Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 17

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Sunday morning- July 17.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 16

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Saturday morning- July 16.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

CSW BREAKING: Females Assaulted and Raped in Johnson County KS

Two females were taken to hospitals early Saturday morning after unrelated assault incidents.


The first occurred in Overland Park about 12:15 a.m. in the 8600 block of Kessler.

Police report a female went walking after being beaten by her boyfriend.

She was located and MEDACT-EMS took the 22-year-old victim with serious- but not life-threatening injuries- to a Metro hospital.

No word if the boyfriend was contacted and/or arrested by the OPPD....

The second incident was reportedly a rape victim at an apartment complex in Mission.


Police and MEDACT was sent to an apartment in the 6500 block of Foxridge Drive just before 2:15 a.m..

The 23-year-old victim was taken by EMS to an area hospital- and there was yet no suspect or any other information on this incident available. 

CSW BREAKING: Partial Building Collapse in Midtown KC-MO

An at least partial building collapse has been confirmed in Midtown Kansas City MO..


The call went out to 5 fire companies at 2:37 p.m. Friday afternoon to the address of 4338 Troost.

Once there at 2:41 p.m.- Pumper Co. 17 reports "a collapse in the rear" of a "3-story brick building" (see Google Street View map image).

The building was reportedly "unoccupied-" actual building addresses affected reported as "4336-4338 and 4338-1/2" Troost.

As a further check and investigation is underway- the sidewalk in front of this building is also being closed to pedestrians and closest lanes on Troost to vehicle traffic.

Johnson County KS Plans Median Cables For Parts of K-10 Highway

There have been several cross-over crashes on Kansas (K)-10 highway that runs from central JoCo to Lawrence and now at least one government wants to take measures to prevent such crashes.


The TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL reports that the KANSAS CITY STAR reports that the JoCo government plans to install cable median guards on parts of K-10.


One "2-mile" section of cables would be installed around the K-7 interchange- the other area would be near Eudora (which is in Douglas county).

Bank Robbery in Ottawa KS

A few minutes after 10 a.m. Friday morning- a lone male thought to be armed robbed the Great Southern Bank branch on South Princeton in Ottawa.


From the OTTAWA (KS) HERALD- a suspect description was "a white male in his 30s to 40s with a white, scruffy beard, wearing worn and dirty blue jeans, a brown shirt with a plaid long-sleeved shirt over it and a camoflauge(sic)-style hat. A woman with dirty blonde hair was driving the (suspect) vehicle — an older red Chevrolet pick-up truck — the man left the scene in, Butler said. Police are unsure at this time of the woman’s age."


No one was harmed in the robbery and as of yet- no mention of how much $$$ the suspect got in the robbery. 

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 15

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Friday morning- July 15.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 14

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Thursday morning- July 14.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

Tuesday Night Storms Cause Damage Metro-wide- Lightning Strike Damages Independence MO Church

Last night's heavy thunderstorms caused damage throughout Metro Kansas City in the form of downed trees- tree limbs- power lines and some roofs damaged.


Nearly 3-inches of rain fell in parts of Shawnee KS during the storm- causing a dramatic rise on area streams of about 6 feet but no flooding.

High winds damaged the roof on an Overland Park KS Public Works building- damaging several trucks parked under it.

Around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning- Independence MO Fire responded on the report of smoke coming from the roof of Englewood Ministries church in the 10600 block of East Winner Road.

Reportedly- lightning had struck the roof of the church during the storm a couple of hours earlier and the fire had smouldered until it was detected.

Fire crews kept the fire damage limited to the roof area- but smoke and water damage was reported elsewhere in the church's interior.


No injuries were reported with a preliminary damage estimate in the several thousand dollar range..

Missouri River Flood of 2011 - Upper Missouri Reservoir Readings- 5-Day Rainfall Forecast for July 13

The following are the latest reservoir readings on the upper Missouri River- taken on Wednesday morning- July 13.


The key to the project parameters listed can be found on this previous CSW post on daily USACE project readings.

There are also three-week predictions made by USACE on inflows and discharges for each dam/reservoir in the Pick-Sloan system found HERE.


Also- the National Weather Service's US 5-Day precipitation outlook and forecasted rainfall amounts.

CSW Weather: Cooling Thunderstorms in The Kansas City MetroRegion

Most of these storms shown on the NWS Doppler radar image are of the pop-up variety- heat of the day rising into unstable air.

There are additional shower and thunderstorm chances over the next 24 hours for both Metro and MetroRegion Kansas City.


Some of the stronger thunderstorms could produce damaging wind gusts and possibly hail.