A weak frontal boundary drifted south across the Missouri River during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 26, 2013. A few showers and thunderstorms were observed, along with several funnel clouds.
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A weak frontal boundary drifted south across the Missouri River during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 26, 2013. A few showers and thunderstorms were observed, along with several funnel clouds. A weak EF0 tornado or landspout was observed near Waverly, Missouri. Minor tree and roof damage was reported to one residence.
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 26, 2:46 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 346 PM CDT Fri Jul 26 2013 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday Night) Issued at 344 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 Showers and isolated thunderstorms continue to percolate across the region thanks to the modest elevated frontogenesis associated with a cold front sweeping southeast through Kansas and Missouri. As of the mid-afternoon hours, the front was most of the way through the forecast region, roughly along an axis from Moberly southwest through Harrisonville. The scattered storms developing behind the front are quickly fading away this afternoon due to a lack of upper level support and weak surface convergence. Do not expect any further development this afternoon as cool dry air sweeps into Kansas and Missouri. Stepping back to look at the bigger picture, water vapor imagery this afternoon shows us that a rather significant circulation has begun to drop into the Great Lakes, accentuating the northwest flow that was already in place across our section of the country. This will keep the cool Canadian air flowing south through early Sunday. Seasonally cool temperatures will remain in place for both Saturday and Sunday as a result, with some record lows across the region in danger of beginning broken --specific record readings listed in the Climate section below--. Otherwise, have kept some slight chance POPs in the forecast for both Saturday and Sunday across the southwest corner other forecast area. With a well established northwest flow in place across the Central Plains, any little perturbation that zips through might squeeze out some storms, and many of the short range models are advertising some activity in the flow this weekend. Currently, best timing for this looks to be Saturday afternoon and again Sunday morning, though given the uncertain timing of these features, confidence in the specifics of the timing are low. Lastly, a more robust chance for storms will begin to slide into eastern Kansas and northern Missouri late Sunday night/early Monday morning as a minor shortwave begins to transit the Central Plains in an increasingly zonal flow. However, the bulk of the storms expected with this shortwave trough is not expected till later in the day Monday. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Friday) Issued at 344 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 A flattening mid-level ridge will bring an increasing chance of rain to the region on Monday. GFS/ECMWF/GEM remain consistent bringing a minor shortwave into the Southern Plains Monday. This wave will bring showers and embedded thunderstorms during the daytime hours. At this point, feel the highest PoPs will be focused along and south of the I-70 corridor into Monday evening. Tuesday-Friday: Behind this shortwave, appears dry conditions will prevail until we reach the end of the week. Mid-level ridging will temporarily peak over the Rockies allowing for dry NW flow to move over the Central US. A shortwave moving through the Northern Plains on Wednesday will push a front towards the area, however rain chances will be limited due to the limited Pacific moisture stream accompanying the wave. Uncertainty builds by Friday and into next weekend as the GFS suggests a weak embedded wave moving through a more westerly flow pattern. The ECMWF has no indication of this wave. Given the uncertainties, will lower PoPs. && .Climate... Issued at 344 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 An unusually cold stretch of weather is expected this weekend. Here are the record lows and record low high temperatures for Saturday and Sunday. KANSAS CITY: RECORD LOW NORMAL RECORD COOL HIGH Saturday July 27 55 in 1994 69 70 in 1907 Sunday July 28 52 in 1994 69 69 in 1981 The all-time July record low temperature is 51 degrees set on July 5, 1997 ST. JOESPH: RECORD LOW NORMAL RECORD COOL HIGH Saturday July 27 47 in 1971 67 76 in 2005 Sunday July 28 53 in 2005 67 68 in 1981 && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday Afternoon) Issued at 111 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 Scattered showers will prevail in areas to the south of Kansas City for the remainder of the day, though these storms will stay well clear of the terminals. Scattered to broken cloud cover will continue to slowly clear from the terminals as a cold front settles through the region. Light winds expected overnight will return from the north Saturday morning. Otherwise, have included a hedge towards more storms in the vicinity of Kansas City for Saturday morning as more nocturnal activity is expected to slide through eastern Kansas early in the morning. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Cutter LONG TERM...Dux AVIATION...Cutter CLIMATE...Dux
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 100 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-271115- 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- 100 PM CDT FRI JUL 26 2013 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 SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT SLIDES SOUTHWARD THROUGH MISSOURI. AREAS EFFECTED BY RAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM EAST CENTRAL KANSAS EAST THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES TO LOOK LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CUTTER
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:50 UTC.
2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An EF0 tornado or landspout touched down briefly at 1650CST, three miles southeast of Waverly. The tornado was stationary and lifted or dissipated at 1651CST. Tree damage was observed, along with shingle damage to the roof of a residence.
A brief funnel cloud was observed near Blackburn.
A funnel cloud was observed near Jacksonville.
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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: 464145, 464140, 464142.