Strong thunderstorms formed on the Kansas side of the KC metro, and moved into Jackson County where an isolated strong wind gust brought down some tree branches near Greenwood.
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Strong thunderstorms formed on the Kansas side of the KC metro, and moved into Jackson County where an isolated strong wind gust brought down some tree branches near Greenwood.
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 Aug 26, 9:35 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 1035 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 .Discussion... Issued at 241 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019 The morning/early afternoon thunderstorms that moved through eastern KS and western MO have really altered the environment for any potential afternoon storms. With the storms still going strong south of the forecast area, there is a substantial cirrus shield. There is also a lower level of stratus across east central/northeast KS and northwestern MO that, based on satellite imagery, doesn't appear to be eroding with any haste. Lastly, the airmass has been stabilized by the storms that went through and because the cloud cover is lingering well into the afternoon, the chance to recover and destabilize is becoming worse with every hour. With that said, there is still strong upper level flow moving into the area associated with an upper trough moving across the northern Plains. This upper system will push a cold front through the area later this afternoon and this evening. With the forcing associated with the front and upper-level shortwave, we should still be able to see scattered to maybe widespread showers and few storms develop. But the lack of instability should keep the severe weather chances lower and really confined to areas south of Highway 50, or even south of the forecast area. The RAP and the HRRR, which finally started to resolve the MCS, show the far southern portions of the forecast area building instability as the front moves into that area around 23Z this afternoon. 19Z observations show very warm temperatures and dewpoints in southeastern KS and southwestern MO. So there isn't a great distance from weak instability to extreme instability. A little northward advection of this and it's in the southern portions of the forecast area, like the RAP and the HRRR show. Given this, can't rule out a severe storm in our far southern counties later this afternoon or early this evening as the front is moving through. Dry weather with cooler than normal temperatures is expected through at least Thursday. Thunderstorm chances return Friday as a surface boundary stalls in the area and a mid-level shortwave moves east across KS. Those chances may linger into Saturday but by Sunday into Monday, it looks like we are back into the cooler, drier weather pattern prevails again. && .Aviation...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday Night) Issued at 1032 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019 A cold front has pushed through the area and cleared out the area of the MVFR ceilings. This has created clear skies with light winds and dropping temperatures, but not dropping dewpoints. Due to this we are going to see a few hours of fog potential over the region before the drier dewpoints upstream in Nebraska can make their way into the area around 09Z. I've added some MVFR visibility to account for this with some LIFR visibility around KSTJ as they tend to go down quickly with the warmer Missouri River nearby. Once these drier conditions make their way into the area things should stay VFR from there. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && Discussion...CDB Aviation...Barham
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 604 AM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 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- 604 AM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Severe storms are expected this afternoon and evening, with damaging winds, hail, isolated tornadoes and flash flooding all being of concern. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Week ahead looks quiet. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were down near Greenwood.
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