Strong low level jet propagated to the surface, during the morning hours of March 31, 2008. Light rain evaporating as it fell, combined with the low level jet, to produce wind gusts up to 60 mph, across portions of Johnson county.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Strong low level jet propagated to the surface, during the morning hours of March 31, 2008. Light rain evaporating as it fell, combined with the low level jet, to produce wind gusts up to 60 mph, across portions of Johnson county.
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 Mar 31, 5:52 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 652 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION AND CURRENT DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... WILL GO AHEAD AN CANCEL THE WATCH NOW THAT STORMS HAVE RAPIDLY MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. ALSO WATCHING STRONG WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE THAT ARE MOVING INTO AREAS JUST SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THESE WINDS SEEM TO BE ASSOCATED WITH OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTIVE CLUSTER THAT IS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS IS ALSO OCCURRING AS WARM FRONT IS JUMPING TO THE NORTH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. TEMPERATURES ARE RESPONDING...SO WILL ALSO DO SOME TWEAKING TO TODAYS HIGHS. PC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /400 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008/ INTERESTING SCENARIO WITH A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED IN TROUGHING OVER THE WEST. ONE WAVE THIS MORNING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY MID MORNING...WHILE A SECOND WAVE IN NEW MEXICO AT 12Z WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY 18Z. A STRONG UPPER JET IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL BE CUTTING ACROSS TEXAS TODAY...BUT AN OFFSHOOT OF THIS JET WILL BE DEVELOPING WITH ACROSS KANSAS AND INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA WITH THE FIRST SHORT WAVE. ALREADY SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THESE TWO WAVES WITH A CLUSTER OF STORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A SECOND CLUSTER ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. FOR THIS MORNING...EXPECT STORMS IN KANSAS TO CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED TO THE NORTH OF A SURFACE LOW THAT WILL BE MOVING TO NEAR TOPEKA BY 12Z. MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL. MAY ALSO SEE SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR...BUT MAIN SHOW FOR STORMS IN THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE WITH THE COLD FRONT AS IT SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. ONE INHIBITING FACTOR FOR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER...SO DESPITE AREA COMING INTO THE WARM SECTOR OF THE STORM...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE A BIT. STILL MODELS ADVERTISE SBCAPES CLIMBING INTO THE 1000 TO 1200 RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH RAPIDLY WEAKENING CAP. UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR PROFILES WOULD SUPPORT HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH BOWING SEGMENTS THAT DEVELOP WITH STORMS ON THE FRONT...WITH THE TORNADIC THREAT LESS LIKELY THIS FAR NORTH. SEVERE THREAT WILL END WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND THE COLDER AND DRIER AIR POURS IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT. NEXT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL ARRIVE LATER ON WEDNESDAY AS NEXT IN THE SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS HEADS TO THE REGION MID WEEK. PC && .AVIATION... WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH QUICKLY. WINDS PICKING UP OUT OF THE SOUTH AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO TRIGGER A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE MORNING IN EASTERN KANSAS. TIMING OF FRONT SHOULD HAVE IT PAST THE TAF SITES BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST BEHIND IT. CIGS QUITE TRICKY WITH THIS SITUATION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF A PERIOD OF SOME MVFR CIGS BEHIND THE FRONT BUT NAM SHOWING CIGS LIFTING THIS EVENING AS DRIER AIR IS PULLED EAST OUT OF KANSAS AS SURFACE RIDGING BUILDS IN. PC && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 604 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-011115- 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- 604 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF EASTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING TO THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR BY ABOUT 1 PM...THEN TO A KIRKSVILLE TO CLINTON LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SHOULD BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER THE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO NOT PRODUCE A FLOODING THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OVERSPREADING THE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS MAY NOT NEED SPOTTERS AS THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH BEFORE THE NOON HOUR. PC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
734 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 AM HAIL LONG BRANCH STATE PARK 39.74N 92.52W
03/31/2008 M0.75 INCH MACON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
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GAMISPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
737 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 N LEES SUMMIT 38.97N 94.38W
03/31/2008 M59 MPH JACKSON MO ASOS
MEASURED AT LEES SUMMIT AIRPORT
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21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
749 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 S GRANDVIEW 38.85N 94.52W
03/31/2008 JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE AT HWY 150.
SHINGLES MISSING OFF OF ROOF.
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DDEROCHEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
752 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG RAYMORE 38.81N 94.46W
03/31/2008 CASS MO NWS EMPLOYEE
E60 MPH GUSTS...CONSTRUCTION SITE MATERIALS STREWN 100
YARDS ACROSS FIELD...STOPLIGHTS INOPERABLE AT 291 HWY AND
58 HWY...ROOF DAMAGE TO BANK IN RAYMORE.
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ADOLPHSONPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
758 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 N PLEASANT HILL 38.84N 94.27W
03/31/2008 E60.00 MPH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
LARGE TREES DOWNED NUMEROUS POWER LINES
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21PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
800 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0731 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 SW OLATHE 38.84N 94.88W
03/31/2008 M58 MPH JOHNSON KS ASOS
MEASURED AT NEW CENTURY AIRPORT
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21The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 60 mph was measured at the Johnson County Executive Airport, and a wind gust was measured at 58 mph, at the New Century Airport in Olathe.
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