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DO NOT GO OUT! IT IS NOT SAFE.    Roads are flooded everywhere.  I had to turn around a TON of times because the water was well over the curbs.  Be very careful and only go out if you HAVE to!

Lillyanna, I am so glad you are safe.

Thanks.  I just wanted to let everyone know how bad it is out there.

Not a single drop of rain here in drexel, still kids out shooting fireworks, a little rain wouldn't hurt, but I doubt we get any. Guess I will start to pack for las vegas.

A good Light Show here in Olathe!

My hubby was on the way home from Henrietta and got to Ameristar and was half way on half way off the road with his amber lights going and going 3 mph and all he could see was the reflection of the lights.  He said riverside, northmoor, are flooded.  Everyone be safe!

Gary,

How long do you think that it will take this to move through?  Specifically the line that has formed to the north of the city.

Jonathan, you still here?

Just a war of the worlds to the north, not that unussual! I guess I've got to wait a while for more storms!

Time Warner is out in my area in Parkville.  Hope it comes back on for the 10' cast.

My DH is due in KCI around 10:30 tonight.  Will most of the severe storms have passed by?

This is a DS warning fo Dangerous Situation.

Flash Flood Warning
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
824 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008


KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-165-030700-
/O.CON.KEAX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080703T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LEAVENWORTH KS-WYANDOTTE KS-JOHNSON KS-JACKSON MO-CLAY MO-PLATTE MO-
824 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS...AND WYANDOTTE AND LEAVENWORTH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST
KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN PLATTE...CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AT 818 PM CDT...LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER RESCUES ONGOING NEAR 15TH AND
WASHINGTON IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS
THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO
OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS EXIT.  THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION...THOSE TRAVELING TONIGHT ARE URGED TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION AS FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BASEHOR...BLUE SPRINGS...BONNER
SPRINGS...BUCKNER...CLAYCOMO...COURTNEY...DESOTO...EDWARDSVILLE...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...FAIRWAY...GLADSTONE...GRAIN
VALLEY...GRANDVIEW...GREENWOOD AND INDEPENDENCE.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL.

LAT...LON 3916 9421 3915 9411 3884 9413 3884 9461
     3881 9506 3897 9505 3897 9518 3941 9517
     3942 9496 3941 9496 3945 9461 3946 9422

$$

DUX

yeah I'm still here.... just not much to blog about...believe it or not.

where do you live Jonathan

thank you for all that jargon

3" measured so far in parkville, Gary!  9/45 HWY.

Just south of I 435 and Holmes

very heavy rain here in Parkville, 2.2 inches! Power still on which is good.

Relax Lilly, it all depends on where you are.  This isn't the end of the world.  I just drove home from Gladstone to the Liberty area.  Not once did I encounter any high water on any road.   I don't doubt there are areas that are flooded, but to act like it's the end of the world is ridiculous.

we got hammered earlier....sorry you missed out but you could have had it and I would not have minded

So far here at 68th and leavenworth rd in kck 2.65 and still raining.

-Rodney

I would love to have everybody's weather mishaps. the problem is I NEVER GET IT!

ZAZEL,in the last blog lilly mentioned that she almost got drowned out 4 times driving home so yes this does apply to her.

Hey, Zazel, Lilly DID have big problems on her way home and I thank her for warning us.

Zazel,
She was just warning people of what is out there and there are alot of places that are flooded.  No need to to act like that either

now I'm at 2.75...this has got to stop soon

Working downtown this evening.  Hardest rain I have ever seen.  Hurricane like.

Lilly,
we got your back lol

I'm just south of the Plaza, are we going to get a break from these torrential rains anytime soon in the next hour or so?... my dog is refusing to go out to do "business" and is about to bust a gut!!!  May be cleaning up a mess soon if this doesn't let up!!

It's 8:30 and 1.73 in Roeland Park and its still raining
Sent pics of the big hail to you.

We had 0.50" this morning, and almost another 0.25" inch tonight.  Looks like more is coming this way.  I'm thrilled to get the rain here--couldn't help noticing that it's only July 2 and my monthly rainfall has already topped the meager 0.50" that I recorded for all of July 2007.

Gary, so far 3.3 inches at NE 76th and N Tullis (right near Shoal Creek)  It's still coming down hard.  We hard hail slightly larger than a quarter around 6:45 p.m.

Lilly, they showed some of the flooding up north on tv. Could get worse as more storms move through. Glad you're safe. I'm sure we'll see some video on the 10:00 news.

Around 7:30, the winds were pretty strong in the Northland.  I drove away from tehe storms with my kids.  I saw lots of water on the road.  I also saw two cars pull under a bridge (on the left-hand side, no less)  on 152 and the drivers had their tail-ends sticking into the high-speed lane.  Congrats.  Your Darwin Award certificates are on their way.

I think it is so sad when someone comes on here and shares how they are feeling or tries to tell people what they have just experienced and someone has to take a stab at them.  shame on them for doing that, I hate storms like this and a lot of times I come on here to read what everyone else is encountering and how they are feeling, so what if there are those of us that dont like storms or they make us scared, is this blog not for us to share what is happening and to possibly find out what is in store for us when storms are moving in?  sad that just because one person doenst feel the same they have to poke fun.....just my opinion

but for the weather up but 152 and 29 north of the river, its been raining like crazy and had quite the light show, calmed down considerable now....looks like there to more to come...stay tuned

oh and for those out there on the roads and traveling...be careful out there!! it CAN be and IS dangerous!!

See, this is what's wrong with this blog now.  I said that NOT EVERYONE is having flooding, in fact, near Liberty I've measured just under one inch, including this morning's rain.  I did not say Lilly didn't have problems.  She said, and I quote, "Roads are flooded everywhere".  Simply fact, IT"S NOT flooded everywhere and to raise everyone to a panic mode by saying so is no different than wishing for a tornado.  So, for those of you who don't have reading comprehension, and maybe you don't know who you are, get a book and learn to read before jumping on people who state facts instead of silliness.  Have a nice day.

Thanks.  As for you Zazel, I would much rather warn people then say oh hey.. It's great fun out there.  Let's all go out and drive around.

Did you know flash flooding is the number one weather related thing that kills people!

It's better to know then not to know...

In the previous blog I listed the places where it was flooded.  A new blog was posted, I'm sorry I didn't feel like typing that all out again.  

There's plenty more I would love to say to people like you, but they frown on that here, so I'll just shut up for now.

Thanks to everyone who stood up for what I was saying. :)  

Just because you didn't have it in that little stretch of road you drove doesn't mean it isn't going on in a lot of places.

Riverside,
Northmoore,
Northtowne,
Right by my house, (off of 169 and Barry)
Those are just the roads I drove on, but there, so you won't think I'm trying to send everyone into a panic.

/rolls eyes

You do realize that as we speak there are streets completely flooded in the downtown, KCK area?  

Do you realize Gladstone to Liberty on 35 does not have the same amount of rain (2.5 inches max) that KCK, MO river basin to downtown (5.0 inches max) has right now?

I drove through Liberty and Gladstone on 35 back down to dry Olathe this evening around 7:00.  Downtown and N. I-35 coming out of loop south was horrible.

Oh and Zazel, did I mention I was coming back from Cedar Rapids, IA where I was today on business?

You want to diminish flooding concerns?   Why not drag your ass up to Cedar Rapids and view their downtown area?  Better yet, go ask the University of Iowa in Coralville how they are going to be able to reopen the biggest dormitory on campus that was flooded to the point that they are determining if it is still structurally sound.  

Dramatic?  Maybe for this rain event....but don't diminish other's experience because yours was fine...

Oh, and one last quiz for you mensa....What weather event kills more people every year?

You got it sparky!!

Big power outage in NE Jackson county.  All of Buckner is without power and towns east of here are dark as well.  We had very high wind and I have several limbs down on cars.  Using cellphone to keep myself updated of the weather.

Zazel,
The point was you didnt have to insult her like that.  There are other ways to say things.  We are trying to do the respect everyone thing so no comments get turned off.  No one was acting like it was the end of the world.  Besides, on the news they are saying how there are A LOT of places that are flooded so she was just being a little more specific.  Lets play nice and respect everyone and we will have no problems. :)

Weather Underground has a TVS in Platte County

*clapping for mmancubfan* Go dude that was awesome I wish I coulda said that but I have to much of a reputation of being a jerk sometimes on here lol

Gone now.

WELL SAID!!! I agree mmancubfan!

Great Point Becky

1.05" at K7 & Johnson Dr. in Shawnee, most of it from 630-8pm

oh hailjonathan, I think your great....little off colored sometimes but you respond when you need to and always (ok usually) have just the right thing to say....I have read several times when you have calmed the fears of others, so....you go hailjonathan!!

clapping for mmancubfan and hailjonathan

firetrucks just rolled by, hope everyone is safe where ever they are going and no to mention the firemen themselves

woops, looks like another round coming in up by 152 and 29, rain just picked up and more lightening!!

The only reading comprehension I am having problems with on this blog is your comments about Lilly's reference to this event being the "end of the world."

Where did she or anyone else say it was the "end of the world"?

Show me where she says this?  If not, get off your high horse.  You know you came out to personally attack and put words in another poster's thread.

You know what I hate about this blog? .................

Why don't you fill in my remaining sentence.  You seem very good at filling in the thoughts of others.  

What is a TVS?

The NWS included Greenwood in the areas for flooding? In Greenwood, we haven't had anything but enough raindrops to get the driveway barely wet.

thanks justatraveler, I've never seen you before but that was a very nice thing to say, thank you!

well the rain has stopped for the moment & I'm still at 2.75 in Liberty...my basement is flooding, my yard is a marsh...but on the bright side, my fireworks won't catch any grass on fire...figure that's a pretty safe bet.

tornado Vortex signature

storm going thru here right now, south of Cameron.  Lots of lightning and thunder, strong winds. We are in the basement  :)

Almost 4" of rain at 96th and N. Oak tonight.  Getting a break before the next round.  We could end up with around 5" up here.

Farmgirl,

TVS is METAR for Tornado Vortex Signature.  I'm not seeing it....have no idea what 'wondergrun' or whatever is talking about.

Storm went through Trimble, MO a few minutes ago.  Less than 30mph winds, some lightning and some rain.  No big deal.  Earlier we had 40mph outflow gusts from the storms to the south.  The rain is starting to come down pretty good now and the thunder is still rolling but it looks to me like everything is starting to weaken.  At least we won't have to worry about the fireworks starting a fire on Friday.

A TVS is just something that is indicated on radar.  With storms like these they pop up for a second and then they're gone.  At least that's what's been happening tonight.

Thanks hail. I was trying to come up with all kinds of acronym meanings. I'll share some for a good laugh - Terribly Violent Storm, or Torrential Vection System.

your welcome Jonathan, dont usually post, just a reader, but some of these people just get down right nasty, I just like to give credit where credit is due.  

rain has become very intense once again, more lightening, wind has picked up

It's just randomly popping up on the storm track things.  I'll switch it over to Storm Relative and you'll see a little bit of possible rotation, but then it goes away not too long after that.  Just thought it was interesting.

Rain is coming down again heavy on 169 and Barry.  Bright lightning too!  It's pretty

Yes Lilly, it is.  I keep stepping outside to watch it!  Wonder if my work will have power in the morning?

LOL torrential vection system...LOL

   
mmancubfan

Thank you for sticking up for me... I really appreciate everyone who did tonight. :)

Ironically it is very calm here in Olathe.  Dry even....

Lilly, it is being mentioned on the NBC news tonight about some of the flooding going on in the area...it is serious...even if I didn't even get a fraction of rain.  I'm worried about my DH driving home from the airport.

anytime lilly!!

Wind picked up a bit.  Rain was sheeting across the street.  Now it's just downright pouring.

OK.  It is now finally raining outside my house:)  My lawn needs it.

When will all of this be over :(

I think we should all stick up for each other. anytime lilly.

"A TVS is just something that is indicated on radar"--I'll try and remember that next time I'm flying into KMCI and I see that on the ATIS/ASOS or TAF...LOL..All in good fun :-)

Never be in to much of a hurry to get yourself killed...that's my motto!

Getting some big boomers after those bright lightning flashes.  That last one made me jump 10:23

LOL... well I'm still a weather newb.  To me a TVS is just indicated on radar.  I don't know how they see it or what, but that's all I know LOL.  I know there's different levels of it as well isn't there?

I never pay attention to anything that the radar indicates. because I never end up getting anything that the radar indicates anyway, not even hail usually. I only pay attention to warnings, and I'm usually smart enough to read radar signatures without the help of a TVS or hail signatures so I can tell if I'm about to get hammered. I just never do lol

Lillyanya,

If a TVS has been observed and reported as a part of the ATIS/ASOS or has been forecasted in the TAF, then your sirens have probably been going off for at least 5 minutes already...hehe.  That's the real deal.

There's only 1 level of TVS per say....the very bad level! :-)

The 3 most useless things to a pilot are...the fuel you never took, the alititude above you, and the runway behind you....hehe.

Just don't like someone belittling another......Zazel knew exactly what he/she was doing....

Anyway...Looking at the radar and more is on the way but does not look like a training event this time.

Seriously, though, folks.  If you want to be of a giving nature this week or next....think of donating something to the people in Cedar Rapids....that town is just decimated in the downtown (13 block!!!!!!) area.  Absolutely amazing to see what water can do to a city....water was 13 feet above the other record crest EVER in time of record keeping!!!!!!!

Or driving in downtown Des Moines and seeing sandbags still sitting against buildings 5 blocks from the Des Moines river.....

Amazing what water can do.  Those people up there need help!!!!

Gotta go watch the radar and the Cubbies on MLB.com...up 1-0 against the Giants in the 4th.  Good Night!!!

Doggone it, Looks like Hillsdale is going to get some more rain. I've got a trail ride there on Sat. Went last weekend and it was mucky, muddy and rutted. All this rain has been very damaging to state parks/private owned trails.

Guys/Gals,

A TVS 'is-'the' tornado/funnel whether radar indicated or visually observed.  It's not an icon overlaid on the radar, or on the 'wundergrund' page.

Just switching radar modes from the radial velocities back to the composite ref doesn't make any of us amatures qualified to tell anyone that we've seen a TVS on our desktop radars.

Facts:

Lilly says, "DO NOT GO OUT! IT IS NOT SAFE.    Roads are flooded everywhere.  I had to turn around a TON of times because the water was well over the curbs.  Be very careful and only go out if you HAVE to!"

Zazel says, "Relax Lilly, it all depends on where you are.  This isn't the end of the world.  I just drove home from Gladstone to the Liberty area.  Not once did I encounter any high water on any road.   I don't doubt there are areas that are flooded, but to act like it's the end of the world is ridiculous."

Lilly claims, in all capital letters, don't go outside because it's not safe.  Zazel points out he just drove home through the northland and didn't encounter one flooded area, thus proving it is not flooded "everywhere", although admits it is likely flooded somewhere.  I also tell Lilly not to act like it's the end of the world, which it isn't.  In no way did I insult Lilly, I simply rebutted her statement.

What happens next is a bunch of halfwits jump up to insult me, in the name of protecting Lilly, even though I didn't attack her, but instead I simply elucidated that her point wasn't true for all, or even most of the metro.  I then counterattack and insult those who chose to insult me, not counting Lilly (although she later chose to), instead of trying to refute my absolutely correct statement that the entire metro area isn't flooded.

My counterattack results in a new volley of insults from those who lack the ability to argue a point instead of attacking the person, a person who didn't deserve to be attacked in the first place.  Not once did I call Lilly anything, other than point out she over hyped the story.  At any rate, it's below me to try and explain logic and debating to people who can't speak above inane drivel.  I'm going to bed, where I can dream of world that isn't filled with idiots.

1.32 total from west leavenworth this evening.

Few little cells popping up to the north and east.. over northern Kansas.. /sigh let's hope they fizzle out!

zazel drop it dude!

zazel you said that lilly was being ridiculous THAT was the insult. now drop it!

Zazel,
there are ways to state your opinion  without saying someone is acting rediculous.  The local new was saying basically the same thing so why is she wrong for telling her story?  Never once did she say that is was the end of the world.  She had a very scary experience and wanted to share it with people on here thinking that it would warn people of how bad it was out there.  IT IS BAD OUT THERE!!  Have you not watched the news?  If you dont see what you said as being harsh then I dont know what to say but to  let you know....I AM NOT AN IDIOT!!!! thank you very much.

You did insult me, but assuming that was an end of the world statement.  It wasn't.  I use caps like some people use italics.

You typed that out knowing full well what you were doing.  I have a right to feel insulted.  Your little stretch of highway doesn't really count for much considering just how much of the metro truly is having flash flooding problems.

You came on here to start something.  Plain and simple.  Not our fault you don't like the ramifications of that.

Sounds like more rain in Olathe...my hubby's flight hasn't landed yet...I'm tracking it online and it seems they are flying south of the storms.   They are coming up along K-7 in south western Johnson County.  

wow the wind just picked up insane here.

Oh.. I wasn't the one who said it was a TVS.. They said it.  I was just relaying that as I thought it was interesting. :)  I'm not completely good at reading radars yet.  I just had storm tracks up on my radar, and that's what popped up.  I looked at the interactive thing they have over there and that's what it said hehe.

This is fun!!!

"DO NOT GO OUT! IT IS NOT SAFE.  =  END OF THE WORLD

Right?

Yes.... go to bed where the hyperbole that you think you are able to rest your laurels of thought on are refuted like the week old helium filled balloon my 4 year old got at Price Chopper last week.

Down, down, down you go bitter man...into the abyss of sleep where you can dream you are above all others of the meteorological world of halfwits!!!

Good night little man!!!  Good night!!!

Angvic I hope that your husband's flight arrives safely, and his drive home is safe as well.  Keep us updated k?

that's not the first time that guy's stirred something up.

LOL MM....this guy just can't take that we don't like him so he'll resort to a kill switch if he could.

LOL  I  <3 you now...... for that one... It was fabulous!

Me too, Lilly.  It seems that every time he flies home we're under severe weather n the Metro.  Not to mention it's a 'bumpy flight'.  That scares me...

Another big round of storms, first this mornings activity, then the evening stuff, here in St. Joe we got some very heavy rain gusty winds, and VERY INTENSE lightning from the storms that rolled through up here... and the city sounded the tornado sirens because law enforcement thought they saw something, my guess is that they saw an unusual lowering appendage from the shelf cloud and thought it was tornadic.  After the storm we also had the most vivid spider vain lightning I have seen so far this year, very impressive.

Cubfan, rather than diss on people, 99 years and counting.  Now let's be respectful!

It's all good Lilly, even us as amatures still have to be able to somehow interpret what's being told to us.  That's what we have Gary and crew for.:-)

Sometimes we all forget that we see things through SWIFT WX or Threat Net and then look at the radar afterwords and try to justify sort of what we've just seen.

The hard part is seeing it and having to be the one to tell everyone what it is without the benefit of having an NWS warn overlaid across the top of it.

That's what Gary and crew do.  Years of schooling to be able to do that and make the right call well in advance.

Anywho, it's all good!  Hope everyone had a good night of tracking.  I wish my cable was back on!!

Angvic, let us know when he makes it home.  I will say a prayer for him. :)

pilot, where are you at?

Nah Hail....he is looking up new words in his thesoraus as we speak to come up with another "brilliant" post to ridicule the rest of us.

I picture him in his mahogany chair in his smoking jacket at a local social club twisting his nose at the rest of us sniveling nitwits on a weather blog.......or

.....could it be him in his parent's basement slamming away at his computer keys wishing he had a girlfriend??????

Cubbies up 3-0!!

Thanks bewild,  it seems his flight has headed north towards St. Joe's.  It looks like they are trying to dodge inbetween 2 storms between St. Joe and Topeka....

Hmmm... storms are growing bigger near Ottawa, KS. Looks like I might get some rain afterall here in La Cygne.

You are welcome angvic!  Well its been fun, except for the big hail!  Catch up with you all later.  Have a safe 4th!!

bewild79,

Roughly 9/45 HWY in the Parkville area.  Getting ready to hit the sack.  Gotta work in the morning....yuck!

I hear you MattP, you are right.....

Just kinda fun to see someone come out with an agenda to minimize someone else on this blog and then slowly have to crawl into their hole as they realize they are wrong.

I guess my posts = his posts after a while......I am done with personal attacks.  

Lets see if the future shows he is too!!!

Thanks for the post...back to amicable communication about this line of stroms that is running through the metro as we speak.  Not going to be much in precip for Olathe tonight!!

well I'm finally getting that loud wet thunderstorm I asked for:=P

Me too Pilot!  I am not far from you around 129 and 64th!  Good night!!

Now up to 3.10 here at 68th and leavenworth rd in kck.

-Rodney

LOL LOL

sorry that is I29

bewild79....roger roger...you and everyone else have a good'n also! :-)

Becky you leaving without saying good night to JOnathan?????

My DH hasn't landed yet but he's just outside the airport.  My guess is that the runways are all congested from delays due to the storm.

Never!! Goodnight Jonathan!!  :)

night pilot!

finally getting some rain here. not too much yet but at least it is coming

oh and ignore zazel, no one is a stupid. i have heard him get into stuff with people several times. I have realized it is best to just ignore him, he loves the debate. Even though what he said came off rude he will never think it was, so just move past his post.

Night everyone!... I hope those storms up north fizzle out.  :(

what's a DH

Goodnight Becky!=)

Good night Lilly!

Hail, it's short for Dear Husband...

darling husband, i think

That too, C :)

ooooohhh gotcha...I thought it was like some sort of umm body guard or agent or something LoL.

Finally!  They've landed!  Now I can rest.  It's been fun all.  Have a good night and drive safe if you have to head out.   Now he has to rent a car and drive home.  Hopefully 435 is clear.

LOL!  You are so funny Hail:)

Hi Gary,  wow what a night here in Farley MO.  This morning woke up to rain and hail, with an inch of rain total.  Tonight out did that, with 4.6 inches of rain.  Our yards are flooded, gardens are flooded and hopefully won't have to be replanted.  When it rains it rains.  Satelite has been in and out all night, it's still out so I missed the 10 o'clock forecast.  Oh will, I have you on here which is a good thing.  Anyways, I hope you have a good night, and stay safe driving home, and walking those precious dogs of yours.

Goodnight Ang!

151st and Blackbob, we got all our softball games in until 11:00!! no rain...wind shifted from west to east about 9:15. on the way back to Lee's Summit it started to poor around Metcalf. only .36 inches of rain in LS so far as of 11:25

Just got back from the Steve Miller concert at the Starlight.  Steve rocks, even in the rain.  The concert was stopped once in the middle due to lightning overhead.  Steve got back out and finished more-or-less a great set.  I was soaked!  Felt good, though!

Okay so whose tornado sirens are accidentally going off?  I can hear them from my house...

auroramama, where are you located?  

3.8 inches at NE 76th and N Tullis, right near Shoal Creek in the Northland.  

Hope the flooding isn't too bad for those NW of me. South of Pleasant Hill we have had less than .25". Gary it's amazing (fascinating?) that this storm has tracked exactly like the last few have...mostly to the north and west, and then we get rain on the tail end of the strong/severe stuff.

Nice light show, finally got a few good pics. Out of 150 attempts, got 8.  You can see them at http://picasaweb.google.com/bmackkc/Lightning2July2008

Heavy rain in La Cygne. DishNet just went out.

Belton..sorry I guess I should have said that! They stopped just a few minutes ago.  

Here on the South side of Liberty I have 3.6" and still have light rain.  2.5" fell in about 90 minutes.  We were leaving our son's baseball game at Fountain Bluff and was caught in hail that appeared to range from marble to quarter size.  What a crazy night.  Sure glad the Missouri dropped a fair amount before this night began!

Wow! went to a movie in this mess, Car stalled in the theatre parking lot. (Chevy Astro) goes to show how high the water was.

Flooding a big concern in the Leavenworth area tonight.

Sorry I havent contributed tonight...we tried to do our 4th stuff tonight without much luck.  Darn thunderstorms had to put on their own show.  Well goodnight all and Jonathan!

Hi,
Gosh, what a night.  I just got my power back on!  

Can anyone tell me how strong the winds were tonight?  Sometime around 8 is when the lights started flickering, I could here the buzz of the high power lines, had to be a tree limb somewhere close down the street (never saw it).  Been a looooooooong night!

Had almost 2 inches of rain in the gauge earlier, and it just started pouring again.

"Just kinda fun to see someone come out with an agenda to minimize someone else on this blog and then slowly have to crawl into their hole as they realize they are wrong."

Hmmm ... is that now the purpose of this blog?

I'm out of town this week and heard about the bad weather, so I came to the blog to get the scoop. I read this whole thing from top to bottom, and I sure didn't get the impression that Zazel came here with an agenda to minimize anyone or start something. Saying that Lillyana was "end of the world ridiculous" was over the line, but truth is, if you did not read her comments from the previous blog and understand what she had gone through, you might have thought she was a little over the top.

I know I did - at first - because I didn't read the previous blog (is that now a requirement?), her post was first in line on this one and it was IN CAPS. Until she explained later, you would not know that she wasn't "yelling" and demanding. (Just to be clear, I'm happy you made it home safe, Lilly, and I understand your concern. My wife and I live near I-29 & 64th and she got caught in the flooding, too).

I know that there are a lot of you who post very regularly and especially in storms. I truly enjoy reading (most of) what you write but, honestly, sometimes things feel a little cliquish. Hammering someone (who has a reasonable point) so that they will crawl into a hole - and then being applauded for it - only adds to that perception.

Peace

Zazel, ignore some of these people. It's the only social interaction they get outside their parents basement! I tried to get SimplyKristi to stop her rhetoric a few weeks ago and I got persecuted as if I had kicked a puppy. It's very comical!