A few storms in the area produced some gusty winds and minor flooding on the morning of May 28.
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A few storms in the area produced some gusty winds and minor flooding on the morning of May 28.
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, 11:33 AM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 1233 PM CDT Thu May 28 2020 .Discussion... Issued at 347 AM CDT THU MAY 28 2020 The wet pattern will continue through the day on Saturday as a large upper low pressure system slowly moves eastward through the day. The cut off low will be centered just to the south and east of the area, and will help feed moisture into the area. The focus for widespread precipitation will be a sagging cold frontal boundary, which will nose into the area by mid morning. The location of this boundary through the day will dictate where a narrow corridor of heavy rain will form. High resolution model guidance suggests a corridor running from southwest to northeast running roughly from southern Jackson County toward northeast Missouri will be the area to focus on for heavy rain. PWAT values will range from 1.5" to 1.75" which are on the high end of the percentiles for late may precipitable water, so rain rates will be efficient. Instability will be modest, however some models indicate some MU CAPE values approaching 1000+ J/kg so scattered thunderstorms will be possible. Widespread QPF along and within a couple counties of the aforementioned SW/NE oriented line of thunderstorms will be around 1 to 3 inches, however given the efficient nature of this rain there could certainly be some areas that see more than 3 inches. Basin average QPF will approach both 3 and 6 hours flash flood guidance, but shouldn't greatly surpass it, despite some area going well beyond the flash flood guidance. Therefore the expectation is for some isolated flash flooding, and with local rivers and creeks already quite swollen there could be some aggravation of those streams given the potential for several inches of rain. The good news is that the boundary will be somewhat progressive, so the line of rain should slowly creep southeast with time. The pattern will probably dry out a bit as we go into the weekend and next week. There will be some passing chances for rain this weekend, but nothing that should be even moderate impact. As the mid level pattern transitions into more of an upstream ridge, temperatures will be on the rise and will reflect more early to mid summer temperatures and with the better mid level flow being shunted north into the Northern Plains the focus for synoptically evident precipitation will weaken in the immediate forecast area in the day 2 through 7 time period. && .Aviation...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday Afternoon) Issued at 1233 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2020 A persistent area of rain has been dominating the region over the Kansas-Missouri state line this morning, and will continue to do so through much of the afternoon hours. A cold front sweeping in under the current band of rain will eventually help move the storms off to the east, but several hours of rain are expected at the KC terminals till then. Conditions will oscillate between IFR and MVFR until the cold front can move the storms east. Otherwise, over night winds will go a bit light and variable behind the front. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && Discussion...Leighton Aviation...Cutter
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 509 AM CDT Thu May 28 2020 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-291015- 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- 509 AM CDT Thu May 28 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Moderate to heavy rainfall with scattered thunderstorms are expected today. An additional 1 to 3 inches of rain will be possible over saturated soils which may lead to flash flooding and may aggravate ongoing river flooding. Severe weather is not expected. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
139 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0137 PM FLOOD 3 ENE CENTERVIEW 38.76N 93.80W
05/28/2020 JOHNSON MO NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS STANDING WATER ACROSS
SECONDARY ROADS AND SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF
WATER ACROSS FARM FIELDS AND THE WARRENSBURG
GOLF COURSE.
0135 PM FLOOD LEE'S SUMMIT 38.91N 94.38W
05/28/2020 JACKSON MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LEES SUMMIT PD REPORTS FLOODING AND PONDING
OF WATER ON NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ACROSS THE
CITY.
&&The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several images and video came into the office and local media of strong winds in the 120th and Iowa area of Olathe. Most of the damage was from loose objects and small tree limbs.
Fire department reported water over Mission Road and 183rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 2020
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: 895540, 895539.