirens in topeka.  there was a funnel but it is gone

jennifer

hahaha, it wont let me put his first name on here, ick with a d in front of it

He looks to be headed west towards desoto, he is just passing shadow glenn golf course

Hey Jim!  If it gets bad towards you, tell me -- I'll be driving down 50E this afternoon and don't like to run into bad stuff!  Thank you!   Laura

LOL  Nothing like having the blocker enabled.

That's my guess where the bad weather might be.  Scott do you have a good idea?

A Dogg maybe he is going to Wendy's. There is one right there.

Are we looking at a 6:00 eta?

wows, he booking it, he is west of desoto

Where does one find a weather radio?  I have checked Price Chopper and HyVee in Overland Park.....hmmmm

Tornado warning near Osceola Iowa. Apparently there is enough shear for decent rotation.

Does anyone know what time this is to be approaching the South KC area?

You got it HUMMERSEEKER!

i purchased my weather radio at Radio Shack, it's portable and works well.  

Thank you for pointing that out WannaBe. There is no magical day that certain weather stops.

the local paper here in sedalia just did an article how the basically the town is out of weather radio... i wonder if there is a shortage region wide.

I know the Walmart here in Clinton has hundres of them for 29.96 for Midland.  A great buy.  I bet other walmarts has them as well.  Jim in CLinton

On my way in to work, (about 2pm) you could see the cloud tops start blowing through the freezing line like wasn't even there.  

Got a little bit of rain on I-35 south of downtown too.  Good hard splash more than anything.

bellgolf,
I wouldn't doubt it with how much we and everyone has had so much severe weather this year.
Becky

Bummer, the daughter and I had to come inside from swimming and tanning as we have thunder here between Lee's Summit and Lake Lotawana. Plus with the increase in clouds, getting a tan was not working out all that well. The thunder was getting louder and seem to be coming from N of us so we errored on the side of caution and came inside. The dogs were happy since the daughter was putting them in the pool and giving them swimming lessons! :-)
Audra

Getting some pretty rough looking clouds here in Osawatomie.

Our town is having it's annual John Brown Jamboree, with a parade & carnival.  I'm hoping people are paying attention to the weather, cause if a bad storm comes through they will be caught in the open.

Do we have an ETA yet for the storms here in the Metro?  I work on the west side and live on the east side.  I'm at work with a really slow internet connection, so radars don't always load very well.  Thanks.

Yea, Chase, that could be an issue! Nothing like enjoying a nice carnival and suddenly getting drenched!
audra

we have had some thunder and some moderate rain at my house but the real heavy cells have just missed my part of town so far.

Now a solid line is firing around Topeka. The stuff in Nebraska in moving more east, while the stuff in Kansas is moving southeast, and more storms continue to fire on the eastside of the metro. They will produce a good 30-45 minutes of heavy rain, probably enough to cancel any baseball, t-ball, softball, or football games going on tonight.

Tornado on outskirts of Springfield, mo.  Jim in Clinton

Looks like a tornado warning down near Springfield.  I really hope the stuff heading for us in the metro doesn't have that capability.  

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for central and sw Shawnee County KS until 4PM

So far HUMMERSEEKER, HWY 50 looks pretty clear for the time being.  FYI  Jim in Clinton

Jim - is that coming our direction?  Wonder if I ought to bypass getting groceries tonight and just go home after work!

Hey ROBERTO!  You said only a 2% chance of tornados!  That was close!  :)  (I'm laughing!)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0577.html has a lot of warnings in it. This, is what I'd cll a classic summer severe weather event for the entire time I've lived in kansas! (11 years)

HUMMERSEEKER:  The entire mess is shifting southeast towards us, but we could be looking at a couple of hours before the mess gets to our area.  BUT, there are isolated cells popping up ahead of this that could happen anywhere in the watch area.  They are popping up rather quickly as well.  Jim in Clinton

Looking at the picture on your link Juba, it almost looks like it might go N and S of the Metro.
Audra

Or should I say SW and E of the metro. It looks like two distinct areas of rain/activity. Anyway, I wonder if it will miss us again or not.
Audra

Jim - I don't leave Blue Springs until 5, then if I go to the store I wont' get out of here until 6, putting me at home at 6:30- so spect I better wait!  Laura

Severe Thunderstorm Warning nw Douglas, sw Jefferson central Shawnee nickel size hail near Grantville KS

What's the status of the new weather page?

TVN2 should be right about the middle of this stuff

Where around springfiled?  I have a step_daughter there....traveling so I have no radar

Man where is Jonathan today? Feels weird to be discussing severe weather without him here!

Spotter activation Jefferson County -- Kentucky Township

the developing system should band together and bow outwards prior or around when it gets to douglas county. I am refering to the line of storms behind the one that is currently affecting the area.

I like Eggs

Every time I rent movies, hoping to have a peaceful night, it storms and all I get to watch is Gary (not intended as an insult), but it has happened every time I've rented, I'm gonna have to quit renting movies!

Why is there a chaser in Olathe? (I could do without a chaser thinking this is a good ground zero)  I think I've had enough storms for this year.

GRUMPYRED:
Here it is in simple form:
AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 65 ON THE EAST SIDE OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
SOUTH AT 19 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND OVER 70 MPH AND HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF
SPRINGFIELD.
JIM IN CLINTON

SPC expanded the slight risk area to include the western half of missouri

Dew point went up here in Clinton 4 degrees the past hour.....from 63 to 67.  The moisture is trying to work its way up here ahead of the storms.  Jim in Clinton

I'm a chaser, looking for some really powerful storms late this afternoon and early evening.  And as far as ground zeor is concerned, the bonner springs and levenworth areas have been good targets this year. I just hope it's not in a populated area as it is really hard to drive in Johnson county with their drivers let alone trying to chase a solid storm.

When do we think this is going to start hitting the immediate metro?

Thanks Jim, she is on the sw side....rogersville 2 be exact.  Laura<<<breathing a little easier

brian-- what time to you anticipate storms reaching douglas county?  Thanks!

WOW! that's a nice little and when I say little I mean big complex of storms out there. surely I won't get missed this time. I've been out running ehrends all day and saw the sky starting to turn sour and I was like, better get home but then I realized I was hungry and kept running into traffic and by the time I finally got home this nice christmas tree looking radar greets me. Gotta love it. Hey guys at least it isn't a PDS.

Check out velocities from the storm near Springfield!  Kinda of a broad rotation but shows straight line winds of 60-70 mph!  WOW.  Jim in Clinton

What does spotter activation mean?  Is that for the people who take the classes and are certified as spotters - to put them on alert to go outside and watch?  Or does it mean for all the chasers to go?

there appear to be 2 complexes one west of stateline and the other east. Why can't they just develop all over the place.

activate spotters dummy! just kiddin I really don't know either I think that's what it means=)

Hail - you're making me laugh!  STOP!  I'm trying to work!

lol sorry laura=P

Is this going to mostly miss the KC area.  It looks like everything West of here is diving South.

Why is there a chaser in Olathe?

Idk. Olathe does have good Mcdonalds

Spotters are small robots that are activated radio control and they can fly through tornadoes. I think I saw that in the movie "Twister" so I am sure it is true.

Gary might have some "new data" to dispute this claim though...

Spotter activation is for those who went through the NWS spotter training.  If you want to be a spotter, contact your local NWS office.

JAYGIRL,

It looks like the system that was fueling the possible bow effect on the storms west of lawrence have weekend considerably. So the storms are not bowing, they are joing up to one cell. The cell to the north, which is moving southeast, is merging with the cell to the south , which is now moving to the northeast. I would think a t-storm warning will be issued with this in the next few minutes.

So they don't have to really be "on duty" until they are "activated?"  And they only activatewhen severe stuff is close by?  WHat if they're at work?  (I'm really not trying to be stupid!  Just comes natural I guess).  Laura.

sorry i should have been more specific, warnings will probably be issued for shawnee and douglas counties, also look for possible rotation with these storms and possible tornado warnings to be issued, just a possibility.

Brain. They have already issued this like an hour ago and they reissued them at 4:00 for the SThunderstorm Warnings.

"What is a weather spotter" was the Slate Explainer a couple of days ago.
You can read it here:

http://www.slate.com/id/2193754/

HUMMERSEEKER:

The blob has sped up.  That 2 hour is now down to 1 hour which was 40 min ago!!  LOL

The BLOB?  I take it you aren't one of those weather spotters huh, Jim?  :)

Thank you Kelly!
Laura

Hummer, I imagine they need spotters at workplaces too.
Here is a summary of what they do.
http://www.weather.gov/skywarn/

chfs327,  if you read what I wrote on my first couple of entrys, I already stated the fact that I was not refering to the current warning already issued, at the time these cells were forming off to the west.  As I've always stated, when it comes to information and judging another, it's wise to read everything the blogger has written.

Yawn.

Kelly - that's a great article.  Tells it all!  I could never be a spotter though - go outside and look at all the downed trees and analyze the clouds?  HA!  I'm hiding in the basement about that time!   Laura

ok sorry Brian. I though that you were talking about current warnings. :(

Looks like the good ol' Tonganoxie split.

YawnX2

Anyway. I rarely Post anymore.

Thanks Brian.  Yeah.  Looks like that has weakened.

no worries chfs327, I actually wrote that blog after someone else typed it. It does look like that the cells that have merged, will probably hammer douglas county in the next hour if not sooner.

Just talked to Family in Springfield, they don't know if a tornado hit or straight line winds, appears there is some serious damage araound town. roofs have caved in and been blown away trees up and power outages. My son lives at 65 and sunshine had golf ball size hail that broke his windshield and trashed his car, said it came down hard for quite a while, and yes the sirens were on down there. heavy damage at 65 and division also. last report I had was the storm was hitting Ozark very hard. I would guess there will be some people getting new roofs with that kind of hail.

Brian why the warning to look for tornados/rotation?

I'm genuinely asking.  Of course I know this is always possible with severe thunderstorms I am just wondering if you are seeing something different with these.  I wouldn't know what to look for.  

A quick question from me as well, how does a person go about becoming a trained storm spotter?

I know you have to attend a class or classes but where?  Does anyone know who a person needs to contact to find out?

Tornado did touch down near springfield.  Several spotter reports of a debris cloud.

Hey   A powerful storm just developed out of nowhere just east of the city. Large hail possible. i think we will see some rapid development in the next 30 minutes.

Chase
I took the class this year, check NOAA for information.  I do believe that they're through for this year tho, if I'm wrong GREAT.. snag a class.  Its a lot of fun, and you learn a whole lot.  Do yourself a favor and get a 2nd copy of the book, that way you can keep a copy in your car... a mistake I really regret making.  Would have been nice to have that for reference at the campground when you don't have internet access.

Stacy

I don't know why they issued a watch for this, it's just garden variety junk thunderstorms.  Storms which, for the most part, are totally missing the metro area.  Nothing to see here, move along please.

Raindrops and 15mph wind in western KCK

Raindrops and 15mph wind in western KCK

lol whirly.. walmart part of KCK had a couple rumbles and a "bird" flew over.. not much wind

interesting to see the strong line of storms coming in from the north frmo maryville, like I said , this is a strange weather pattern.

102 raindrops and a little wind

Possible rumble of thunder or neighbor bringing in trash can finally

Starting to hear rumbles in Greenwood

Did I hear right?  Did Gary just say he (you) watched a tornado form on TV last week?  We were WAAAAYYYY on vacation .... out of state and away from internet access for an entire week (which felt very strange).  It was Friday before we heard about the tornado in Manhattan.  But watching a tornado form on TV?

Linda

Linda,
It was something that I have never seen before.  It was exciting yet scary at the same time.  Still dont want it in my backyard!

68th and 169 raining VERY heavily with lots of lightning and thunder.

Becky

Is more supposed to develop behind all this moving through?  It looks like it may not last long?
Becky

lslinda,

yes, I was chasing and intercepted it in desoto,  i tracked it to a clearing and right before I started shooting it, it disolved. It sucked.

nothing starting here in PV as yet. gonna fire up all around i assume, but doesn't look nasty. just wet. again.

Brian, kinda cool that you got to chase it but definitely a bummer that you didn't get to record it.  That would have been so wild to watch!  We saw snow last Thursday - and were NOT happy about it!  Those crazy mountains . . .

It's raining very hard with some strong gusts and some lightning here up near Shoal Creek.  Of course, I saw some parents running around with their kids outside while it was lightning all around.  Congratulations on moving into the finals of the Darwin Award.  Then again, I've seen them driving around with their young kids in the front seats.  Yes, he's a cop.  Pretty sad, eh?

That storm in Eastern Jackson County was pretty bad...quarter size hail at my dad's house in Sibley and it almost looked like a wall cloud:

http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img6275rr9.jpg

Light rain showers here in La Cygne.

linda,

well it's not everyday you get to see mountains, very cool, i bet it was beautiful,

lol matt, yeah, you don't have to go too deep in to MO to see that sight anyway, or any small town here in kansas.

Near 76th and N. Troost in Gladstone, I got a fast 3/4 in. in 15 minutes from 5:50 to 6:10 PM this afternoon.

Mike in Gladstone

Thunder for the past 15 min. or so and some very light rain (think sprinkles with larger drops) here in Lee's Summit by Lake Lotawana.
Audra

Looks like the heaviest precip. is splitting around Olathe, which is fine by me!

ok raining here now in Lee's Summit
Audra

Now it's starting to thunder, after the rain came through a bit ago

Hi, I just got home and missed Gary, what'd he say?  

Rain doesn't look very impressive on radar.

That is funky, we are under a SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN
JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LONE JACK...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE
LOTAWANA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND SOUTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE TOWNS OF LONE JACK AND PITTSVILLE.

WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM

The funky part is that it is moving NE not SE. Keeping track of how these storms are moving can be confusing!
Audra

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Audra,

It is actually moving east southeast.

Gary

Chris, thanks for sharing that great photo.  Amazing picture.