May 11 Severe Weather Potential

Wasn't able to get an organized post together for the severe weather threat upcoming on Monday. Needless to say given the hype from all of the news sources and meteorological sources is that this could be a fairly significant event. The potential does exist for strong and long-lived tornadoes, perhaps from the late afternoon through the evening and continuing into the early overnight hours before storms congeal into more of a linear mode. In addition to the tornado threat, expect very large hail and damaging winds (especially overnight).

There will be plenty of chasers, spotters, research groups, media and locals out trying to chase these storms that will likely be carrying a forward speed of 35-45 mph. This will make it an interesting challenge for everyone to stay safe out there, and hopefully everyone does!

I work the evening shift tomorrow and will likely be there late as storms roll into the Kansas City area between 9pm-12am. I will not likely update the blog until after the event has passed...