A small cluster of severe thunderstorms, produced wind damage across Miami and Linn counties Kansas, on 07/26/2008.
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A small cluster of severe thunderstorms, produced wind damage across Miami and Linn counties Kansas, on 07/26/2008.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 1:54 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 254 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MONDAY NIGHT)... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SRN IA CONTINUES TO REINFORCE AN INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS WRN MO/ERN KS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DWPTS IN THE LOWER TO LOCALLY MIDDLE 70S CONTINUE TO POOL ALONG A WELL DELINEATED CU FIELD THAT EXTENDS FROM SRN NEBRASKA INTO NE KS AND WRN MO. SEVERAL MID LEVEL IMPULSES TIED TO REMNANTS OF PRIOR CONVECTION OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS ARE NOW PASSING ACROSS THIS INSTABILITY AXIS WITH SCATTERED ELEVATED CELLS OVER CENTRAL KS AND ONE LONE SUPERCELL LOCATED NEAR PHILLIPSBURG KS JUST BEFORE 3 PM. DESPITE THE ERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...SUFFICIENT CONFLUENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL SUPPORT UPSCALE SURFACE-BASED THUNDERSTORM GROWTH OVER CENTRAL KS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN CAPES EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF > 40 KNOTS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TRACK ESEWD ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS...AND SHOULD REACH THE WRN CWA MID-LATE EVENING...WITH TIMING DEPENDANT ON UPSCALE GROWTH AND POTENTIAL COLD POOL ACCELERATION. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN AXIS OF MODERATE ISENTROPIC ASCENT CENTERED BETWEEN 310-315K ANCHORED ALONG THE KS/MO BORDER AS WARM ADVECTION REGIME ENSUES IN THE WAKE OF DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE. THUS...THERE MAY BE SOME TRANSITION BETWEEN SURFACE BASED AND ELEVATED CONVECTION OVER THIS REGION AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES...WITH AN INITIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING TO A HEAVY RAIN THREAT. HAVE SOME CONCERN THAT ACTIVITY MAY ANCHOR AND REDEVELOP ALONG QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY DESPITE LOW LEVEL JET FOCUS BEING FURTHER NORTH AND WEST. HAVE PRETTY MUCH THROWN OUT MODEL QPF PLACEMENT AT THIS POINT. GREATEST THREAT CERTAINLY OVER THE SWRN CWA AND HIGHEST POPS HAVE BEEN READJUSTED TO FAVOR THIS AREA. ANY LINGERING ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY WANE DURING THE MORNING WITH WARM ADVECTION GRADUALLY SHIFTING NORTH AND EAST. NAM-WRF CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE A SERIES OF MID LEVEL IMPULSES ARRIVING IN NW FLOW TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...THE SECOND OF WHICH CONTINUES TO SHOW A STRONG SIGNAL TOWARD A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS. RECENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DOES INDICATE THIS WAVE CRESTING THE RIDGE OVER WY/MT. ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT WEVE HAD THE RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE AND NW FLOW IN PLACE FOR THIS LONG WITHOUT SEVERAL BIG WIND EVENTS IN THE PLAINS. IN ANY EVENT...HAVE ADJUSTED POPS UPWARD OVER THE NE HALF OF THE CWA TOMORROW AFTERNOON/NIGHT GIVEN THE FAVORABLE FLOW REGIME IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF APPROACHING RIDGE. FURTHER UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY. LEFT MONDAY DRY AND INCREASINGLY HOT WITH WIDESPREAD MID-UPPER 90S LIKELY. IF NO APPRECIABLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CHANGE IS OBSERVED...A HEAT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF THE CWA...INCLUDING THE KC METRO. BOOKBINDER MEDIUM RANGE (TUESDAY-SATURDAY) THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND PLAINS REGION...WITH A TROUGH FROM EASTERN CANADA INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WITH VARIOUS SHORTWAVE FEATURES RIDING ACROSS THE RIDGE AND EVENTUALLY DROPPING SOUTHEAST OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CONUS. AS ONE COULD EXPECT...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS AGREE ON THE GENERAL PATTERN...BUT DIFFER WITH REGARD TO INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVE TIMING AND PLACEMENT. A FEATURE STILL UNRESOLVED IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS IS HOW TO HANDLE THE RESIDUAL DISTURBANCE/MOISTURE FROM DOLLY. THE ECMWF PICKS UP THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY WITHIN THE NORTHWEST FLOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK...PROGRESSING THE SUBSEQUENT SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE SCENARIO THE GFS LAYS OUT IS TO KEEP THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY TRAPPED BENEATH THE BROAD CONUS RIDGE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. NEEDLESS TO SAY...AM NOT VERY CONFIDENT IN ANY ONE SOLUTION...SO WILL KEEP RATHER BROAD-BRUSHED SLIGHT PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THURSDAY FOR NOW. ANOTHER FEATURE THAT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED IS A SURFACE FRONT THAT MAY SAG SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY THE LATTER PARTS OF NEXT WEEK. THIS FRONT COULD HELP FOCUS ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES WITH ENHANCEMENT FROM ANY GIVEN SHORTWAVE FEATURE. WILL HOLD OFF ON INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES JUST YET FOR THIS POSSIBLE SCENARIO. TEMPERATURES DURING THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST PERIOD WILL GENERALLY REMAIN HOT AND HUMID SOUTH OF THE FRONT. STOFLET && .AVIATION... DIURNAL VFR CUMULUS..BROKEN AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHT EAST WINDS CONTINUING. ALTHOUGH THE TAFS ARE CURRENTLY DRY...THE TERMINALS...ESPECIALLY MCI/MKC...COULD SEE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY LATER THIS EVENING AS ACTIVITY OVER S CENTRAL NEB/CENTRAL KS CONTINUES TO ROLL ALONG THE EXISTING QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT AND INSTABILITY AXIS CURRENTLY SITUATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. BOOKBINDER && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 105 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-271100- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 105 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON... BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF A STRONG FOCUSING MECHANISM...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED. INSTABILITY REMAINS STRONGEST ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER...AND THIS REGION IS MOST FAVORED FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS INTO TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. DESPITE THE VERY HIGH HUMIDITY...AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF MID LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING...BUT THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS APPEAR TO HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO CARROLLTON TO MOBERLY LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. BOOKBINDER
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Gutter and siding was lost on a house due to high winds.
Trees and power lines were reported down with winds estimated to 60 mph.
Several tree limbs up to 2 feet in diameter were reported down. The largest limb fell on a house, and caused considerable damage to the roof. A window was also broken from the fallen limb.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 126283, 126284, 126285, 126282.