An isolated severe storm produced wind damage in Lafayette County.
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An isolated severe storm produced wind damage in Lafayette 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 May 28, 2:46 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 346 PM CDT Thu May 28 2015 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Saturday Afternoon) Issued at 332 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 MCV currently traversing west-central MO will continue to track off toward the northeast through this evening. As the cluster of storms enters into a region less worked over with plentiful SBCAPE, warmer temps (in the 80s), and dewpoints in the mid to upper 60s, they have become a bit more feisty as the afternoon progresses. One of the limiting factors for severe-strength storms is the lack of bulk shear. These are more pulsy in nature, with rapidly increasing heights (with a boost from decent lower-level lapse rates), some in thanks to localized boundaries interacting with one another, but unsustainable at higher levels for longer durations due to meager mid-level lapse rates and the paltry bulk shear. This trend of these storms becoming strong and perhaps marginally severe with any storm that can find the strength to maintain itself will continue through the remainder of this evening across the eastern third of the forecast area. As for the rest of the forecast area, the unsettled pattern that the region continues to be locked into will yield mentionable PoPs through the remainder of the evening, with all areas tapering off in PoPs (but didn't remove mention completely from anywhere) later tonight through the pre-dawn hours Friday. Next impulse crossing KS overnight will be steadily heading toward the western fringes of the forecast area by Friday morning, increasing PoP chances as a result. LLJ ramping up overnight will aid in growth, along with moisture still abundantly available in the region as southerly flow continues to advect it in. Upper- level trough axis will be pushing this impulse along but will also provide a focus for stormy activity throughout the day on Friday. Once again, stronger storms tomorrow will be possible, with perhaps a few storms fighting to become marginally severe. The limiting factor will be that the synoptic-scale dynamics will be offset from the main storm activity, with better shear values immediately along the front side of the trough axis itself. Additionally, frontal boundary will be dropping southeastward on Saturday, also ensuring that storms trek along, staying ahead of the aforementioned better dynamics. Conditions will dry out from NW MO to the southeastern portions of the forecast area, respectively, on Saturday. Highs tomorrow will reach into the upper 70s to lower 80s, then will be cooler on Saturday as they struggle to reach the 70 degree mark. Lows tonight will range in the mid 60s with a hint of a cooldown tomorrow night, dropping into the upper 50s across NW MO. .LONG TERM...(Saturday Evening through Thursday) Issued at 312 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 High pressure behind Saturday's cold front will dry things out Saturday night and Sunday with seasonably cool temperatures. Highs Sunday will be in the upper 60s to near 70. Warmer and more humid air will then spread into the area by Tuesday and Wednesday when highs will return into the 80s. Resulting weak to moderate instability by mid week will set the stage for isolated to scattered thunderstorms toward the end of the forecast period. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday Afternoon) Issued at 1231 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 The region is entrenched in an unsettled pattern with repeated thunderstorm chances as upper-level disturbances moves through. For this TAF issuance, prevailing thunder looks to start off the period as a cluster of thunderstorms moves north-northeast into the terminal areas. Once this clears out, there looks to be a bit of a dry period overnight but will still need to monitor for possible redevelopment of storms overnight. The next best chance for impactful storms to the four terminals will likely be by midday tomorrow. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && SHORT TERM...lg LONG TERM...Hawblitzel AVIATION...lg
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1246 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-291800- 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- 1246 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015 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 THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. NO SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIDESPREAD STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS, CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL AND CONTINUED FLOODING. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
223 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
MOZ044-282015-
JOHNSON MO-
223 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 315 PM CDT...
AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF WARRENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3869 9396 3891 9389 3891 9384 3894 9383
3894 9374 3892 9363 3864 9388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 208DEG 18KT 3875 9385
ABSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
314 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
MOZ038-044-282045-
JOHNSON MO-LAFAYETTE MO-
314 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LAFAYETTE AND NORTHERN
JOHNSON COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CONCORDIA...HIGGINSVILLE...CORDER...ALMA AND AULLVILLE.
THIS WILL IMPACT
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 61.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3890 9379 3917 9370 3908 9349 3903 9349
3884 9362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 203DEG 20KT 3896 9368
ABThe Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Ten to fifteen inch diameter tree limbs snapped, power lines down and a power pole snapped.
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