Isolated severe thunderstorms, were observed across portions of west central Missouri, during the early morning hours of July 25, 2009.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms, were observed across portions of west central Missouri, during the early morning hours of July 25, 2009.
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 24, 11:25 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1225 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... /344 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009/ A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS DIVING TOWARD THE NRN GREAT LAKES. THIS TROUGH WAS DRIVING A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO NERN NEBRASKA AND NRN IOWA. EXCEPT FOR EXTREME ERN IOWA...LITTLE IF ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED ALONG THE FRONT. THIS MAY BE DUE TO AN INCREASING CAP AND DRIER AIR WORKING INTO ERN NEB AND WRN IA. DEWPOINTS HAVE HELD ACROSS MISSOURI THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...DRIER AIR WAS SURGING INTO CNTRL AND ERN KS THIS AFTN. MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO WRN MO TONIGHT AS SFC WINDS CONTINUE TO VEER. FORECAST SOUNDINGS VERIFY THE DRYING THIS EVENING WITH ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY FOR THE WRN GRIDS TONIGHT. NOCTURNAL COOLING WILL ALSO INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH A MODEST CAP. FOR THE ERN GRIDS...MOISTURE WILL BE MORE ABUNDANT AND DEEPER BUT A MODEST ELEVATED WARM LAYER WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. HOWEVER...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN SCNTRL IA EARLY THIS EVENING AND MOVE SE INTO THE ERN GRIDS AFT 01Z. FCST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT MUCAPES OF AROUND 2000 J/KG ARE PSBL WITH WEAK TO MODERATE LINEAR SHEAR. GIVEN THE SHEAR AND CAPE...CANNOT RULE OUT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FURTHER WEST...OVER THE WRN GRIDS...THE SVR POTENTIAL LOOKS LOW. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SRN CWA SAT MORNING...ENDING THE CONVECTIVE THREAT. THE AIR MASS BEHIND THE FRONT IS ONLY A LITTLE COOLER WITH THE GUIDANCE LOOKING GOOD. OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE MAINLY DRY FOR THE WEEKEND. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH ANY WEAK BOUNDARY OR WEAK SHORTWAVE THIS WEEKEND. DB MEDIUM RANGE (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... FLOW PATTERN OVER THE CONUS LOOKS TO REMAIN VERY PERSISTENT THROUGH THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD...WITH THE FULL SUITE OF MODELS DISPLAYING GOOD CONSISTENCY IN DEPICTING GENERAL NWLY FLOW ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. HOWEVER...THE TRADITIONAL DISCREPANCIES REGARDING INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES PROPAGATING THROUGH THE FAST FLOW REGIME ALOFT CONTINUE. SAW LITTLE REASON TO DEVIATE FAR FROM THE CONSISTENT ECMWF...BLENDING IN SOME GENERAL DETAILS FROM THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND ITS CORRESPONDING ENSEMBLES. PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SENSIBLE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE A FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTIVE CHANCES TUESDAY. MUCH LIKE TODAY...QUALITY OF PREFRONTAL MOISTURE REMAINS IN QUESTION...HOWEVER WITH LOWER AMPLITUDE TROUGHING OVER THE ERN CONUS AND SUBTROPICAL RIDGING RETROGRADING WWD ALONG THE ERN GULF COAST...IT APPEARS MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND DEEPER MOISTURE MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR MORE ROBUST THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MINOR TIMING AND POSITIONING UNCERTAINTY PRECLUDE HIGHER POPS AT THIS TIME...THOUGH HAVE STARTED TRENDING POPS UPWARD DURING THIS TIME FRAME. OPERATIONAL GFS CONTINUES TO FORECAST A FEW MORE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVELY GENERATED VORTICITY CENTERS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...AND LINGERS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PRECIPITATION SHIELD LONGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE CWA. WHILE CERTAINLY PLAUSIBLE...CANNOT RELIABLY PIN A FORECAST ON A MESOSCALE PROCESS THIS FAR IN ADVANCE. ANOTHER FRONT MAY BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD...HOWEVER THE PATTERN TREND TOWARDS INCREASED RETROGRESSION AND POSSIBLE DEAMPLIFICATION LEAD TO MUCH HIGHER UNCERTAINTY...AND DO NOT JUSTIFY HIGHER POPS FOR ANY PARTICULAR TIME FRAME JUST YET. LOW SPREAD AMONG ENSEMBLE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE SHOULD LEAD TO A RELATIVELY HIGHER CONFIDENCE TEMPERATURE FORECAST. OPERATIONAL MEX GUIDANCE PACKAGE TENDED TO LIE AT THE UPPER END OF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. HAVE TRENDED FORECAST TOWARDS ENSEMBLE MEANS...ADVERTISING NEAR CLIMATOLOGY IN PREFRONTAL SITUATIONS...AND SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO POST FRONTAL. STILL NOTHING THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ABNORMALLY WARM CAN BE SEEN IN FORECAST MODELS DURING OR EVEN JUST BEYOND THE MEDIUM RANGE. 21 && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS...MAIN CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL OF CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION ON FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE TAF SITES EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL BE BATTLING THE CIN IN PLACE...ALTHOUGH THE 00Z WRF SUGGESTS THE CAP WEAKENING SLIGHTLY AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AT 06Z. SO FAR HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SIGNS OF THAT HAPPENING AND WILL GO WITH THE IDEA OF THE CAP HOLDING CONVECTION AT BAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL OF A NARROW CORRIDOR OF ISENTROPIC LIFT DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS POINT PREFERRING THE 03Z RUC IDEA OF THIS LIFT NOT AIDING IN STORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL FRONT IS PRETTY MUCH SOUTH OF THE KANSAS CITY TAF SITES AFTER 09-10Z. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH CB GROUPS TO INDICATED THE TIME PERIODS WHEN ANY CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ELEVATED LIFT MIGHT BE IN THE AREA. HAVE SEEN SOME POST FRONTAL STRATUS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. WITH LACK OF RAIN FURTHER SOUTH...THINKING THE EXPANSION OF THIS AREA NOT LIKELY. WILL PLACE A SCATTERED MVFR DECK AT KSTJ IN CASE SOME OF THIS STRATUS COULD SLIDE DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...BUT LEAVE THE MENTION OUT OF KMCI AND KMKC. PC && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 101 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-251815- 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- 101 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009 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 THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND CENTRAL IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING...AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 36. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 AND NORTH OF ROUTE 36.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1118 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
MOZ008-250445-
SCHUYLER-
1118 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL
1145 PM CDT...
AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH 30 TO 40 MPH ARE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS MOSTLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST
SCHUYLER COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF DOWNING AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4060 9235 4041 9236 4059 9259 4060 9259
4060 9237
DUXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1145 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
MOZ007-008-017-250530-
ADAIR-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
1145 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR...SOUTHEASTERN
PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...
AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF
QUEEN CITY TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNIONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
QUEEN CITY AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
GREENTOP AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT.
KIRKSVILLE AROUND 1215 AM CDT.
BRASHEAR AROUND 1230 AM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF LIVONIA...WORTHINGTON AND GIBBS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 4006 9237 4035 9286 4038 9286 4038 9292
4045 9303 4052 9272 4038 9235
DUXSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1234 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009
MOZ017-025-250600-
ADAIR-MACON-
1234 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN
ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...
AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIRKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRASHEAR AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
LA PLATA AROUND 1250 AM CDT.
THE TOWNS OF MILLARD...KIRKSVILLE AND GIBBS ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3989 9229 4017 9273 4027 9262 4018 9234
3996 9234 3996 9230
DUXThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:10 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Powerlines were reported down, around Kaufman and Arrowhead stadiums. Trees were also reported blown onto Interstate 435.
A tree was blown down on Stone Creek Road.
Full trees were reported snapped off, in downtown Warrensburg.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 2009
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: 188277, 188278, 188279.