A strong cold front moved through the area during the morning hours of April 2, 2010. This cold front generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved through the area during the morning hours of April 2, 2010. This cold front generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms. There were numerous reports of damaging winds.
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 Apr 2, 2:40 AM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 340 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 .DISCUSSION... DEEP TROUGH CENTERED ROUGHLY OVER NRN COLORADO/SRN WYOMING WAS TRANSLATING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WITH SEVERAL NOTABLE SHORTWAVES ROTATING THROUGH THE INTENSE...AND INCREASINGLY MERIDIONAL JET. MOST INFLUENTIAL WAVE FOR SRN/CNTRL PLAINS WAS PROGRESSING INTO NRN NEW MEXICO LEADING THE COLD CORE ALOFT (LESS THAN -5C AT H7 AND -25C AT H5) AS THE OVERALL TROUGH STRUCTURE PUSHES INTO A STRONG SERN CONUS RIDGE...LEADING TO A LIFTING PHASE AS WELL AS REFORMING AN EVEN MORE INTENSE JET STREAK ON THE ERN PERIPHERY OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH. OVERNIGHT...STRONG HEIGHT FALLS AND A STEEP MID TROPOSPHERIC FRONT BEGAN TO OVERSPREAD THE WARM SECTOR AND A NARROW RIBBON OF CONVECTIVE ENERGY (MUCAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG)...LEADING TO A BRIEF LINEAR CONVECTIVE SYSTEM. HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE AVAILABLE ENERGY HAS ALREADY BEEN EXHAUSTED...WHILE EASTWARD PROPAGATION OF THE DEEPER CONVECTION LARGELY OUTRAN THE CAA ALOFT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF MODEL GUIDANCE FAILED TO CAPTURE THE NRN EXTENT OF CONVECTION...RATHER FOCUSING THE BETTER POTENTIAL FURTHER SOUTH TOWARDS THE HIGHER THETA-E AIRMASS (WHICH HAS SINCE COME TO FRUITION AS THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW MEXICO VORTICITY MAXIMUM IS FINALLY BEING FELT TOWARDS THE SRN PLAINS). DEEPER MOISTURE WAS FINALLY BEGINNING TO SURGE NORTH INTO SRN KANSAS (AS NOTED BY ASOS OBSERVATIONS OF A CORRIDOR OF MUCH LOWER CIGS)...AIDED BY A 50+KT LLJ...WHILE AN UNSEASONABLY STEEP EML WAS QUICKLY BEING ERODED BY STRONG CAA ALOFT (00Z RAOB DATA MEASURING H7 TEMPS OF +11C AT KTOP...+7C AT KDDC...AND -4C AT KABQ). AS THE INCREASING UPPER JET DYNAMICS...MOISTURE WITHIN THE LLJ AXIS (NEAR +11C DEWPOINTS AT H8)...AND WARM MIXED LAYER ELIMINATION BECOME COINCIDENT THIS MORNING...EXPECTING SHOWER ACTIVITY CURRENTLY IN OKLAHOMA TO RACE NORTHEAST AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE NWRN HALF OF THE CWA. SEVERE THREAT STILL REMAINS RATHER LOW TODAY...AS TOTAL AVAILABLE INSTABILITY WILL BE AT A PREMIUM (MUCAPES AOB 1000 J/KG) DUE TO LIMITED BOUNDARY LAYER HEATING (OWING TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE CONTAMINATION)...ALONG WITH RATHER INSIGNIFICANT MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES (WITH COLD AIR ALOFT ENCOMPASSING THE ENTIRE HIGH PLATEAU TO THE SOUTHWEST...STEEPER LAPSE RATES WILL BE RELEGATED TO THE IMMEDIATE COLD CORE ALOFT WELL TO THE WEST...OR FAR TO THE ANTICYCLONIC SIDE OF THE JET WELL TO THE SOUTH). HOWEVER...ONE CAVEAT TO CONSIDER IS THE MAGNITUDE OF TOTAL ATMOSPHERIC MOMENTUM ROTATING TO THE ERN SIDE OF THE TROUGH AXIS AND IMPINGING ON THE WARM SECTOR. BY SOME MODEL FORECASTS...BULK 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES REACH A RIDICULOUS 80-100KT BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND IF A PORTION OF THIS MOMENTUM COULD BE TRANSLATED TO THE SFC (ALONG WITH THE FORWARD PROPAGATION SPEED OF ANY CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS)...A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THERE ARE MANY DOUBTS THAT ANY CONVECTIVE CELL COULD SUSTAIN ITSELF LONG ENOUGH IN SUCH AN EXTREME SHEAR ENVIRONMENT TO YIELD A PALPABLE SVR THREAT. STILL SOME CONCERN REGARDING POSSIBLE HYDROLOGY ISSUES...THOUGH WITH LATEST HEADWATER GUIDANCE RISING SUBSTANTIALLY DUE TO THE RECENT WARM DRY WEATHER...AND THE ASSUMED FORWARD SPEED OF THE PRECIPITATION ECHOES...FEEL THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL BE SOMEWHAT MITIGATED (THOUGH A FEW OF THE MORE SENSITIVE SMALLER BASIN MAY STILL BE AFFECTED). OTHERWISE...SHOULD SEE A RATHER RAPID CESSATION FROM WEST TO EAST OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...SUCH THAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL SHOULD HAVE MOVED INTO ERN MISSOURI. REALLY NO COLD AIR TO SPEAK OF BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...AS THE PREVAILING FLOW WILL BECOME QUASI-ZONAL...AWAITING THE NEXT SEVERAL PERTURBATIONS EMANATING FROM THE ERN PACIFIC. HAVE ADVERTISED TEMPERATURES NOT FAR FROM CLIMATOLOGY SATURDAY...WITH A RESUMPTION OF ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY...REPRESENTING A FORECAST TOWARDS THE WARMER END OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE (AND INDEED MAY NEED TO BOOST TEMPS SUNDAY ANOTHER CATEGORY IF CURRENT MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE). ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND BEYOND...ALTHOUGH MODELS SEEM TO BE CONVERGING ON A SOLUTION FAMILIAR FOR NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF CONVECTION. INITIAL ROUND MAY BE MONDAY MORNING...AS A HIGHER THETA-E AIRMASS SURGES BACK NORTH ACROSS THE LINGERING BAROCLINIC ZONE. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE FAR BETTER QUALITY MOISTURE RETURN COINCIDENT WITH MUCH STEEPER MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND LIFT THROUGH FLOW ACROSS STACKED 305-310K ISENTROPIC SURFACES. KEPT WEATHER MENTION IN THE LOWER CHANCE CATEGORY...BUT FEEL A MUCH STRONGER MENTION IS INEVITABLE. 21 && .AVIATION... BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL PRECLUDE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR ISSUES...BUT A RATHER BUMPY RIDE THROUGH THE 2-4KFT LEVEL IS EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL TARGETED FOR THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE OVERALL THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LOW. MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED GENERALLY WITH THE PRECIPITATION...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT LOCAL IFR IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. COLD FRONT PASSAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AROUND 00Z...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BOUNDARY AND THEN BECOMING LIGHT WEST DURING THE EVENING HOURS WITH VFR CONDITIONS. BOOKBINDER && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 555 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-031100- 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- 555 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI LATER THIS MORNING...PROGRESSING INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS. WHILE THE RAPID EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF RAINFALL SHOULD PRECLUDE A WIDESPREAD FLOODING THREAT...SOME OF THE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE SMALLER STREAMS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN MISSOURI BY MIDNIGHT...BRINGING THE END TO THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERAL MORE WAVES OF ENERGY WILL BRING THE PERIODIC THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY POSE A SEVERE RISK ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
904 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010
KSZ025-057-103>105-MOZ028-029-037-021430-
ATCHISON-CLAY-JACKSON-JOHNSON-LEAVENWORTH-MIAMI-PLATTE-WYANDOTTE-
904 AM CDT FRI APR 2 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH...
SOUTHEASTERN ATCHISON...SOUTHERN PLATTE...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON...WESTERN MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES UNTIL 930
AM CDT...
AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHLAND TO GLOBE TO
5 MILES SOUTH OF BALDWIN CITY TO RANTOUL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75
MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
PEOPLE IN ATCHISON...CLAY...JACKSON...JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH...
MIAMI...PLATTE AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
OSAWATOMIE...EDGERTON...GARDNER...LINWOOD...SPRING HILL...DE SOTO...
TONGANOXIE...OLATHE...BONNER SPRINGS AND SHAWNEE...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3845 9507 3897 9505 3898 9507 3895 9510
3897 9518 3907 9519 3935 9517 3948 9504
3935 9476 3926 9461 3898 9446 3840 9504
CDBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
943 AM CDT FRI APR 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 AM TSTM WND GST 2 W DE SOTO 38.97N 94.99W
04/02/2010 E60 MPH JOHNSON KS PUBLIC
ALONG KANSAS HIGHWAY 10 TO THE WEST OF DESOTO.
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SAWThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:44 UTC.
28 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated around 60 mph, near the I-29 and Highway 92 intersection.
Thunderstorm wind gusts to 85 mph were estimated in Missouri City. Numerous tree limbs were snapped and power lines were reported down.
Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 62 mph, at the Kansas City International Airport.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated near 70 mph. Tree limbs were broken and small trees were blown over.
A telephone pole was snapped in two, at High Grove Road and Raytown Road in Blue Springs, near the entrance of O'Donnell Park.
Power lines were reported down at I-29 and Highway 92.
Kansas City International Airport had signs with concrete bases blown over.
Winds estimated up to 70 mph, caused three semi tractor trailers to be blown over, at the intersection of I-29 and Mexico Avenue.
A large piece of sheet metal was blown across I-470, and two cars were blown off the road.
A tree was blown over, in winds estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunerstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated to gust near 70 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Tree limbs were reported down with power out. Lawn furniture was blown across the street.
Ten power poles were snapped off along Highway 36 near Osborn.
Thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph were estimated in downtown Lathrop.
A machine shed was severely damaged, in thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. Some of the debris was carried a half mile downwind.
A barn roof was reported to be peeled off.
Semi tractor trailer was blown off the road, near the junction of Highway 36 and Highway 13 in Hamilton.
Boats were reported to be blown over at Lake Viking.
A chimney was reported collapsed and several roofs were blown off buildings.
A barn was blown down along Business Highway 6. A two foot diameter tree was also uprooted.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 80 mph. Sheds were reported overturned.
Numerous buildings were reported to have lost roof vents in town. Numerous sheds were also blown over throughout Bethany.
An abandoned mobile home had a roof blown off, with debris scattered about 100 yards. Several tree limbs were snapped off.
A metal flag pole was bent over by thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph. A large tree was snapped off on Highway 65.
A farm building roof collapsed from thunderstorm winds, estimated up to 60 mph.
The west side of a truck shop, on the north side of town was destroyed. There was also roof damage and multiple tree limbs down, reported across town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2010
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: 225924, 225945, 225944, 225926, 225923, 225921, 225922, 225925, 225928, 225927, 225929, 225934, 225930, 225941, 225933, 225931, 225936, 225937, 225932, 225946, 225940, 225935, 225939, 225943, 225947, 225948, 225938, 225942.