|Damaging wind gusts were observed with this activity.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A frontal boundary across northern Missouri, ignited severe thunderstorms across|northwest and northcentral Missouri, during the early morning hours of July 18, 2010.|Damaging wind gusts were observed with this activity.
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 17, 10:37 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1137 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...
.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM (THRU MONDAY NIGHT)...
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AND DANGEROUS HEAT/HUMIDITY CONTINUE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE FORECAST CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
TEMPERATURES RUNNING IN THE LOW-MID 90S IN MOST AREAS WITH DEWPOINTS
PRESENTLY RUNNING IN THE MID-UPPER 70S ONCE AGAIN. TYPICAL NAM-WRF
DEWPOINT BIASES CONTINUE TO BE NEARLY CORRECT GIVEN THE 20+ INCHES
OF RAIN THAT MANY AREAS HAVE SEEN SINCE MAY 1ST AND A BUMPER
AGRICULTURAL CROP. THIS WILL YIELD HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 TO 110
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON /AND HIGHER NEAR CORN FIELDS/. EXCESSIVE HEAT
HEADLINES VALID THRU 7PM ALL AREAS AND WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH
TOMORROW FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA (SEE LATER DISCUSSION).
MEANWHILE...EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR DEPICTS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE THAN YESTERDAY...WITH SUBTLE ENERGY CONTINUING
TO ARC FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA DOWN ALONG THE KS/MO BORDER. A MORE
POTENT WAVE...ILLUMINATED BY THE GENERATION OF HIGH CLOUDS...WAS
MOVING EAST FROM NW KS. THE SFC CU FIELD HAS BEEN RESTRICTED TO THE
EASTERN CWA THUS FAR...BUT NEARLY CALM SURFACE WINDS HAVE KEPT THE
FIELD UNIFORM WITH NO SIGNS OF SIGNIFICANT VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT THUS
FAR. HRRR RUNS CONTINUE TO DRIVE WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION AFTER
22Z FROM SE NEB ALONG THE KS/MO BORDER WHERE CU PRESENTLY DOES NOT
EXIST...BUT MID LEVEL SUPPORT IS MUCH IMPROVED. WILL CONTINUE
WEATHER WATCH AND UPDATE TRENDS AS NEEDED GIVEN MLCAPE IN EXCESS OF
3000 J/KG AND LITTLE INHIBITION. GOES SATELLITE CURRENTLY IN RAPID
SCAN OPS DUE TO SEVERE EPISODE OVER MINNESOTA.
THERMODYNAMIC/KINEMATIC PROFILES VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...WITH
STRONG 300MB FLOW...MODERATELY STEEP/MOIST LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES...AND A DRY MID LEVEL AIRSTREAM. THESE ALL SUPPORT INTENSE
STORM SCALE UPDRAFTS/DOWNDRAFTS...YIELDING LOCALIZED SEVERE
DOWNBURSTS AND SOME HAIL.
AFOREMENTIONED ACTIVITY ALREADY UNDERWAY ACROSS MINNESOTA SHOULD
CONGEAL AND TURN RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD THIS EVENING AS PROPAGATION IS
FED BY A SEASONABLY STRONG 35-40 KNOT SWRLY NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET
BY 06Z. GIVEN THE AIRMASS PRESENT...A FAIRLY RAPID SOUTHWARD
ACCELERATION IS EXPECTED WITH SEVERE POTENTIAL CONTINUING THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND POSSIBLY REACHING NORTHERN MO TOWARD
DAYBREAK. THERE MAY BE SOME DIURNAL LULL IN THIS ACTIVITY...BUT
STRONG SIGNALS POINT TOWARD AFTERNOON REGENERATION ALONG THE EDGE OF
THE PLAINS CAP WHERE A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND LINGERING
ACTIVITY ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST.
WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT A SUBTLE NORTH TO SOUTH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WHICH WILL IN REALITY BE MUCH SHARPER
DEPENDING ON STABILIZING OUTFLOW FROM NOCTURNAL MCS ACTIVITY
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. NRN MO/NE KS COULD EXPERIENCE
AS MANY AS THREE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES...WITH ATTENDANT STRONG/SEVERE
WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING CONCERNS.
SOUTH OF THE PREFERRED MCS ZONE...THERMAL RIDGE SHOULD BUILD EVEN
MORE HEAT INTO THE SOUTHWEST CWA BUT UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT SEE THE
PLAINS DRYLINE MIXING THIS FAR EAST. THUS...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
TO EVEN UPPER 90S MAY COUPLE WITH THE EXISTING HUMIDITY...WITH HEAT
INDICES AROUND 110 DEGREES LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY ACROSS THE
SRN KANSAS CITY METRO AND POINTS SOUTH FOR SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY WHEN CORRECTED RECENT DEWPOINT BIASES TOWARD
THEIR RECENT MID-UPPER 70F VALUES DURING PEAK HEATING. A HEAT
ADVISORY WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY FOR AREAS ROUGHLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
BOOKBINDER
MEDIUM RANGE (TUESDAY-SATURDAY)...
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE STILL IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN
FEATURES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. MID LEVEL RIDGE SLOSHES TO THE EAST
WITH LITTLE EFFECT ON US. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE IS PROGGED
TO BE ESTABLISHED OVER THE WEST CENTRAL PLAINS WITH A WARM FRONT
DRAPED TO THE EAST ROUGHLY ALONG THE NEBRASKA-KANSAS AND
IOWA-MISSOURI BORDERS. EXPECT BRUNT OF THE PRECIP TO DEVELOP ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. HOWEVER ANY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
DEVELOPING A SIGNIFICANT COLD POOL HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF PUSHING
SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. AT THIS POINT THE BEST DAY IN THE
LATTER PORTION OF THE FORECAST IS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
HOWEVER WITH CONDITIONS NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...COULD SEE ACTIVITY ANY OF THESE DAYS/NIGHTS. TEMPS SHOULD
BE SEASONAL THROUGH DAYS 4 TO 7 WITH NO STRONG CHANGE OF AIRMASS
EXPECTED.
NRR
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE
NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NRN NEBRASKA MAY ARRIVE AT KSTJ
AROUND 12Z...BUT MAY DISSIPATE BEFORE REACHING THE KC METRO.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP IN THE AFTN. WILL REFINE THE
TIMING LATER AND MAY HAVE TO ENTER A TEMPO CONDITION. OTHERWISE A
TYPICAL SUMMER VFR CU DECK WILL PREVAIL IN THE AFTN.
08
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR MOZ037>040-043>046-053-
054.
KS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ057-060-103>105.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 533 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-182245- 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- 533 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN FROM 105 TO 110 THROUGH 7 PM. OTHERWISE... A WEAK DISTURBANCE DIVING SOUTH ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER MAY ONCE AGAIN ALLOW FOR ISOLATED EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ANYWHERE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED DOWNBURST WINDS TO 70 MPH...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. LATER TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT... MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF ROUTE 36. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY MAY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...AND STRENGTHEN AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FOR AREAS SOUTH OF THE MORNING THUNDERSTORMS COMPLEX...A REPEAT OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED WITH HEAT INDICES LIKELY EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES ONCE AGAIN. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE PERIOD. STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY EACH OF THESE SYSTEMS...WITH COLLECTIVE SEVERAL DAY RAIN TOTALS POSSIBLY LEADING TO ADDITIONAL OR RENEWED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT IF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP...REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OF FLOODING RAINFALL ARE REQUESTED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
133 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010
MOZ001-011-180700-
ATCHISON MO-HOLT MO-
133 AM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ATCHISON AND NORTHWESTERN HOLT
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE LEADING EDGE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEBRASKA CITY TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERU
TO 9 MILES WEST OF STELLA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
TARKIO...ROCKPORT...FAIRFAX...WATSON...PHELPS CITY AND CORNING.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4059 9533 4042 9532 4016 9545 4024 9550
4025 9553 4030 9558 4031 9565 4035 9562
4048 9570 4056 9567 4053 9568 4052 9569
4053 9575 4054 9577 4059 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 285DEG 39KT 4074 9591 4053 9586
4021 9592
21The Omaha radar (KOAX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:08 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were reported down in Tarkio. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. An anchored wooden playset was torn from the ground and destroyed, near the intersection of Highway 46 and Highway N.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 65 mph, between Highway 33 and Cameron, on Highway 36.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
A large tree and power line were reported down in Chillicothe. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. Two wooden power poles were blown down.
Numerous trees were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
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, July 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: 249344, 249331, 249342, 249332, 249340, 249333, 249334, 249335, 249336, 249337, 249338, 249341, 249343.