May 2019 Observations and Discussion

[Andie]

Good grief.

 

The area around DFW is under a Flash Flood Watch from Wednesday a.m. to Thursday a.m.

 

They say we'll get 2-3" of rain in 24 hrs. That's a lot of of heavy shower action. But we have done it over the past year.

 

We'll see. Very windy the past 2 days. 15-25 mph constantly.

 

87*

Dewpoint 71*

Humdity 60%

[Hawkeye]

I picked up 0.40" from the first batch this evening, boosting my daily total to 0.75".

[Iowawx]

I have gotten 0.52" so far today. The rain looks like it is redeveloping off to the west and southwest. The HRRR has a band of widespread moderate rain moving across here tonight. 

[Hawkeye]

NW Missouri into far SE Iowa is getting clobbered by heavy rain.  A couple days ago it appeared that stuff was going to be over us this evening.

[Hawkeye]

There's a pretty tight circulation passing just south of Lawrence, KS, headed toward the western KC area.  A small debris signature just popped on radar.

[Iowawx]

NW Missouri into far SE Iowa is getting clobbered by heavy rain.  A couple days ago it appeared that stuff was going to be over us this evening.

I thought it is supposed to lift northeast. It does look like it is trying to lift northeast on radar. 

[Minny_Weather]

There's a pretty tight circulation passing just south of Lawrence, KS, headed toward the western KC area.  A small debris signature just popped on radar.

Destructive tornado going right over the Southeastern residential areas of Lawrence right now. Devastating.

[Jaycee]

MY GOD LOOK AT THE ROTATION ON THAT THING! This is actually scary, given where it’s heading. My goodness

 

[Minny_Weather]

Tornado emergency for the Western Burbs of KC. If the tornado holds its strength this will be as devastating as Moore.

[Minny_Weather]

Tornado completely leveled Linwood, KS. Nothing is left standing there. Now approaching Northern Bonner Springs, and soon, the KCK area. Hope our KC lurkers are doing alright.

[Hawkeye]

KC tv station showing live video from the Kansas Speedway, only a few miles from the tornado as it approaches.

 

https://www.kctv5.com/

[Hawkeye]

The circulation seems to have weakened some and there is no debris signature at the moment.

[Andie]

Flooding may be the word of the year for the center of the country.

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Torrential rains in Oklahoma over the past two weeks have brought the Arkansas River in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma to its highest water level ever recorded. Near the Oklahoma border at Fort Smith, Arkansas (population 300,000), the river rose to two feet above its previous all-time high on Tuesday morning, and was predicted to rise at least another two feet before cresting on Wednesday. The river also hit a record high on Friday at Ponca City, Oklahoma, about 70 miles upriver from Fort Smith.

 

Between those two locations, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, the river crested on Sunday at its second highest level on record. All-time record crests are predicted over the next week along a 100-mile stretch of the river extending from Fort Smith to just upstream from Little Rock, Arkansas. At Little Rock, the crest is predicted to be the sixth highest on record, and the highest since 1990. On Tuesday afternoon, two levees along the Arkansas River in Arkansas were overtopped, flooding farmlands, according to katv.com.

 

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Historic-flooding-Arkansas-River-Oklahoma-and-Arkansas?cm_ven=cat6-widget

 

 

[Hawkeye]

Wow, up to 2 ft of rain in a few spots in ne Oklahoma over the last month.  That's a lot of D**n rain.

[Iowawx]

Now getting a good moderate rain now. Looks like this rain should last at least a couple more hours, with more later tonight according to the HRRR.

[Hawkeye]

Now getting a good moderate rain now. Looks like this rain should last at least a couple more hours, with more later tonight according to the HRRR.

 

Radar suggests the rain is heavier than it really is.  I would call it light to moderate.

 

Update:  Yeah, solid moderate now.  More general rain in a spring full of it.

[Iowawx]

Radar suggests the rain is heavier than it really is.  I would call it light to moderate.

 

Update:  Yeah, solid moderate now.  More general rain in a spring full of it.

Do you know what the wettest May on record in Cedar Rapids is? My rainfall total so far is 7.24" 

[East Dubzz]

Just 0.16”. Once again, while we continue to get more rain, were actually still underachieving. However, I can’t be too mad. As I said before, this is probably the best outcome for my recently planted garden. If we’re not going to get severe storms, this is probably for the best.

[Hawkeye]

There's a new tornado trying to spin up northeast of KC.

 

 

Do you know what the wettest May on record in Cedar Rapids is? My rainfall total so far is 7.24" 

 

I'm up to about 7.5" this month.  Looking at my records going back to 2007, my wettest May was 8.06" in 2013.

[Stacsh]

Is it spring yet? Michigan weather sucks.

[Andie]

Is it spring yet? Michigan weather sucks.

Snow in Flagstaff.  That's late for them.

[Iowawx]

Up to 0.84" now. This round of rain is starting to move out of here, but there are some showers/storms getting going to the southwest of here which should lift northeast and give us more rain tonight. 

[Hawkeye]

I've received 0.75" this evening, so I'm up to 1.10" for the day.

[Iowawx]

I've received 0.75" this evening, so I'm up to 1.10" for the day.

 

There must have been some heavier cells that moved over your area this morning. I am up to 0.92" for the day. Do you think we are done with the rain, or could some of those storms in NW Missouri make it up here?

[Hawkeye]

There must have been some heavier cells that moved over your area this morning. I am up to 0.92" for the day. Do you think we are done with the rain, or could some of those storms in NW Missouri make it up here?

 

The HRRR has the sw Iowa convection fading to some light rain as it reaches our area.  Any storms should pass well south.

[Stormy]

0.22” after 12:00am. 1.89” storm total.

I’m hoping it dries off soon for the farmers sake especially!

[Andie]

Every county in Oklahoma (77 counties) is under a State of Emergency.

 

https://www.ok.gov/OEM/Emergencies_&_Disasters/2019/20190520_Severe_Weather_Event/20190528_Situation_Update_11.html

 

Parts of Texas are under various warnings, Severe thunderstorm, flooding watches, tornado watches by afternoon likely.

 

https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/tx.php?x=1

[East Dubzz]

Rainfall yesterday / last night ended up being 0.25”.

 

May total up to 4.93".

[Iowawx]

Finished with 0.99" for a total here. That is a bit better than I was expecting because the models had the best rain south, but we still got a good amount here. This brings my rainfall total for the month of May so far to 7.55". We may still add to that today and tomorrow. 

[East Dubzz]

Misting here this morning. Not very pleasant of weather, that’s for sure.

[Tom]

Back to Back year's where this month has produced record or near record rainfall.  We only need .08" to break last year's record.

 

 

 

[Tom]

I heard that KCI airport had suspended flights for a time due to flying debris falling out of the sky from nearly 20 mi away!  Pretty wild stuff right there.  Hope our KC members are safe and sound.

[Niko]

Currently at 57F w cloudy skies and a little light rain falling.

[Niko]

Every county in Oklahoma (77 counties) is under a State of Emergency.

 

https://www.ok.gov/OEM/Emergencies_&_Disasters/2019/20190520_Severe_Weather_Event/20190528_Situation_Update_11.html

 

Parts of Texas are under various warnings, Severe thunderstorm, flooding watches, tornado watches by afternoon likely.

 

https://alerts.weather.gov/cap/tx.php?x=1

Crazy

[Niko]

0.22” after 12:00am. 1.89” storm total.

I’m hoping it dries off soon for the farmers sake especially!

Yep, its been pretty darn wet here as well. We need a dry pattern to develop for a change.

[Hawkeye]

I finished with 1.28" yesterday/overnight.  7.00" has fallen over the last two weeks.  My May total is 7.78".

[Niko]

Is it spring yet? Michigan weather sucks.

Michigan has great weather, especially Spring and Summer. We are just in a very ugly pattern. Hopefully, it will break soon. Too much rain lately.

[Niko]

Flooding may be the word of the year for the center of the country.

_____________________________________________________

 

Torrential rains in Oklahoma over the past two weeks have brought the Arkansas River in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma to its highest water level ever recorded. Near the Oklahoma border at Fort Smith, Arkansas (population 300,000), the river rose to two feet above its previous all-time high on Tuesday morning, and was predicted to rise at least another two feet before cresting on Wednesday. The river also hit a record high on Friday at Ponca City, Oklahoma, about 70 miles upriver from Fort Smith.

 

Between those two locations, at Muskogee, Oklahoma, the river crested on Sunday at its second highest level on record. All-time record crests are predicted over the next week along a 100-mile stretch of the river extending from Fort Smith to just upstream from Little Rock, Arkansas. At Little Rock, the crest is predicted to be the sixth highest on record, and the highest since 1990. On Tuesday afternoon, two levees along the Arkansas River in Arkansas were overtopped, flooding farmlands, according to katv.com.

 

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Historic-flooding-Arkansas-River-Oklahoma-and-Arkansas?cm_ven=cat6-widget

 

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That pic is insane. Hopefully, everyone there is safe and sound.

[Tom]

I'm pleased to see the GEFS continue to trend drier as we head into June and falling in line with my thinking that from IA/IL on north it will dry out.  HP for days????  Sign me up.

 

 

 

 

 

[snowstorm83]

Interstate 29 has once again closed down to St. Joseph due to flooding. It had just reopened a few weeks ago after the March floods.