Central States Weather: Rounds of Storms This Weekend Could Bring Severe Weather- Flooding

As we turn to the last half of May- a slow-moving storm system entering the western United States will bring rounds of showers and thunderstorms (tstms) to the Central States beginning Wednesday.

The larger storm system will send out smaller disturbances ahead which will be the trigger for severe tstms over parts of our region Thursday- including Metro K.C. Friday- into early Saturday.

Severe weather will include the possibility of tornadoes.

As the larger storm lingers- rounds of precip through at least mid-next week  could lead to increasing chances of flash and general flooding. 

Models are indicating that the front associated with this storm system will stall near or just south of the Kansas City MetroRegion late-weekend with rounds of showers and storms- some strong to severe- through next Wednesday.

___________

New Videos of April 27 Tuscaloosa Tornado- One VERY Close

I've found more videos of the incredible tornado outbreak of April 27 2011.


The first one is rather shaky- but toward the end- the chasers/photographers(?) take a female tornado survivor into their vehicle.

She's in shock because her dog was killed.

The 2nd video is the most up-close shot I've yet to see from the outbreak.

You'll need English subtitles as the language is in Spanish- but the photographer keeps the camera (mostly) on the tornado as the funnel plows into an apartment complex.


It is ONLY by the Grace of God that the video shooter wasn't blown into the maelstrom- or at least hit and injured by flying debris!

__________

Three Stabbed in KC-KS Sunday Morning

Three men were stabbed in a disturbance in southern KC-KS Sunday morning.


One victim- a 23-year-old male stabbed in his side by "a 6-inch long blade" according to KC-KS FD-EMS had critical injuries- the other two's wounds were less life-threatening.


The incident occurred about 2:20 a.m. in the 2800 block of South 24th Street.


Police report that at least 2 male suspects left the scene in a white Chevy or Buick.

____________

Intoxicated Man Slams Car Into An Overland Park Residence

This call came into Overland Park police around 4:06 a.m.: a reported male driver of a car had crashed into a residence in the 9400 block of West 123rd Street- 123rd and Grant.


The caller to police reported the male exited the car after the crash- wandered around the scene a bit- then fell to the ground bemoaning his situation.

The crash also severed a gas line at the house- and the family inside who was uninjured were forced to evacuate the structure for about an hour until the gas was shut off by a utility crew.

The male driver of the car wasn't injured in the crash- but was arrested by the OPPD for driving under the influence.


This was one of several overnight crashes that involved reportedly intoxicated persons but fortunately no critical injuries or fatalities.

____________

Man in Critical Condition After Jumping From Interstate Bridge

A male in his 20's reportedly jumped from an overpass in Independence onto the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 early Saturday morning.

The incident was reported at 5:55 a.m. on the westbound lanes of I-70 under Crysler Avenue.


The male reportedly parked a light-colored sedan on Crysler (see images) and scaled a protective chain-link fence over the Interstate and jumped off- according to witness reports.

Passersby on I-70 stopped to assist the man.


It was unknown if the jumper had been struck by any vehicles as he lay on the highway before help arrived.


The man was transported by AMR-EMS Unit 322 to an eastern Metro medical trauma center with critical head and other injuries.

Police had traffic on I-70 westbound restricted to one lane for about an hour while they investigated the incident.

____________

Two-Alarm Fire Burns Independence Avenue Building

Around 1:05 p.m. Thursday afternoon- five companies of the KC-MO fire department responded to a reported building fire in the 2600 block of Independence Avenue near the Old Northeast side.


Smoke was visible to responding fire companies several blocks away- and was pouring from the 2-1/2-story structure east of Prospect and on the south side of The Avenue when fire crews arrived minutes later.

Three more fire companies were ordered.

A 2nd-alarm was struck at 1:15 p.m.- and at least 5 more fire companies responded.

The fire was in an old building that once housed the Vista movie theater and been transformed into shops in the 1960's.

There has been no reports of anyone found inside- or any other firefighter injuries.



It took nearly 2 hours using 4 ladder streams and other heavy fire-fight equipment to bring the fire under control.

__________

Breakdown at Blogspot.com Takes Out Tens of Thousands of Bloggers Worldwide

Including Capt. Spaulding's World...

We've being TRYING to post since yesterday (Thursday) afternoon- but the host of this free service went down due to some unspecified problem- and remained out to anything but reading days-old posts until just recently.

More than 10 older CSW stories posted since Tuesday have disappeared.


There was no notification on blogspot.com about the unplanned outage until early Friday morning- more than 8 hours after the service went down.

The many thousands of bloggers affected took to social media- including Twitter- to spread the unhappy news.


By early Friday afternoon- blogger.com had managed to at least reinstate bloggers the ability to post on their blogs- which I'm doing with this story.

It is unknown when the missing posts and reader comments will appear if at all- or how long blogger/blogspot.com remains up.

It's a free service- so you truly get what you pay for here....

____________

MetroRegion K.C. News: Nevada MO Habitat For Humanity House Gets Tornado-Safe Room

This is a GREAT idea- photo and caption courtesy of The NEVADA (MO) DAILY MAIL.





My ONLY concern would be is the back porch connection to a concrete slab or wooden flooring?



The latter could be broken off in an EF-5 tornado.

___________

CSW Weather: Another Chance of Severe Storms in the Kansas City MetroRegion Later Today

Strong to severe storms Wednesday night brought down power lines across parts of Douglas county KS- causing U.S. 56 highway to be closed from Baldwin City east to the Johnson county KS line.

A check of the KDoT site around 11:30 a.m. Thursday indicates U.S. 56 is still closed in that area.

According to the latest "convective outlook" from the NWS' SPC- Metro and MetroRegion K.C. is again forecasted to receive severe thunderstorms later today into tonight.



According to the SPC- the greatest risk of severe storms would be from southwestern MO and southeastern KS southward- but daytime heating will be the biggest factor in where the most severe storms form.


As always- CSW will be here with any severe storm watches that are issued later today....

___________

Schools- Social Services or Corporate Airlines- Which Are Kansas Pollys Cutting Funds To?

If you guessed the first two- you would be correct...

After all- public schools and social services don't have ANY stock to offer to wealthy Republicrat politicians!

Million dollar subsidies to keep airlines flying in Kansas- but less money for education and help for the needy.


Maybe the stupid- poor and infirm can fly the hell OUT of the state.

Kansas....

___________

Associated Press Poll: (Rich) Americans "Upbeat" About Economy

The AP poll published this Thursday morning and seen here at MyWay news says that the majority of people they polled were more optimistic about  the American economy.


More Americans are said to be "upbeat" regarding the economy- or did they mis-word the term that should have said "beat-up?"


This is either outright media/government propaganda or the AP didn't interview anybody but corporate CEOs and other rich people.

Fuel prices continue to be high- a trip to the grocery store requires a 2nd house mortgage (if you can still afford the payments on the first) and costs for utilities keep rising- not amounts in our paychecks.


The poll respondents must live in the Merry Old Land of Oz and/or the drugs and preservatives are kicking in!



If YOU are "UPBEAT" about the American economy- please comment here and let us know your secret- other than starvation- no driving or sitting in the darkness....

___________