A vigorous cold front caused a line of strong thunderstorms to develop across west central Missouri, during the afternoon hours of November 29, 2010. A brief tornado touchdown was observed in western Livingston County.
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A vigorous cold front caused a line of strong thunderstorms to develop across west central Missouri, during the afternoon hours of November 29, 2010. A brief tornado touchdown was observed in western Livingston 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 Nov 29, 11:46 AM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1146 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .DISCUSSION... /402 AM CST MON NOV 29 2010/ SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR IN HANDLING DEEP UPPER TROF OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE DEVELOPING MID LEVEL CIRCULATION/LOW OVER FAR NW KS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY AS ONE PIECE OF ENERGY ROTATES NE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROF. WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND MID MORNING BEFORE SHOWERS CAN BREAK OUT IN EARNEST. IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL JET HAS BEEN FUNNELING THIS MOISTURE NORTHWARD DURING THE NIGHT AND 50ISH DEWPOINTS HAVE MADE IT INTO CENTRAL OK WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE NOTED. HAVE RAISED POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA WHERE 295-300K ISENTROPIC ASCENT AND INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE COINCIDE. BUFR SOUNDINGS AND CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...STARTING BY LATE MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE BOTTOMED OUT BUT WARMUP WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE BOUNDARY LAYER BEING WELL MIXED AND LARGE INFLUX OF CLOUD COVER INHIBITING SURFACE HEATING. ADD IN THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND NOT ALOT OF ROOM ON THE UPSIDE FOR TEMPERATURES. FAVOR MET MOS AND CONSALL ON HIGHS FOR TODAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION...CONSIDERABLE WRAP AROUND LOW CLOUDINESS AND UPPER TROF STILL WEST OF THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD KEEP A LID ON TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. COULD SEE SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES/LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER NW/N CENTRAL COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA TUESDAY MORNING...BUT NO ACCUMULATION. PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT ON BACK SIDE OF DEPARTING LOW TOMORROW AND STRONG 850MB NORTHWESTERLY JET WITH DRY AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW FOR GOOD MIXING AND WINDY CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BY MID WEEK WITH SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION QUICKLY RETURNING. FAST FLOW ALOFT WILL LIKELY HIDE RELATIVELY WEAK IMPULSES. DONT THINK THEY WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ASCENT FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN SOME MID/HIGH CLOUDS. MJ MEDIUM RANGE (THU-SUN)... FAIRLY LOW-CONFIDENCE FORECAST IN THE MEDIUM RANGE CONTINUES AS MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO OSCULATE IN A HIGH AMPLITUDE/HIGH WAVE NUMBER PATTERN. THROW IN THE UNCERTAINTIES OF A REX BLOCK OVER THE ATLANTIC AND FCST CERTAINTY DECREASES EVEN FURTHER. INITIAL PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO FALL WITH S/W AMPLITUDE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC EARLY IN THE PERIOD...WITH THE EC MUCH STRONGER WITH INDIVIDUAL S/W APPROACHING THE PAC COASTLINE. EC/GEM SIMILAR IN ADVERTISING A PROGRESSIVE S/W TROUGH CROSSING THE NORTHERN PLAINS SOMETIME AROUND FRI AND SAT. GFS ON THE OTHER HAND MUTES THIS WAVE AS IT HOLDS A MUCH STRONGER MID-LVL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL US. FOR NOW...FEEL ANY ENERGY WHICH DOES PROGRESS EAST WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE CWA...WITH TEMPERATURES TRYING TO CLIMB TOWARDS NORMALS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. GIVEN THE ALREADY UNCERTAIN FCST UP TO THIS POINT...WEEKEND DETAILS ARE EVEN MORE CLOUDIER. FOR NOW...GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN ANY ONE MODEL SOLN...FEEL THE CONSENSUS SOLUTION IS STILL THE BEST WAY TO GO. BEYOND THE WEEKEND...AGREE WITH PREVIOUS FCSTER SENTIMENTS THAT A PERIOD OF SHARP WESTERN RIDGING SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS INTO THE UNITED STATES BUT BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS FCST. DUX && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS...MAIN FOCUS WILL BE ON THE WIND SHIFT AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO START VEERING FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE STRATUS DECK STAYS IN PLACE. BY LATE MORNING SKIES HAD CLEARED OVER A SLIVER OF EASTERN KANSAS...CAUSING TEMPS TO WARM UP. AS A RESULT...HAVE INCLUDED VCSH AT THE TERMINALS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW POP UP SHOWERS. CIGS WILL RISE BACK UP TO VFR LEVELS BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. ACH && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 129 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-301930- 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- 129 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010 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 SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM GRANT CITY...TO MARSHALL TO SEDALIA. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBANY TO PRINCETON TO UNIONVILLE. OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI ON TUESDAY. AGAIN...NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
400 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
MOZ015-023-292230-
GRUNDY MO-LIVINGSTON MO-
400 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GRUNDY AND NORTHWESTERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CST...
AT 357 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JAMESPORT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
TRENTON AND LAREDO.
LAT...LON 4018 9350 3998 9339 3988 9376 3996 9377
4003 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 238DEG 26KT 3996 9369
21The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief EF0 tornado touchdown was observed in rural open country at 16:10 CST. The tornado lifted by 16:11 CST. No damage was reported with this tornado.
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