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yep u can really see the cold front moving to the i-35 corridor looks like this storm if if holds together would be on the south side like johnson county.

The storm just below Topeka looks interesting!

st joe down to 33, manhattan down to 31 and freezing rain,as they say if you don't like the weather wait an hour and it will change especially around this part of the country :) you got to love our weather.

Is the line bowing out near ottawa and headind towards La Cygne with high winds and hail?

Gary I'm now down to 35 and moderate cold rain in leavenworth this is really impressive.

Is the line bowing out near ottawa and headind towards La Cygne with high winds and hail?

Good morning! I'm in Ottawa, and the cold front is arriving. Winds are gusting and you can feel the temp. dropping and nice LARGE raindrops....

lol Gary nice blog especially for a saturday morning I bet you been up all night tracking this.  Have fun on this one I will try to keep sending you updates from Leavenworth but sort of have this feeling we may have some winter precip by the time this is over temps just crashed really fast.

I am sure the front has moved thru south Raytown.  I am downstairs so it is hard to check weather conditions.  I enjoyed the 60-degree weather on Friday!

If you don't like the weather, just wait five mins. and it will change. :)

Kristi

looks like the cold front is approaching the southeast corner of the 435 loop this storm is approaching lawrence according to topeka nws.

down to 34 this is really fun to track I hope this severe storm fizzles out and just turns into an original thunderstorm.

pleasant hill is definitely having difficulty on this one on there zone forecasts they have in a light glazing of ice.

ok now this could get freaky I'm down to 32 and I have rain I'm really not sure if it is icing or what it's defintiely not sleet.

Tornado Watch has been extended for Miami, Cass, Johnson (Mo) and La Fayette until noon. Sigh.

ok lots of lightning to the sw of leavenworth with freezing temps this is scarey.

I'm sorry I keep hogging up the blog but I want to keep you updated I'm now down to 30 degrees and a thunderstorm is about to move in .

we need to inform the city to treat streets now.

No prob, LRCfan.  Keep an eye on the storm to your SW.  You will have freezing rain if the temp is below freezing.  

Severe T-storm Warning just issued for practically all of the immediate metro for 70 MPH winds.

Kristi

looks like the thunderstorm warning has expired but we still have strong thunderstorms in the vicinity.

The wind! I thought a big truck was coming down the street.
It just came through Olathe.

thanks kristi for updating the warning I just got word of that and I will continue to update you all on the weather up here

Woke up in to house shaking winds in Gardner. By far stronger than any winds I have witnessed before.

wow so I'm getting 70mph and freezing rain this is wierd.

wow I'm getting pea sized hail and freezing rain with wind and thunderstorms this is bad.

Exciting times.  This definitely marks the oddest day of weather I've seen in a very long time.  I'm near Liberty waiting to see if the storms and winds get here or poof before they do.  When I wake up in the morning I guess I'll find out if we got icing.

Gary we just had an unbelievable gust of wind that had to been in excessive of 70-80 mph.  It was unbelievable.   It blew my sons hatch on his car open somehow and all the trash from christmas that was out in everyone's front yard is gone!  Every box I had stacked out there went Poof!  Like magic!  

Anyone in east of Southern Olathe reading this ahead of that bow echo in the line...get ready.

Live in Southern Olathe and have never heard a gust front in association with a frontal passage of line of storms come through here that strong before.  Fences down and anything loss like real wrought iron chairs, grills, facing north or west are all over the yards.

Get ready...very violent!!!

all of this is happening at 30 degrees I woke my wife up lol she says you must be crazy if it's 30 degrees and doing all of this she looked at the thermometer and said we are in trouble. lol

It was the strongest wind gust I have seen in awhile.   Just Amazing!!!

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Yes, it certainly got our attention at 4:40 AM.  That was at least 65 mph, possibly 70 mph.  Now, here comes the cold air and rain. 

Gary

Good thing I stayed awake.  Everything we have outside should be OK... very few things out there this time of year.  OOPS forgot about the Christmas decorations that are out front. :(

Kristi

another update from leavenworth it's 30 degrees my driveay is slushy my car I left outside is iced over and I have icicles hanging off my front porch railing and it is freezing rain I had pea sized hail earlier.

if this keeps up are we looking at possible winter storm or ice storm warnings?

Wind blew in at 4:42 here near downtown OP..our computer is by our d'stairs window, and gusts were bad enough for about 30 seconds that I actually got up and out of the way.  The last time we had wind like that was when we lived in Lawrence..I think it was '02 when a huge bow echo moved in overnight.

Supposedly it's going to get more 'violent' as we get closer to daybreak. It's supposed to hit here ... maybe 7 or 8?

Still holding on to 45 degrees in OP and it is dropping fast

Yeah somehow the half the lights on the front of my house ripped away from their staples.   Lost both christmas wreaths, and let me tell you, I had a ton of boxes stacked out front.  I was putting them out last night and thought to myself, oh I hope these do not blow away.  Here, let me throw some full trash bags in them for good measure.  Nope!  They disappeared!  Feel sorry for the poor soul that has a ton of trash in their yard now!

It would seem to me that somebody is in for a major winter event.  Will it be us or just to the north again??   It is crazy!

Gary the trees are starting to glaze over here this has happened so fast and the thunderstorms are making it worse I'm still at 30 hopefully it won't drop anymore.

South Olathe, my husband jumped out of bed from a dead sleep "the house is moving, should we go to the basement" the dog comes running upstairs tail between his legs.  I was awake the weather radio does it's job.  I don't know how strong the winds were, but it shook us pretty good.

33.5 degrees here at 45 Hwy & 435 Hwy and storming like it would in the spring.  What a strange event!

We are under a severe thunderstorm warning here in Lee's summit. The radio talked about winds in excess of 80 frigging miles per hour. Now I have read all the blog reports and between you guys and the radio, you have kind of freaked me out. I'm going to go and look at the radar now.

Live in Southern Olathe.  The winds woke my wife and I up. we scrambled our 7 month old and dogs downstairs thinking it was a tornado. Last thing i remembered before bed was the Tornado Watch.  Very scary and not fun.  Never witnessed anything like that. The gate to my fence is in my backyard now.  I hope that is all the damage I have.

yea this is amazing by the way westar energy has almost 500 customers without power in lawrence from the severe storm.

New tornado watch out until noon for points south & east of KC (Cass County included). Looks like a band of frozen precip is immediately behind the current line of thunderstorms that are blowing through the area. NWS is saying little to no ice accumulations on the back side of this system, but who knows, it may get a bit nastier then they're forecasting. Just had a nice 70+ mph gust here in the downtown area.

Well isn't this just peachy...

AT 453 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
 HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
 LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AVONDALE TO RAYTOWN TO
 GRANDVIEW...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH

Wow - We got those straight lines winds in Prairie Village about 10 minutes ago. I thought it was a tornado for sure.  Power lines down on 78th street - sparks and popping everywhere - it looks like the 4th of July.

JohnT the freezing rain will be there shortly  I still have a freezing rain thunderstorm and just below 30 slightly here on the west side of leavenworth. I'm glad it was warm yesterday maybe that will help the roads out a bit.

Winds going through now in Lee's Summit by the 7 and Colbern.

I dont see how the NWS does not pick up on this developing situation from Topeka to St Joe.   It is glazing over fast and the precip looks to be increasing.   This is going to be more than just .1 of ice in St Joe as the NWS states.    This would appear to be a major event unfolding in front of our eyes.

Sorry about that weatherfreak01.  I have to admit, that was the strongest windgust I have ever experienced in my life.   It as the report says was in excessive of 80 miles an hour.   Just looked out back, my wonderful BBQ grill that I thought was covered up well lay on its side in the middle of my back yard.   My sons playground equipment is damaged, and I have a ton of trash (not mine) blowing up against my fence!

I'm worried that strong storm down by Yates Center is going to clip La Cygne.

Just took the dogs out real quick to do their business. Wind is starting to pick up now from the west.

I wish the weather team would come on. I'm sure there are other scared folks like me out there.

I woke up thinking it was a tornado when I heard the winds coming in, what was once my nieghbors is now mine and what was mine is now the other nieghbors.  The stuff is just flying down the street!  I am in Olathe, it got really crazy when the front came in.  

Temps are down to 34 in Lenexa. This isn't good. Looks like a lot a precip still to move through.

The wind was unbelievable in Stilwell - the temperatures have been falling at an alarming rate - this is some weather we are having!!

I agree radman there should be at least some type of winter advisory for this situation we are starting to glaze up here in leavenworth and if it does get colder it will glaze fastor its holding steady at 30 right now.

Those are some strong winds (near WOF).  I fell asleep with the window open last night.  My Jack Russel Terrier, Libby, is scared of thunderstorms so she is snuggled up in bed next to me.  Hiding under the blankets.  I haven't heard any thunder or seen any lightening but the wind sounds like thunder and the rain was really hard for a few minutes.  (BTW I closed the window because the temps have gotten chilly LOL)

I can't believe there is not one channel covering this storm this morning.

The temps are falling a lot quicker than NWS thought.  I haven't watched any TV since Christmas Day so I never saw Gary's forecast. :(

Kristi

The current thinking must be all the precip will be gone by the time the cold air filters in and takes over.   But for points north, like where you are at LRCfan, you dont have much more to go before it becomes real bad.    Is this storm closing off and wrapping the cold air in, creating a major ice or snow event?  They must not be too worried at the NWS.   The other station is not making a big deal of the ice possibilities, just the storms.

Jackson co., MO is still under a severe thunderstorm warning... my weather radio won't stop squawking.  I thought I heard some wind and rain, earlier, it might still be going on, but... yeah, never mind, I hear it again.  It's only around 34º over here.

I honestly keep forgetting that we just got into weather, it feels so much like Spring right now..... bleh, dudes.

Don't worry about it weatherornot. To be fore warned is better than being surprised. One of my little dogs in the basement had a fit when the line of winds went through. Thanks to all of you I knew that it was the winds, not a tornado. I have never experienced a tornado so I am still learning. It was most impressive listening to the winds. I could hear them coming towards the house, hit the house and then go on. I figure at the rate the weather radio keeps going off I might as well stay up. It has gone off 4 or 5 times in the last 30-60 minutes. I don't know how the dang family can sleep through it! However I'm the protector of the family, as a result I am a light sleeper.

Freezing rain advisory just went out for southeast Nebraska.

WHOA!!!!  At 5:00 AM there was a HUGE molto crescendo of wind that made me come flying out of bed.  I wondered if this was the "train sound" I had always heard of associated with a tornado.  The house shook...my trash cans went flying....my canoe even came off its stand (on the east side of the house no less) which has never happened in the nearly ten years it has been there!

I bet you do need a break, Gary.  This year's weather is wearing me out and I'm just a fan.

DL

Temp has dropped to 32 and with all that rain moving this way it looks like we could be in for some ice storm.  Gary, how bad do you think the ice is going to be?

The rain just started, but not 10 minutes ago there was such a blast of wind that my wife woke me up.  When you hear that "freight train" in wee hours of the morning, you look for cover first then worry about looking silly.  We ducked.  I seriously thought we had a tornado outside for several minutes.  

There is damage from that wind too, at least some of the homes a block west of me have lost power.  

I also thought farmgirl was going to get a great big "I told you so!" on me if that blast had been a tornado.  ;)

Quiet now, I'm going to try for some sleep again. Hopefully without further surprises.

According to my unscientific Wal-Mart special, it's now 32 degrees in far northeast KCMO near Liberty.  The heavy rain has stopped but it's still coming down at a lighter pace.  We missed most of the wind, perhaps a 40mph gust.  That is all, I'm off to bed.  Let it do what it will.

Wow-stepped outside and still feels like spring. Sitting at 62.1 in Kingsville. I went outside to try and secure everything...

The storm moved by independence just minutes ago.  I looked on radar to see the bow going threw.  It is eerily like the wind storm that took our roof off, not as strong but the tip of the bow looked like it.  That storm had winds in excess of 80mph.  I thought that storm reached closer to 100mph.  What was the wind speed of this one?  Any damage reports?  That last major wind storm took out the Arby's on 291 hwy.

yea temp in leavenworth is 29 I expect some type of advisory soon.

Gary, I'm rally scared. Are strong winds heading towards La Cygne??? Radar looks ominous.

I saw that, Dwxtracker.  I could not hear the wind down here in my cave.  I need to check to make sure everything is OK outside when it starts to get daylight.

I heard the furnace kick on a little bit ago so I know the temp has dropped outside.

Kristi

There is one station on at 5am Farmgirl ...  but you wont get much storm coverage from them  :)

What is funny is that the weather radio keeps going off for severe thunderstorms, but I have not heard one rumble this morning. I can't say if there have been flashes as I am staring at the computer monitor.

Audra in Lee's summit

18000 people out of power according to KCP&L from the winds

whoa man we have had the craziest weather here in the past hour.  we had a heavy thunderstorm with small hail right at 32 degrees.  its now 31 and everything is encased in ice.  the branches are bent on all the trees, and we are getting a mix of freezing rain and snow right now.  im looking at the radar and it looks like more freezing rain/sleet/snow is on the way.  its going to be a wild ride the next several hours.  

i knew something was up earlier when the cold front was already to falls city, NE and there was a squall line developing.  wild...

Woke up earlier due to what sounded like a freight train of wind I've never heard before. There's part of a tree down in my street. I live up near I-35 and Chouteau.

Very scary!

Yes, I have flipped through the channels and it is showing pink - not on the air with my satellite. And I can't get it with my rabbit ears. The alarmist channel mentioned La Cygne, but I didn't catch what he said.

Geesh of all days I have to drive my sister from Olathe to her dentist appt. at 75th and Nall....I guess I better leave now sounds like it's going to be a difficult drive just from Paola to Olathe and then on to Overland Park.  Still 34 here in Paola with 20 mph winds.  The temperature has dropped 8 degrees since I got up at 4:30, it's been raining buckets too!  The rain has calmed a bit and the winds subsided some, just so worried about the temp.  I wish this was an appt. we could cancel but she really needs to go and doesn't drive.  Farmgirl, I hope the winds don't do any damage there, I always worry about you as I know how much wind effects your operations there.  Good luck!
--deb

Well according to NOAA it is still 65 degrees here and so far the storms have just side swiped us. But looking at the interactive radar on the weather channel.com (I figure it is ok since NBC bought them) a cell that went through burlington might get us. BTW, is anyone else not having luck getting NBC's interactive map to load? That is why I had to go to the weather channel.com. I have tried to refresh the page something like 4 times and still no go. The box is there for the map, but no interactive map.

Can someone comment on that nasty red/purple cell south of Pomona?

pvt murphy what town?

Temps have steadied at 34.4 here in Lenexa. Haven't moved for while. Dew point is sitting at 32. Maybe we won't get the ice here.

Holding at 37 in OP with steady rain

I'm near Worlds of Fun also and our screened-in porch blew off!! Crazy wind!! I can't believe our windows didn't blow out.

Should we expect any more, like from the storms that are east of Emporia? Or are those going to go south of my area?

Thanks

Are the winds still howling around Olathe and KC?

I agree pvt I have 29 on this side of town with just freezing rain but I do agree with the trees they are getting encased with ice.

Wow, look at the weather observation from Emporia! Lol! What crazy weather!
"Thunderstorm in Vicinity Light Freezing Rain Fog/Mist and Breezy"

Pvt, looks like you just had something similar!

Heavy rain wave here in Lee's Summit by the 7 and Colbern.

nicknack I am in west leavenworth I believe pvt is at the fort I'm not totally sure about that.

I can't believe an infomercial is on inside of covering the weather. I am disappointed.

Freezing rain advisory issued

EAX: EAX issues Freezing Rain Advisory for  Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth [KS] and Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, De Kalb, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Platte, Worth [MO] till 4:00 PM CST

EAX issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning for  Johnson, Linn, Miami [KS] and Bates, Cass [MO] till 6:15 AM CST

Severe Thunderstorm warning for me!!! I'm scared to death!!!

Is anyone else watching the line SW of Olathe?

Farmgirl,
I am tracking that line of storms to your west...  Looks like a brief period of very heavy rain.  I know that there are warnings to your south.

For those of you in the north part of the metro and beyond, you are under a Freezing Rain Advisory.

Kristi

New warnings for Johnson and Miami County for severe storms.   Looks like another wave is on the way.

Wonderful getting ready to hit us again, been watching that nasty looking little cell and they just issued the warning, I was hoping it would miss to the south.  Where are the weather men when you need them.

Severe thunderstorm warning lifted for me. I just heard my first rumble this morning I think. Anyway, I'm heading off to bed shortly. I'll wait to see what is said about the line SW of Olathe. It looks like it might actually get us as opposed to most of the weather today that has just side swiped us.

A Severe T-storm warning for your county, farmgirl.. be prepared for quarter-size hail and winds in excess of 60 MPH.

Kristi

Looks like points north of the Metro under a Freezing Rain Adv.   The main concern is this afternoon and the NWS says it will stay under .1" ice

farmgirl - the strong winds lasted for about 5 minutes or so - the sustained winds are quite moderate however the temperatures are plummeting.

I've been watching the pink grow on the interactive map. Impressive. Oh, and I heard thunder for sure now that the warnings have been lifted, figures.

http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MO&prodtype=warnings

here is the freezing rain advisory we been waiting for includes st joe, atchison, leavenworth and among areas on the north side click on the link to preview.

Still just raining here in Olathe with a thudershower, as I was flipping through the channels for updates I noticed that channel 9 is out.  Wonder if the wind hit their tower or something, the screen is stuck on something that looks like a radar.  Anyone else see that?

Gary is that the low pressure area in the panhandle looks like there is a batch of precip developing out that way do we need to worry about that?

Working fine for me opcowgirl.   I have Time Warner

It is now 33.5 in Lenexa. So the temp is still trending downward very slowly.

I have comcast, still stuck on some wierd radar looking thing.  When I say channel 9 I mean, like KMBC.  Not sure if that makes a difference.  That being said, it's starting to quiet down here in Olathe now.  Waiting for daylight to see the real damage.  I know I have a lot of trash to clean up.

Ohhh, that line is bowing bad. I get worried because my chimney flue comes crashing down in strong winds. And I don't want my horses hurt in the barn.

I just went out and closed all the doors on the barn. The horses are freaking out already!!

29 still in leavenworth with freezing rain yuck yuck yuck.

OP COWGIRL - I have a pink screen for that channel. I have dish network.

Well its going to pick up again cowgirl, but the wind will not be as bad.  

yes i am at ft. leavenworth.  we have more than .1" already.  the hail we had when the front came through never melted, so the freezing rain just encased them all in a sheet of ice.  there are about 1.5-2" long icicles hanging from the powerlines going to my house.  temp has steadied out a little bit it seems...right at 32.  thunderice right now!

we didnt get the wind or the bow echo here at the fort, just the ice.  although there has been plenty of thunder and lighting!

Thunder is increasing here now, temp is 33.3, and the dew point is now 31. I see KCI is now down to 32.

Looks like temps have gone up a degree or 2 to the west in Topeka and Manhattan.

thunder and hail here in desoto at 5:45.The temp is 34

TOP issues Freezing Rain Advisory for  Brown, Jackson, Jefferson, Nemaha, Shawnee [KS] till 12:00 PM CST

All is quiet now in PV (75th and State Line). The Fire Department was out here...down power lines, some tree limbs and trash everywhere. I can honestly say I was truly scared for the first time as far as weather is concerned. I completely froze when I thought those winds were a tornado. I'd like to go sleep but my adrenaline is still pumping!

Hi Joe,
The temps are still falling slowly in both Topeka and Manhattan.

Kristi

I have 9 on antenna feed for HD. Now this is some strange weather. We have to travel later this morning. Ought to be fun. 37-F in Raytown.

Kelly

Oh my gosh, the wind is here!!!! Gonna have a heart attack.

First off, I got on here becasue I got excited!  
I am in Springdale , just NW of MC Louth KS,  18 miles west of leavenworth on 92 HWY.  First of, we just had and INCREDIBLE thunderstorm.  70 + wind , HEAVY RAIN, as soon as the storm ended, which the rain didnt , by the way, we also had 1/2 inch of HAIL , not sleet.  Guess what, its not melting.  Now we are having a major icing event.  I just looked under the two night lights two of our fruit trees are down with major tree damage.  The rain is coming in buckets and now we have signigicant lightening two our west and southwest.............worst of all, our temp is 31.1 degrees and falling fast.  Their are ice cycles forming on trees as they are now all coated with a quarter inch of ice.  HOLY COW!  The front is way more powerful than I anticipated.  I looked at the radar , we could possibly be in for an ice storm event up here???  Its already become pretty substantial.   If it were me I would have an icestorm warning in this area... lol.  I just wanted to give you an update and your new blog is right ON!  However the rain that is falling here is heavy.  One more degree this is going to be bad.  Its already gotten that way.  I am shocked!!  I just wanted to let you know of the conditions that are forming to your NW.  Even the hail storm isnt melting and our ground is WHITE!  AGAIN.   Anyway, I got exited and had to get up and tell this story, also as I speak major thunder is coming from the west?? I wanted to sleep in, not gonna happen.   Thanks for all of your hard work, this was just a situation that went haywire.  It happens, but these are the ones I get exited about.  The bad part...... our yard looks like a bomb hit it.  
A branch from the maple tree has now fallen, HUGE branch.  WOW!!!! Temp now 30.4.  The precip to the west looks heavy and that does concern me now.  Because now it would not take much for a small scale significant icestorm at my location.  No sleet, No snow, all rain.  Im waiting for snow flakes but since there is major lightening and thunder I dont see that happening just yet.  
Any team , there is my location, like I said I am in Springdale KS, right off Bauserman Road- major country area.... which I do consider MC Louth since we are so close.   VERY EXCITING !!!  

Pea sized hail falling now in South Olathe with alot of rain..not alot of wind thankfully...

temps have really steadied out here in leavenworth the last hour it's 30 degrees and steady freezing rain it has coated the trees and wirea a little bit I will worry if it drops a few more degrees then we could get some tree damage or power line damage.

Thunder is increasing, ligtening is increasing , the thunder is getting LOUD , my daschund is shaking in her skin, I just wrapped her up in a bed blanket, I think that did her in for the rest of the morning.
THUNDERICE!!! COOOOL, I have seen it once, but it wasnt on this scale.  
Its going to take DAYS to clean this up.  WOW!  

Morning all, down in the bunker for the last hour with the cats. Waching radar - looks like grandview is about to get hammered.

So Olathe, we have hail  (small) and some nasty lightening, heavy rain

Wow, I just checked my temp via NOAA and all I can say is where did my 65 degrees go? According to them we are down to 38 with light snow and thunderstorm in Vicinity. I don't know the snow, but I have heard/felt a couple of rumbles of thunder.

Audra in Lee's summit

wow brett I hope your power stays on be careful and watch out for them branches and powerlines.

Still here with power so far. Thankful for that. Waiting for the rain to ease up and go out and see if everything is still in tact.

Just lost my cable feed to KSHB :(    Winds are picking up and the rain is starting to get heavy again.   34 in OP

Gosh darn satelite went out again. Hubby is sleeping through all of this.

Yea, the thunderstorm line that I have been watching is the one affecting Olathe and will effect Grandview. I don't think that line will side swipe me, I think it will actually get us. Not sure if it is worth going back to bed if the weather radio is going to start going off again. I'm hearing more thunder..

audra in Lee's Summit by the 7 and Colbern

Brett, I sure hope you have power when this is all said and done. I think the NWS and weather team under played the strength of this storm.

Just had a heavy downpour with some small hail in Lenexa. Temp rose .1 to 33.4 degrees now.

Jeff Penner just did a live cut in during the today show he said freezing rain through like 10-11 am wow and temps by then will be 27 yuck.

Thunder and lightning in Raytown, light rain for now. No 9 on Dish. Radar looks impressive.

Kelly

OP COWGIRL - I have a pink screen for that channel too and I also have dish network.

Strasburg MO Cass county - Temp 43.9  Didn't really notice any wind to speak of, was up because of the Noaa Weather Radio going off repeatedly.  Raining pretty good on and off.  

There is at least 1 channel that is doing updates every 1/2 hour.  I hate to watch any other channel but in this kind of weather I go with who ever is on and giving updates.  Thank gosh for the blog here for updates.

29.9 and thunder with freezing rain in leavenworth branches do have icicles on them.

NO power here at 159th and Nall...lost it at 4:45, I hope thw power comes on soon, I have a saltwater fishtank, hope the fish dont die!

Morning weather team..   Grandview had very high winds around 0500 this morning.  Scattered power outages.  Reports of roof damage to an apartment complex..  I can confirm power down at the East access and 71 Highway.  Police this morning had a portion of Harry Truman blocked off.  Assuming that there were power lines down..

Weatherfreak................ I have seen no snow, no sleet, we now have steady to moderately heavy freezing rain falling here in Springdale,  Ill go check again, its been thirty minutes or so....... still major thunder rumbling to the west, major lightening as well.  This has became a concern here.  Thats obvious.  At this time I gaurentee that I couldnt even make it out of the drive way.  Let me check......be back in 5 mins-  OK, within thirty minutes we now have icecycles four inches or greater on the deck,  icecyles hanging on the now drooping trees, no sleet, no snow and pouring rain.  Still lightening and thunder to my west and southwest.  
This is phenominal.  IF it stopped now, I would still be shocked.  But its not!  
Temp just about to fall to 29 it is 30.00.  It is now becoming a major ice event.  This has formed in one hour!   That is crazy!!!!  Thanks LRC fan, we in for a weird day I think.  I am still concerned about the precip the west , its LARGE and if it doesnt changeover soon..........  ut oh and thats all im saying.

That Freezing Rain advisory is getting closer.... Now should we stay or should we go? LOL

How's the weather down toward Pittsburg, KS?

Kelly

Looking at radar it looks like a bow echo getting ready to come through here.  Strong winds????

Temperature has stopped moving in Lenexa now. It has been sitting at 33.4 for at least 15 min. Still have a very steady rain with lots of lightning.

First and foremost - everyone stay safe! What an amazing 24 hours this has been...unbelievable.  Nearly 70 degrees, thunderstorms, hail, tornados, hurricane- force straight winds, drizzle, freezing rain, snow and potential flooding. Has there ever been a 24 hour period like this in the KC area?

Jeff just came on KSHB and said rain will last till noon.   Temps continue to fall, with roads wet this afternoon and falling to 27 by sunset with it getting slick.   Tonight dusting - 1" of snow

Kansas City police are reporting pea-sized hail near Red Bridge & 71 Hwy.

Brett I am also getting the freezing rain here although you are probably about an hour ahead of me I could be getting what you are experiencing shortly on top of all this we could get a dusting to an inch of snow according to Jeff.

Hail in Raytown now. Pea size. Lost Dish too. Hold on!!

Kelly

It was actually HAILING at my house, in south KC.  The driveways across the street from me are flooding like nobody's business.

Wow, 140 posts at 6:20 am on a Saturday, that has to be some sort of record. usually only a few of us here at this hour. Went to bed 3 miles NW of Leavenworth under balmy conditions at 11 pm, and woke to loud thunder and 1/2" of ice hanging from my tree branches. The roads still seem to be just wet, I am sure the warm air yesterday helped in that area but people need to remember, bridges and over-passes freeze faster than the roads do. My son works for an electric company and they have already been called out. Be careful what you wish for winter lovers, Kansas has a special way of giving it to you.

I'm beginning to wonder if the rain will shutoff before it gets to bad, also looks like a band of snow is starting to form out in central ks? too many questions to answer lol

no hail so far in Independence, temps  are around 33, with heavy rain, thunder and lightning at this time.

there are quite a bit of power outages from westar energy in doniphan county ks I'm thinking that is due to ice but I'm not sure I dont think they had the severe weather like kc did.

Finally got a chance to check out the blog.
In Holt we have had heavy rain off and on (more on) lots of thunder and lightening, quite a bit of hail about an hour ago,it is still on the ground.It dosent seem to be freezing yet,but is getting colder outside.

38.8 here and poring down rain

Had heavy rain with thunder and lightning move thru a little bit ago.  BTW, I haven't gone to bed all night.  I am going to be tired today. :)

Kristi

latest radar trends is showing a gradual move to the east the back edge is just west of topeka hopefully it will end before it gets really bad.

Twistedsisters,

I had the pink screen for thirty minutes...... and then it hit.   The ice that is.
I just cant believe all the lightening and thunder still forming to the west, WEST and now NW,  NO ELECTRICITY LOSSS, please!  I would go crazy without the blog and radar in this event.  
I dont think it was underplayed, it was jut weird, it hasnt happened quite like this yet.  Dont forget, this wil repeat sometime.... thats the scary part.
Gary has said many times this week that he has not yet seen such a powerful pacific storm take such a strange pattern.   That was hint number one.  I dont think we will have a snowstorm at this point but the icestorm is now a given up here.
I live in a high altitude country area where the temp is always colder usually in these situations.  It has became a major issue now.  The thunder is that of rumbling the house, the strange thing is the lightening is still in the same spots and not moving much.   I will be taking pictures of this.  I told dad yesterday morning...... this is our tornadoes in december day.  He laughed because it has happened many times, usually way south, then that watch got issued and he just looked at me and shook his head.   Well its seven no point in going to bed now- HUH
This only happens very seldomly.  Gary needs a break and there is one coming soon.  I forgot when he said things would get active again I think he said mid january DO NOT QUOTE ME ON THAT.  So he will get a  nice break here shortly.
Man, if only that snow not have melted! LOL  MAJOR thunderice now.  Lightening is still in the West , NW , SW I assume its moving this way, I havent been checking the radar, I have been on here the whole time!  Country areas WATCH OUT!

Pebble size hail very briefly in Grain Valley

WellI guess this gets me out of taking down the Christmas lights today ;)

North Leavenworth county definately needs an icestorm warning- huh.

That bow echo came over my neighborhood around 5'ish or so.  It was so windy the wind whistled thru my house, brought down a big branch in the front yard, that hit my house, and I could feel the house vibrating as the bow went by.  

Have very small pea size hail here too Gary.  Don't want any freezing rain since I am on a secondary power line.

Laura in Raytown

I would say if temps drop a degree or two we are in trouble as long as the rain continues like it is and I would be talking about north areas of the metro.

I pushsnow- I DEFINATELY HEAR THAT.  I think I will be picking mine up of the ground from the trees.  The ice is getting THICK!

North Leavenworth needs to send out their salt trucks, soldier hill is slick.

Ok, the thunder is torrific, its vibrating the windows and shaking the house, I wouldnt be concerned if it werent well below freezing now.   I have to go see whats going on and check radar and things, be back.

Temperature is now 32.6 in Lenexa. Thunder and heavy rain continue.

29.8 in leavenworth the icing is picking up a bit more.

WOW and that's the word to describe the weather outside now.  Heavy freezing rain with loud thunder.
I wonder how far south this icestorm will hit?? This would be a pretty significant for the city, were used to this in northern Norhtern and Western Leavenworth county.  

I need caffeine............ guess what , I get to go nowhere!  Im on a gravel road!!

Freezing rain advisory for Leavenworth until 4 pm......I might never forgive Santa for not getting me that genarator for Christmas

EAX issues Areal Flood Warning for  Chariton, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Randolph, Saline [MO] till 7:00 PM CST

we have some of the weaker trees are really droopy outside still 29.8 I will send pics once it gets brighter out.

I live up in Jefferson County Kansas, North of Lawrence and we have some very thick ice covering everything.  Even to outside of our windows have ice on them.  Good morning to stay in until the road crews can get some new salt down.

I live up in Jefferson County Kansas, North of Lawrence and we have some very thick ice covering everything.  Even the outside of our windows have ice on them.  Good morning to stay in until the road crews can get some new salt down.

Get some YakTrax. They are great for walking on ice and snow. :)
Pouring rain in Raytown now. Still above freezing.

Kelly

if we can just make it through like 2 more hours then we will be ok.

the band is speeding up- look like the heaviest east of me now... but plenty of freezing rain to come looks like.  We have had a lot!  
Maybe my favorite snow flakes will be flying later as that second portion of the storm develops, I expect it to go east for some reason though.  Its gonna stick if it does though.  1" or less probably. - if it develops this afternoon.  
This will be one to remember.  Definately.

My husband manages the Dollar General at 47th and Mission.  The entire shopping center is without power.  At home (near WOF) its trash day and there are trash bags blown all over the streets.  Still raining, thundering and lightening.

Grapeman I am near you, 94th & Wellman, we have a very thin, almost none, of ice here.

We lost power here at 4:14AM, that was the last reading I got from my weather station to be sent to the pc.  I think my transmitter is out.  Backup rain gauge had .87" at 7AM.  Its 33 here and a little rain.  Had quite a bit of hail around 2:30.

new blog!!!!!!!!!!!!

freezing rain advisory till 4pm boootz?  Thats kinda late in the day,  I was thinking  this was going to push on through per the radar.  Huh.  To me this is an ICE STORM WARNING there has been significant icing up here.   What a super storm!!
I guess we will know what could happen when we see such a strong storm out west take a never taken track before! LOL That should have rode the coast down to California.   How strange!

No thunder now, but moderate freezing rain continues......... and a bad sign computer which is internet sattelite is slowing ,  slowing ..........slowing.  

Gary pretty much summed it up above....... I think we should just keep our coverage over the bloggers and give gary a break!  He has to be tired of this, even though he loves snow, he gets exhausted like we all do when there is the potential plus he has work on top of it , AND BLOG BLOG BLOG.  KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR.  Wonder if we will get anything this afternoon?  This has to be mixing soon I would think.  I was thinking this afternoons event will go east of us.  KC eastward, I dont know after all this!  Going to check the rain gauge-  whoa- just shy of 1.5 inches and probably 60% of that was ice.  Our Weeping Willow tree is clear to the ground.

Hey Brett there's a new blog that everyone is on.  I noticed you had not commented lately so I came back to check on you.

oh thanks l-jeff

Temp at 32.4 in Independence.  Some ice starting to form on the deck and trees.  I'm not too excited about going to the grocery store.

We lost power just moments after I posted this morning. Just got it back on. Lots of tree damage in Olathe. Our neighbors tree went through her roof.:(
Thankful we have heat again. :)