A line of thunderstorms formed in eastern Kansas and pushed eastward into northwest Missouri. There were a couple mesovortex tornadoes within the line, one of which caused damage in St.
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A line of thunderstorms formed in eastern Kansas and pushed eastward into northwest Missouri. There were a couple mesovortex tornadoes within the line, one of which caused damage in St. Joseph. There was also some sporadic wind damage in the St Joseph area, but could not be confirmed as tornadic.
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 Mar 29, 5:33 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 633 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 .Discussion... Issued at 338 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2022 Key Message: - Strong to severe thunderstorms possible late this evening as a line of storms moves eastward through portions of the area. Warm front continues to lift northward, currently entering far southwestern sections of the CWA. Moisture within the warm sector is largely modified in the mid 50s. While a capping inversion has limited convective development this afternoon, increasing large scale ascent and frontal forcing will allow thunderstorms to quickly develop over portions of central/eastern Kansas late this afternoon into the early evening. Storm mode will initially favor semi- discrete high-based cells before transitioning to QLCS during the evening hours. Instability will be a limiting factor as the line of storms progresses eastward into the CWA, with a gradual decrease in storm intensity anticipated east of the KC Metro Area. An increasing LLJ this evening will help enhance low-level shear, with ~200 J/kg of SRH expected as the line enters the forecast area. A brief tornado embedded within the line cannot be ruled out, assuming boundary layer cooling/decoupling does not occur too quickly. The highest threat for severe weather will be across eastern Kansas into the western quarter of Missouri, where in addition to the brief spin-up, quarter-sized hail and wind gusts up to 60 mph will be possible. The most likely window for severe weather within our CWA will occur between 7pm and midnight. Flash flooding looks to be a low threat, with the progressive nature expected with the most robust convection and 1 and 3 hour FFG remaining 1.75" to 2.50" respectively. Post-frontal precipitation chances hang around for a good portion of Wednesday as another piece of energy rotates into the area. With the clouds/precip and CAA, a much cooler day is expected with temperatures steady or slowly falling during the day, mainly in the 40s by mid/late afternoon. Cannot rule out a short window of precipitation transitioning to a light snow late Wednesday night into Thursday morning, albeit no accumulations are expected. Next chance of rain returns Friday night as another shortwave trough moves across the central CONUS. && .Aviation...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday Evening) Issued at 630 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2022 VFR conditions are expected to deteriorate quickly as a line of showers and thunderstorms moves in from the west. Storms are expected to enter the vicinity of the terminals in the next couple of hours. Primary hazards include high winds, quarter inch hail, and heavy rainfall. CIGS and VIS are expected to decrease significantly, especially in heavy downpours. Thunderstorms are expected to vacate the terminals around midnight with rain lingering through the morning. Gusty winds persist even outside of thunderstorms with gusts around 20-30 kts anticipated. Southerly winds become northwesterly behind a cold front which is expected to move through around 10Z-12Z. Precipitation is moves out near midday; however, MVFR CIGs hang around through the remainder of the period. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && Discussion...Blair Aviation...Pesel
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 240 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-301945- 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- 240 PM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022 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 Southerly winds gusting up to 40 mph are expected this afternoon. Severe weather is possible today between 7 PM and 4 AM across the entire forecast area. Greatest chance for severe weather is along the MO/KS border. Damaging winds up to 60 mph and hail up to quarter-sized are the main concerns. Can't rule out a few brief tornadoes tonight, as well. Showers and storms continue Wednesday, but no severe weather is expected. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday A dusting of light snow is possible Thursday morning north of HWY 36. More detailed information can be accessed at... https://www.weather.gov/eax/hwo
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:50 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof damage occurred at East Hills Mall, just upstream of a confirmed tornado. It is possible this damage was from the same circulation, but could not be confirmed as tornadic damage.
Roof damage to a couple houses east of East Hills Mall. This damage occurred just upstream of a confirmed tornado, but could not be verified as tornadic damage.
A QLCS mesovortex tornado formed along a progressive line of storms that moved through the St. Joseph area. EF-1 damage occurred at a residence on the northeast side of town.
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