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large pea-size hail here in N. OP near SMN and rain.   Starting to trail off a bit now.

Coming down in buckets here at 68th Terr. and Oak- south of the Plaza.  Haven't seen any hail yet.  Wish I had a rain gauge!  Dea

WOW, thanks to the NWS for not including us in the watch. It was so fun to come out of the building and drive into a hail storm. I didn't get to sit all day on the blog to see what was up so I'm guessing I got under one of those random  isolated storms that were predicted and got sideswiped by wind, blinding rain and hail dents to my car. Glad for the dry day. :(

Golfball size ball in midtown

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Jeremy

we will have a deluge tonight...we are camping...

Jeremy:

Sorry, but digital camera is on the fritz. Luckily, the hail did not last long nor was there a lot of it. Don't think I had seen a hailstone that large in a while. Center was a little smaller than the size of a quarter with spikes coming off of that. We collected a copy for the freezer.

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Seeing 3" hail earlier this year was enough for me:)

Jeremy

It is starting to look like I might get missed...wouldn't mind a little rain, but the severe weather can stay away! It look's like some of the storm's are going north, some east/southeast...or am I seeing thing's?

Here in Drexel we had 1.2 inches of rain from the first round, and I think it may start up again very soon.

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Thanks A dogg...I don't think you are done yet.

Jeremy

Storm may fade away before hitting the east side of town... *sigh*

.30 inch in La Cygne. But I bet more too come. Vivid lightening and lots of thunder.

well on the west side of leavenworth we had a shower that was enought to wet the ground kind of disappointed so far but that is typical with summer storms although I'm seeing alot of lightning to the north and northeast of leavenworth as of 830pm.

Pooring rain now here in La Cygne. Boy, sure do have lots of cloud to ground lightening.

It's starting to rain in Colony and I'm not sure we'll get as much as we'd like, but it would be nice to get a decent rain!

jeremy is there a front moving north or what ever in st joseph right now a very distinct cloud line moving north rusty color skies.

Well, as LRCfan indicated, I have a heck of a fireworks show, very close to here, but the shielding at KCI must be fully charged, because I havent had a drop. I have had to water the lawn only a couple of times(compared to my burnt lawn of last year). Here is to hoping the activity just out of my grasp, drifts about 4 miles SOUTH.

eudora is celebrating its 100 CPA (cattelmens protective assn) family weekend. The parade was started early and went by with lively footwork and lots of thunder and lightning. parade was over 5 minutes before the sky opened and we got 1.2/10 in of rain. calm now.
Sandra

Send some hail my way!!  I could use a new roof!

well i figure out my question nice outflow boundry came thru st joseph it shows up well on storm relative loop real nice breeze blowing right now in st joseph.

not a drop at 152 and amity. this sucks

0.375" of rainfall here west of Smithville.

Olathe North HS- 0.18"

Just a light rain, if you can call it that, in Kingsville. Just enough to wet everything. :(

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Thank you for sharing your rain with others:)

Jeremy

Not sure about MTongate-but we just drove through 152 and Amity and it seemed like a real down pour, then hit 152 and Hampton Rd and just sprinkles!  Great lightening show to boot.

Looking at Radar Estimates, the radar also confirms in my area only .18"  So my weather station has not gone wacky on me!!

Looking at Radar Estimates, the radar also confirms in my area only .18"  So my weather station has not gone wacky on me!!

How WEIRD!  I was watching a radar at work (intersection of Antioch and Vivion Road in the Northland) and around 7:30 some VERY dark clouds came overhead.  It was almost as dark as night... no rain.  Then later there was some heavy stuff just south of my location and more stuff to the north.  Actually the radar showed rain around all 360 degrees yet none in my area.  In fact, we didn't see a drop until about 9:30 or so and then we had about a half hour of light rain.  We must have had a dome over our area or something.  LOL

I certaintly hope we get some more rain tomorrow because it didnt rain much in leavenworth or surrounding areas near kci.

Well, I guess I can't complain...I have gotten over an inch of rain over the past week, so hopefully other's who wanted it got it tonight. It was just a little frustrating to see the storms on the horizon and have them fall apart right before they got here, or turn and go south.

well the storms got close to St. Joe, but not quite here tonight!  We still had a very interesting look to the sky as the towers of the thunderstorms reflected back the setting sun giving us at first and orange look, and then a really weird "pink" glow for a while!
One thing that Pvt. Murphy mentioned earlier today is that this is kind of what I would imagine Florida to be like, humid and storms not to far away it seems almost every day!   I will mention one thing though, this is not the most humid I have seen it, I have seen dew points reach about 83 degrees around here before, it is very rare but man is it oppressive, we would have temps around only 90 or so but have heat index values above 100!!

only .10 inches in SE Lee's Summit

IM back from PHX. It wasnt as hot as I thought it would be.

Had a Good time.
Trip out had a huge delay which made me switch Airlines and the flight back after landing was real bad.

Oh well, Atleast we dont have 70 Percent Humidity and 107F Temps.

East Lawrence received 0.27" of rain Sunday evening, taking any liquid precipitation we can get.

Ray

Here in Paola we ended up with .29" of rain.  Cooled things off nicely for walking this morning, only 67 when I headed out with Windy at 5am, gorgeous morning!  We're headed to the Royals game this afternoon, looks like it will be a scorcher.  got sunscreen, little mister fans and our hats....hopefully any rain will hold off until after the game.  Have a good day everyone!
--deb pannell

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Deb,

It should be hot at the Royals game.  Hopefully the rain stays away...chances are greatest later in the afternoon.  But with the front nearby today something could pop up.

Jeremy

Jeremy,

we didn't even get enough to measure in my rain guage.  Which was fine with me since we were sleeping in the tent!

Man did we ever get some rain last night...woo hoo!! I recieved 2.67 inches since Saturday evening. I had to drive to work in that and good grief it was blinding rain. Then the power went out for about 6-7 hours. Ughhh!! But we are back on now. Have a great day.
Monica
Pleasanton, KS

Good morning weather team.   Northern part of Grandview (Truman Corners got some rain last night, I'd say maybe a tenth to .25.   My house which is just southwest of Longview Lake got a trace..

Bill

KCK N 18th and State:  0.07 inches

The north edge of the first of those cells shown on the above radar pic skirted my location.. bringing 5 hundredths of an inch of heavy mist and gusty winds that knocked small tree limbs down.   Very impressive cloud bases visually, but I was just north of the narrow line of fire.  I see on the NWS Pleasant Hill precipitation plot that Bonner Springs had 1.58 inches and Independence 70 hundredths.  It appeared that this heavy but narrow swath probably carried eastward to within about a mile south of my location, say around I-70 and 18th.
Probably some spots in the narrow core of the swath got over 2 inches.  

It was interesting how much of the north side got nothing, including just north of my location, while another band of  less intense storms fromed just north of the airport into the Liberty area after the intense swath moved through.  

It appears the siraluce split spread its influence southeastward from the airport in the northwest flow.

Weather service is saying they are issuing a heat advisory for Monday.  WeatherTeam, how basd is it going to be? Should I stay away from school and what should i do with my animals? *************** Heat or no heat there's never a good reason to skip school:) I would use precautions if you are going to be outdoors. Take frequent breaks in the shade, drink plenty of water, if you feel faint or overheated you may need medical attention. The last one is the worst case scenario, but heat exhaustion/stroke is nothing to mess with. Play it safe and you should be fine. Jeremy

What are the chances for thunderstorm development today/tonight across North Central Missouri?

Alex from Marceline **************** Alex, I think 1-2"+ of rain may occur in many of the areas that were hard hit last week around you. There will likely be an MCS in or close to north central MO. Jeremy

Tomorrow will be the hottest day of the summer?

97 I am hoping?..now, just need about a week of 90+ and I am sitting pretty for the contest...

Billy - tomorrow could be very miserable.  Take precautions as heat index readings could come near 110 degrees.  High temps could make a run at 100 or above to the SW side. ************* I may up the temp for Monday later today. We've had mid 90s in the forecast. Upping 2 degrees to 97/98 may be needed, but I want to see how the t-storm complexes move late today/tonight before going too high. I'd be happy with a 97 on Monday:) Jeremy

Is it going to storm Sun. /  Sun. night and when please?  thanks. ***************** It is almost impossible to pin down the exact timing of rain or where it will occur. But the chances increase by this evening and tonight. Not everyone will see rain though. Jeremy

kcwxguy, Yeah!!  Go 97˚!!  My poor dog however is requesting MUCH cooler temps- he's miserable right now cause the hubby has the house too cold, but yet it's too hot outside for him- he just can't get comfortable!  Dea

Brocksmama, "too cold" ranks right with unicorns.  There's no such thing. LOL!!!

Jeremy,

We got 1.6" in Shawnee yesterday evening!  Believe it or not, I could go for a whole week of no rain so my yard can dry out!  At least that is a valid excuse for not mowing for a day or two...

Take care,
Tim

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Tim,

Thanks for the report.  There's a couple of small t-storms in the far northern part of the viewing area right now.  It will be fun to see how things play out the rest of today.

Jeremy

a huge .03 in the rain guage this morning...lol
169 & Englewood (west edge of Gladstone)

I guess Gladstone was the split line last night.  Some went north a lot went south.

Last night I came out of the hospital at 1855 and noticed very dark skies to the south. I was so busy I had not had time to check to see if the watch had been moved into our area. By the time I strated to drive south on 435 from State Ave big rain drops were hitting my windshield. Less than a mile later the raindrops had turned into dime to nickel size hail, the wind was blowing quite hard and I could barely see due to the rain. As four lanes of traffic tried to huddle under the over pass I kept changing radio stations trying to find a weather update. Naturally, there was nothing because there were no watches or warnings out then.
I agree with Whirleygirl, wherever she was, that it was a shock to come out to such a miserable hail event. Finally, I escaped the hail by turning onto SM Pkwy, but not the heavy rain and lightning, which followed me to K-7. I didn't see a warning for JoCo or WyCo until the storm was starting to let up.  Not good.
Jeri

Last night I came out of the hospital at 1855 and noticed very dark skies to the south. I was so busy I had not had time to check to see if the watch had been moved into our area. By the time I strated to drive south on 435 from State Ave big rain drops were hitting my windshield. Less than a mile later the raindrops had turned into dime to nickel size hail, the wind was blowing quite hard and I could barely see due to the rain. As four lanes of traffic tried to huddle under the over pass I kept changing radio stations trying to find a weather update. Naturally, there was nothing because there were no watches or warnings out then.
I agree with Whirleygirl, wherever she was, that it was a shock to come out to such a miserable hail event. Finally, I escaped the hail by turning onto SM Pkwy, but not the heavy rain and lightning, which followed me to K-7. I didn't see a warning for JoCo or WyCo until the storm was starting to let up.  Not good.
Jeri

Last night I came out of the hospital at 1855 and noticed very dark skies to the south. I was so busy I had not had time to check to see if the watch had been moved into our area. By the time I strated to drive south on 435 from State Ave big rain drops were hitting my windshield. Less than a mile later the raindrops had turned into dime to nickel size hail, the wind was blowing quite hard and I could barely see due to the rain. As four lanes of traffic tried to huddle under the over pass I kept changing radio stations trying to find a weather update. Naturally, there was nothing because there were no watches or warnings out then.
I agree with Whirleygirl, wherever she was, that it was a shock to come out to such a miserable hail event. Finally, I escaped the hail by turning onto SM Pkwy, but not the heavy rain and lightning, which followed me to K-7. I didn't see a warning for JoCo or WyCo until the storm was starting to let up.  Not good.
Jeri

Great, and then the computer posts me 3 times. Jeez Louise.

Severe t-storm watch for much of iowa and severe t-storm warning for clarinda until 3:15PM.

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The storm near the IA/MO border has weakened.

Jeremy

ya they will most likely let it expire.

I believe Iowa will continue to get slammed for most of the latter part of the month.  Today was the historic crest of 1993 flood in KC at 48.87 feet at 6 am today.  I remember that day so vividly. I was the one that got that one right and the NWS wasn't as fancy as it is today and they used my crest information.  We're lucky it didn't repeat this year and it certainly tried in late May.  Wow, what a difference only 125 miles makes in the different weather patterns.  We would still be in 1993.  
For August, we are still in somewhat of a tropical pattern and this part of the year, it's just darn hard to predict the weather with isolated storms just appearing out of nowhere.  There is no solid fronts to move anything away as the air just remains stagnet and heats up here and there with the isolated storms giving us a fit as far as temps.
August is pretty much the month where all weather patterns and theories undergo a change.  It's somewhat like the "half time" show at a football game where you know what to expect, but are too often dissapointed and just want the game to continue.

looks as if that storm is re intensifying.

Time for a new blog? What's the chances of pop-ups this afternoon and evening like last night?
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Nothing too exciting until probably after 8 or 9 p.m.  I'll update the blog soon.  Best chance look to be with the storms dropping out of Iowa this evening or tonight.  Any evening plans should be ok for KC.

Jeremy

looks like a pop up developing around st. joe.

looks like the one by St. Joe ended just as quick as it started and the cell at the Iowa border is just about done.  Pretty quiet right now.

Well the chances for rain went down 10% on NOAA. We are now at a 20% of isolated Tstms this afternoon and tonight. On Tuesday they are calling for a 40% of Tstms (it went up) and a 50% on Tuesday night. Wednesday is currently standing at a 30% chance of Tstms. Hopefully the remains of Dolly will not only bring us rain (which some of us would not mind) but will cool us off. Looking at the projected temps next week they are saying in the low 90's. So guys, how accurate do thinkthis guess of NOAA's is? Do you think we will have more heat advisories other than for tomorrow?
Audra

looks like des moines is getting head pretty good in Iowa,looks like tomorrow is going to be a hot one stay cool everyone.

Has anyone heard what the forcast projection for August is suppose to be? We've escaped the heat waves so far and have been fortunate enough to have fairly consistent rainfall this summer. I haven't had to water my lawn once yet! I just keep fearing this summer trend will end and August and September will be blistering as it is every year when school starts up again.

look at a looping radar for Des Moines.  That sure looks like our ever so famous bow echo went right through the middle of it.