A weak cold front moved south across extreme eastern Kansas, during the evening hours of July 28th, 2011. Two reports of damaging winds were received.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A weak cold front moved south across extreme eastern Kansas, during the evening hours of July 28th, 2011. Two reports of damaging winds were received.
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 28, 5:27 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
627 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...
.DISCUSSION...
A SHORT BREAK IN THE HEAT AND CONVECTION ARE THE MAIN THEMES FOR THE
FIRST PART OF THE FORECAST PACKAGE. A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHEAST IA THROUGH NW MO INTO CENTRAL KS HAS MADE VERY SLOW
PROGRESS TODAY. THAT SHOULD CHANGE THIS EVENING AS SCATTERED
CONVECTION FORMS ALONG IT AND SPREADS ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN
1/4 OF THE CWA. WHILE THE LAST COUPLE OF MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN TOO
FAST ON DEVELOPING CONVECTION ALONG/NEAR THIS COLD FRONT THEY ALL
TREND TOWARDS AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY THIS EVENING FROM EAST
CENTRAL/NE KS THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. LOTS OF
PRE-FRONTAL ACCAS NOTED OVER THE CWA TODAY FOREBODES POTENTIAL FOR
STORMS THIS EVENING. LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA SHOW CONVECTION
HAS FORMED FROM SW TOWARDS CENTRAL KS WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT
EXPANDING DOWNSTREAM. LATEST HRRR AND 18Z NAM/RUC CONCUR.
CONSIDERABLE MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER AND EMBEDDED LIGHT SHOWERS LIE
FURTHER NORTH AND STRETCH THRU NW MO AND CENTRAL IA. WITH VERY WARM
H7 TEMPERATURES OF +13/14C OVERHEAD CONVECTION WILL BE FOUND ALONG
AND BEHIND FRONT. IN ORDER TO GET THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA A
RELATIVELY LARGE COLD POOL WILL NEED TO FORM. OTHERWISE...THE FRONT
WOULD STALL OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CWA. SO...A SIGNIFICANT
FORECAST CHALLENGE IS AT HAND THROUGH FRIDAY.
WHILE ML CAPE VALUES EXCEED 3000K/KG THE EFFECTIVE AND 0-6KM SHEAR
ARE POOR EXCEPT OVER THE NW CORNER OF MO. WHILE ISOLATED SEVERE WIND
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN MO NO ORGANIZED SEVERE IS
EXPECTED. DUE TO WEAK STEERING FLOW IN THE 20KT RANGE MULTICELL AND
CLUSTERS SHOULD BE SLOW MOVING SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER NORTHERN MO.
WILL ERROR ON THE SIDE OF HIGH CHANCE/LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTHERN
HALF OF CWA AS TOO MANY MODEL SIGNALS POINT TOWARDS SCATTERED
CONVECTION TONIGHT. SHOULD BE A RATHER TIGHT POP GRADIENT ON THE
SOUTH END DUE TO THE WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES.
FRIDAY FORECAST IS BASED ON THE FRONT STALLING OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN
CWA. THIS POSITION PLUS THE EXPECTED CLOUD COVER AND THREAT OF RAIN
SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO KEEP HEAT INDEX VALUES BELOW
WARNING/ADVISORY CRITERIA. SHOULD THE FRONT NOT MAKE IT THIS FAR OR
CLOUD COVER BE LESS THAN ANTICIPATED LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO
CONSIDER ISSUING A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE ON CONVECTIVE CHANCES OWING TO A LACK OF UPPER
FORCING AND A CRUMBLING OF THE COLD FRONT CAN ONLY JUSTIFY LOW
CHANCE POPS ON FRIDAY.
FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE DISSOLVED BY
SATURDAY. BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS WILL SHIFT BACK TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST
AND MAX TEMPS SHOULD RISE INTO THE LOWER 90S WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
POOLING OVERHEAD. HI VALUES WILL BE APPROACHING ADVISORY THRESHOLDS.
MJ
SUNDAY - THURSDAY:
THE OVERALL UPPER PATTERN WILL CHANGE VERY LITTLE THROUGH THE PERIOD
AS THE UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
ENSEMBLES...THEIR MEANS AND THE OPERATIONAL MODELS REMAIN IN VERY
GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING 500MB HEIGHTS APPROACHING 600 DM BY SUNDAY.
THESE VERY HIGH HEIGHTS WILL PERSIST INTO AT LEAST TUESDAY WITH THE
UPPER RIDGE FLATTENING OUT INTO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE RESULT
OF THIS PERSISTENT RIDGING WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF VERY HOT AND
HUMID CONDITIONS INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. HIGHS SUNDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY WILL ONCE AGAIN PUSH THE CENTURY MARK ACROSS OUR WEST AND
SOUTH WITH UPPER 90S ELSEWHERE. WITH DEWPOINTS PERSISTENTLY IN THE
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXCESSIVE
WITH VALUES RANGING FROM 100 TO 110 ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
FOR MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. CONFIDENCE IN THE EXCESSIVE
TEMPERATURES DECREASES SOME FOR THURSDAY. WITH THE RIDGE FLATTENING
OUT CONVECTION THAT FORMS TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA MAY BE ABLE TO
SPREAD COOLER AIR/CLOUD COVER/PRECIPITATION CHANCES INTO NORTHERN
MO. BUT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF/TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT SHOULD EASILY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.
ANOTHER RESULT OF THIS PERPETUAL HEAT IS THAT SOIL MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO DRY UP. THROUGH LATE JULY THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE FORECAST AREA ARE RUNNING AS MUCH AS 100 MM BELOW NORMAL WHICH
IS AROUND 20% OF NORMAL.
CDB
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE
/GENERALLY/ EXPECTED ACROSS THE TERMINALS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THE CAVEAT TO THIS IS THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS EVENING...WITH THE THREAT PERSISTING UNTIL
AROUND DAYBREAK. IN AND AROUND THUNDERSTORMS...IFR VISIBILITIES MAY
OCCUR IN TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH LOCALIZED MICROBURSTS THAT MAY BE
STRONG TO DAMAGING THROUGH AROUND 04Z. STORM BASES EXPECTED AROUND
7KFT AGL WITH TOPS TO 50KFT.
BOOKBINDER
&&
.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOZ013-
014-020>023-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054.
HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOZ006>008-
015>017-024-025.
KS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ025-
057-060-103>105.
&&
WFO EAXHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 624 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-291100- 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- 624 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A KANSAS CITY TO MOBERLY LINE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 DEGREES AND HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES THROUGH 9 PM. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A WEAK FRONT SETTLES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY BE ISOLATED IN NATURE...BUT COULD DEVELOP QUITE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT...AND MAY REPEATEDLY TRACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. GIVEN THE EXTREMELY DRY SOILS...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE AND HOT AIR ALOFT WILL RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES EASTWARD LATE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...BRINGING A RETURN TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY BY SUNDAY AND LASTING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ORGANIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER ANY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING AND SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND REPORT AS NEEDED. BOOKBINDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
633 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
MOZ037-043-290000-
CASS MO-JACKSON MO-
633 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND CENTRAL CASS
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING JUST SOUTHWEST
OF PLEASANT HILL...OR NEAR LAKE WINNEBAGO. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY.
AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...THEY MAY BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DOWNBURSTS WITH WINDS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
PLEASANT HILL...GREENWOOD...EAST LYNNE...LAKE WINNEBAGO AND
STRASBURG.
THIS STORM 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 3887 9443 3887 9434 3887 9422 3885 9414
3877 9414 3871 9415 3864 9420 3860 9427
3859 9440 3861 9452 3866 9457 3878 9456
3886 9451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 233DEG 4KT 3876 9436
BOOKBINDERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
639 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
MOZ046-290030-
COOPER MO-
639 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...
AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF BUNCETON...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF
TIPTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...AND FURTHER STRENGTHENING TOWARD SEVERE
LIMITS MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER RURAL SOUTHERN COOPER COUNTY.
THIS STORM 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 3885 9281 3885 9273 3885 9266 3883 9261
3879 9259 3874 9263 3869 9267 3868 9291
3872 9295 3879 9291 3882 9287
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 316DEG 1KT 3873 9280
BOOKBINDERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
643 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
MOZ054-290015-
HENRY MO-
643 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN HENRY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...
AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALHOUN...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
OF WINDSOR. MOVEMENT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM FROM SOUTHEAST
OF CALHOUN TO THE BENTON COUNTY LINE.
THIS STORM 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 3835 9365 3851 9357 3852 9352 3851 9351
3842 9351 3833 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 199DEG 5KT 3842 9353
BOOKBINDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
713 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 PM TSTM WND GST GREENWOOD 38.85N 94.34W
07/28/2011 E50 MPH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
ALSO REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL.
&&
BOOKBINDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
715 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 PM HAIL GREENWOOD 38.85N 94.34W
07/28/2011 E1.00 INCH JACKSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY 50 MPH WIND.
&&
CUTTERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
729 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
MOZ037-043-290115-
CASS MO-JACKSON MO-
729 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND NORTHERN
CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE LOTAWAMA TO
PECULIAR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS THE STORM NEAR PECULIAR.
ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT LOOK IMMINENT...PERIODIC
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW.
THE STORM JUST NORTHEAST OF PECULIAR MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME HAIL.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
LAKE LOTAWANA...PLEASANT HILL...HARRISONVILLE...PERCULIAR...LONE
JACK...TARSNEY LAKES AND STRASBURG.
LAT...LON 3864 9446 3866 9453 3874 9455 3881 9452
3888 9446 3897 9433 3901 9424 3900 9413
3895 9411 3881 9412 3867 9424 3865 9429
3863 9438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 288DEG 4KT 3887 9427 3871 9438
BOOKBINDERThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A power line was reported down in Bucyrus. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
A transformer was hit by lightning and set on fire, at 247th and Metcalf.
A four block area in Stilwell, had around one dozen large trees knocked down, with a few of them landing on homes. Multiple power poles were snapped off, with resultant power outages across town. One front porch was knocked a little off the foundation of a home. The downburst had thunderstorm winds estimated up to 80 mph.
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