Severe thunderstorms were observed across portions of the area, during the late evening hours of June 4, 2008.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms were observed across portions of the area, during the late evening hours of June 4, 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 3, 11:17 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1217 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... ...MESOSCALE DISCUSSION... /921 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/ DURING THE COURSE OF THE PAST THIRTY MINUTES...STORMS ARE BECOMING LOW CENTROID...THUS FEEL SEVERE THREAT IS DIMINISHING AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS INCREASING. SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCES DEPICTING FAIRLY DECENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH IS HELPING TO SUSTAIN HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. OUTFLOW AND COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH CLUSTER OF SUB-SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA...ALLOWING CLUSTER TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEASTWARD...THUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL NOT BE TOO LONG-LIVED. AS WAS THE CASE EARLIER IN THE EVENING...NOT SEEING MUCH IN THE WAY OF HAIL PRODUCTION UNTIL 50 DB CORE EXCEEDS 45K...WITH 50DB TO 50K BEING USED AS THE THRESHOLD FOR SEVERE HAIL. SF .PREV DISCUSSION... /421 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/ SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS DOMINATE THE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS. EARLY MORNING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS BECOME DIFFUSE THIS AFTERNOON BUT THERE IS AN EAST-WEST BOUNDARY SHOWING UP ACROSS NORTHERN MO VIA SURFACE PRESSURE/ALTIMETER ANALYSIS AND SUPPORTED BY DIFFERENTIAL HEATING. CONGESTED CU FORMED AS EXPECTED ONCE WE HIT THE MID 80S BUT VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IS STILL RETARDED BY PESKY CAP. EXPECT CONVECTION TO INITIATE BY 23Z WITH FAVORED AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE MORE CONGESTED CU FROM EAST CENTRAL KS TO BETWEEN IRK AND MOBERLY. ONCE ACTIVITY STARTS IT WILL LIKELY GO FAST AND BECOME SEVERE. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR NOT AS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT AS EARLIER THOUGHT SINCE SURFACE WINDS HAVE VEERED TO THE SOUTHWEST. BUT CANNOT RULE OUT ENTIRELY AS 0-6KM SHEAR STILL SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ROTATING STORMS AND BRIEF SPIN UPS POSSIBLE WITH STORM INTERACTION WITH PRE-EXISTING BOUNDARIES. OTHERWISE...CONVECTION SHOULD WEAKEN TOWARDS DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY WITH CONVECTION BECOMING MORE ELEVATED AS STRONG MID LEVEL WARMING PUSHES BACK TO THE NORTHEAST AND SHIFTS PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO THE MO/IA BORDER BY LATE MORNING. THIS WILL LEAVE THE BULK OF THE CWA UNDER A STRONG CAP WITH MAX TEMPERATURES NEARING 90F. THIS CAP WILL EFFECTIVELY INHIBIT CONVECTION OVER THE CWA UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN THE CENTRAL PLAINS COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHES SOUTHEAST. THURSDAY TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAYS. MJ LONG RANGE (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE PROGRESSING OVER THE GREAT PLAINS AND INTO OUR AREA...POSSIBLY BRINGING WITH IT OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR ACTIVE WEATHER. LATER IN THE DAY FRIDAY...THE APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM AT THE SURFACE WILL SERVE AS A LIFTING MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE NEAR 80 F THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CWA...WHICH SHOULD HELP ENHANCE THE AVAILABLE ENERGY. THE EXACT TIMING OF THE SYSTEM IS THE MAIN ISSUE...AS IT WILL PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN WHEN AND WHERE THE CONVECTION ACTUALLY BEGINS. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THERE MAY STILL BE SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY...BUT ONCE THAT DISSIPATES IT SHOULD OTHERWISE BE AN UNSEASONABLY WARM REST OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL...CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 80S DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. DECIDED TO RAISE THE POPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN OUR EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUR CWA. ON MONDAY THE WARM WEATHER CONTINUES WITH HIGHS APPROACHING 90 DEGREES SOUTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. MJS && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...CURRENT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH BY 08Z. CLOSE CALL FOR KMCI WHETHER STORMS WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE AIRPORT OR MISS JUST TO THE SOUTH. WILL JUST TEMPO A ONE HOUR GROUP. NOT EXPECTING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO VEER...SENDING CURRENT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OFF TO THE EAST. STRONG CAP EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WHICH SHOULD KEEP ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH OF THE TAF SITES ON WEDNESDAY. PC && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 110 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-041815- 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- 110 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 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 AN EAST-WEST OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNINGS THUNDERSTORMS IS BEGINNING TO WASH OUT FROM NEAR ST JOSEPH TO MOBERLY. IF THIS BOUNDARY FALLS APART ENTIRELY IT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FOCUS THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION A STRONG CAP OR LAYER OF PRONOUNCED WARMING AT MID LEVELS IS WORKING ITS WAY INTO EAST CENTRAL KS. NONETHELESS...STILL EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN MO AND EVOLVE INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. THE AREA OF STORMS SHOULD SAG SOUTHWARD WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS TRACK EAST WITH THE COMPLEX REACHING THE MISSOURI RIVER BY EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HIGH VALUES OF INSTABILITY PLUS DECENT 0-6KM SHEAR AND AN APPROACHING 700MB SHORTWAVE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW ROTATING STORMS. PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IF AN MCS CAN FORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY NORTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO BOONVILLE LINE...AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM 9 PM TO 3 AM. ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1141 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1136 PM FLASH FLOOD BELTON 38.82N 94.53W
06/03/2008 CASS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. TWO VEHICLES
STALLED IN HIGH WATER. APPROXIMATELY 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS.
&&
SFORTINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1202 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1159 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 W PLEASANT HILL 38.80N 94.38W
06/03/2008 CASS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROAD CLOSED AT INTERSECTION OF 181ST STREET AND STATE
HIGHWAY 291 DUE TO HIGH WATER.
&&
SFORTINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1210 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1208 AM FLASH FLOOD PECULIAR 38.72N 94.46W
06/04/2008 CASS MO PUBLIC
STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN PECULIAR WITH RAIN ESTIMATED
AT AROUND 3 INCHES.
&&
GAMISPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1214 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 NW OLATHE 38.91N 94.84W
06/04/2008 JOHNSON KS PUBLIC
INTERSECTION OF PARKER ST. AND K7 IMPASSABLE DUE TO
FLOWING WATER.
&&
SFORTINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1219 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 S KNOB NOSTER 38.74N 93.57W
06/04/2008 JOHNSON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP FLOWING ACROSS INTERSECTION OF
STATE ROUTE 23 AND Y HIGHWAY.
&&
SFORTINSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 119 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 MOZ046-040645- COOPER- 119 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUNCETON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF TIPTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BUNCETON AND PRAIRIE HOME. WINDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. SF
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:26 UTC.
3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water up to a foot in depth, was reported running across the intersection of Highway 150 and Ransom Road.
Water was reported over the road at the intersection of Missouri Highway BB and 175th Street.
Flooding was reported at the intersection of BB Highway and 175th Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 2008
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: 116033, 116034, 116031, 116030, 120198, 116029.