A complex storm system, brought severe thunderstorms with an isolated tornado, high winds, and hail, to the area on June 5, 2008.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A complex storm system, brought severe thunderstorms with an isolated tornado, high winds, and hail, to the area on June 5, 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 Jun 5, 3:31 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
431 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY PAINTS A NOT SO PRETTY PICTURE ACROSS THE CONUS
TODAY. AN UNSEASONABLY LARGE LOW IS MOVING OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION INTO THE WEST CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW
REFLECTION IS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A COLD FRONT/
DRY-LINE EXTENDS SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE PREVAILING ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF KANSAS AND
ALL OF MISSOURI. ALSO OF NOTE ALOFT ARE SEVERAL SMALL SHORTWAVE THAT
ARE MOVING THROUGH THE BASE OF THE SURFACE TROUGH...AND ARE EJECTING
NEARLY DUE NORTH THROUGH THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA PLAINS. THESE WAVES
HAVE BEEN HELPING INITIATE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALONG AND BEHIND
THE FRONT FROM CENTRAL KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BACK TO THE WEST STARTING
THIS MORNING.
CURRENT ANALYSIS OF MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT ANOTHER
SMALL SHORTWAVE WILL ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF THE EXITING LOW
ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS OCCURS WINDS
WILL BACK JUST A LITTLE ALOFT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFY HELPING
INCREASE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONTAL LINE. THIS SHOULD HELP EVOLVE
THE INDIVIDUAL SMALL LINES OF STORMS OR SUPER-CELLS INTO A LARGE
LINEAR SQUALL LINE. THIS LINE COULD REACH THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF OF
THE FORECAST AREA AS EARLY AS 9 OR 10 PM THIS EVENING. MAIN THREAT
WITH THIS SQUALL LINE WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS. OTHERWISE...COOLING ALOFT FROM THE SCATTERED CONVECTION
ACROSS EAST KANSAS...AND/OR COOL AIR SWEEPING IN ALOFT AS THE MAIN
TROUGH GOES NEGATIVELY TILLED...COULD ERODE THE CAP ACROSS THE
KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER REGION BETWEEN AND 6PM AND 8PM. THIS WOULD
ALLOW FOR DISCREET CELLS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LINE OF STORMS
WHICH WOULD LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR NOT ONLY LARGE HAIL...BUT ALSO
ISOLATED TORNADOES. HOWEVER...THIS THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS IS NOT
LOOKING GREAT AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE STABILIZING EFFECTS OF THE
CLOUD COVER THAT HAS DOMINATED THE KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER REGION
TODAY.
ALONG WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL TONIGHT WILL COME SOME
POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES FOR TONIGHT ARE
RUNNING AROUND 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES...AND GIVEN HOW LOW RIVER HEAD
WATER AND FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS I HAVE GONE WITH A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT FROM 7 PM TO 7 AM
FRIDAY MORNING.
AS FOR THE WIND ADVISORY...GOING TO KEEP IT GOING FOR NOW THROUGH
ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION TIME OF 10 PM. HAVE NOT SEEN WINDS QUITE AS
HIGH AS ADVISORY CRITERIA YET TODAY...BUT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT DOES
TIGHTEN AS THE FRONT AND SQUALL LINE MOVES EAST INTO WESTERN
MISSOURI.
FOR FRIDAY...WILL LIKELY STILL HAVE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS THE
EAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY AS THE LEFT OVER
BLOW OFF CONVECTION FORM THE OVERNIGHT SQUALL LINE WILL STILL BE
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. SOME CONSIDERATION WILL NEED TO BE GIVEN
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
SECOND SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH BEHIND THE EXITING FOUR CORNERS
TROUGH. HAVE KEPT SOME SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS A RESULT.
THAT MIGHT NEED TO COME FARTHER NORTH IF LATER MODEL RUNS KEEP THE
SIGNAL INTACT.
FOR SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY REBOUND SATURDAY AS STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVE BACK INTO KANSAS AND MISSOURI. FOR THE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ANOTHER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL PUSH THE WESTERLIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THESE STRONG WESTERLIES COULD SPARK WARM
AIR ADVECTION CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST
AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
CUTTER
LONG RANGE (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
OBVIOUSLY WITH THE IMPENDING WEATHER THIS EVENING THE EXTENDED
FORECAST HAS TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK SEAT. THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF QUICK COORDINATION BETWEEN OFFICES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL
WITHIN TOLERANCE FOR OUR GRIDS.
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEATHER SITUATION FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK
SHOWS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE AWFULLY WARM THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD DUE TO A BUILDING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF
THE CONUS. THIS WILL HELP PUSH ANY STORMS WE MAY HAVE ON SUNDAY
GRADUALLY NORTHWARD...SO BUMPED UP POPS FOR THE NORTHERN ONE THIRD
OF THE CWA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR PRECIPITATION THAT
MAY FORM ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH.
AS FAR AS THE MENTION OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK...THERE IS
NOTHING IN THE MODELS THAT SHOW ANY HINTS FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE
WEATHER.
DECIDED TO FOLLOW HPC GUIDANCE FOR MUCH OF THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
MJS
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FORECASTED TONIGHT...A LINE
OF STORMS WITH SOME LEADING SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL AFFECT
THE AREA AFTER 00Z. THE STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE MAY NOT
AFFECT THE TERMINALS...BUT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. THE LINE
SHOULD ARRIVE AROUND 04Z AND MAY BE A BOWING LINE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND POSSIBLY EMBEDDED TORNADOES ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
LINE. VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS EXPECTED TO BE IFR OR LIFR IN
STORMS. BY LATE TONIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES VFR. ADOLPHSON
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ011-
MOZ012-MOZ013-MOZ020-MOZ021-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ037-MOZ043-
MOZ044-MOZ053-MOZ054.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY FOR MOZ001-MOZ002-MOZ003-
MOZ004-MOZ005-MOZ006-MOZ007-MOZ008-MOZ011-MOZ012-MOZ013-
MOZ014-MOZ015-MOZ016-MOZ017-MOZ020-MOZ021-MOZ022-MOZ023-
MOZ024-MOZ028-MOZ029-MOZ030-MOZ031-MOZ037-MOZ038-MOZ043-
MOZ044-MOZ053-MOZ054.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ057-KSZ060-
KSZ102-KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM THURSDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ057-KSZ060-
KSZ102-KSZ103-KSZ104-KSZ105.HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 102 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-061100- 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- 102 PM CDT THU JUN 5 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 LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS BEGUN TO LIFT OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. A LARGE LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH WILL SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL BY EARLY EVENING THAT THIS WARM LAYER MAY ERODE JUST ENOUGH TO ALLOW ISOLATED SUPER CELL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND IN AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI KANSAS BORDER. DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A MUCH HIGHER PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ARRIVE DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING LIKELY AFTER 9 PM. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS INDIVIDUAL SUPER CELLS MAY ACCOMPANY THE LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH. MANY RIVERS ARE ALSO RUNNING AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS AT THIS TIME...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AS TO IF THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN SEVERE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS WILL RUN BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO KIRKSVILLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CWA. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BUTLER TO KIRKSVILLE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CUTTER
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
807 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 PM TORNADO 2 SE TARKIO 40.42N 95.36W
06/05/2008 ATCHISON MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND BECOMING
RAIN-WRAPPED.
&&
MRDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
809 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TORNADO CRAIG 40.19N 95.37W
06/05/2008 HOLT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO SEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OVER INJURIES UNKNOWN BUT ONE
DRIVER REQUIRING EXTRICATION. MILE MARKER 92 ON
INTERSTATE 29.
&&
ADOLPHSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
816 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S FAIRFAX 40.31N 95.39W
06/05/2008 ATCHISON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 59.
&&
ADOLPHSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
832 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE FAIRFAX 40.31N 95.35W
06/05/2008 ATCHISON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
GRAIN BIN AND FARM OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED.
&&
ADOLPHSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
838 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND GST SKIDMORE 40.29N 95.08W
06/05/2008 E60 MPH NODAWAY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MRDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
903 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG BURLINGTON JCT 40.45N 95.07W
06/05/2008 NODAWAY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF OFF A BUILDING AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN IN
BURLINGTON JUNCTION. EM ALSO RELAYED A REPORT OF POWER
LINES LEANING NEAR A BUSINESS JUST WEST OF TOWN. DAMAGE
POSSIBLY DUE TO A TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED.
&&
MRDThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:50 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Three large oak trees were blown down and a high school goal post was blown over.
Power was lost in the city of Elwood with several trees down.
Roof was blown off a Conoco gas station along Highway 36.
Stillwell Road closed just west of the intersection of Stillwell Road and 166th due to high water.
An EF0 tornado briefly touched down 2 miles northeast of Prescott at 2157CST. The tornado traveled about one mile to the northeast before lifting at 2200CST. Several barns and sheds were damaged or destroyed.|Trees and power lines were also blown down by the winds.
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