Here We Go...

UPDATE: We now have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 4:45. We've already had pea-sized hail. Welcome to severe weather season (I love this time of year!)

Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 408 PM CDT Thu Apr 10 2008

The National Weather Service In Pleasant Hill Has Issued A

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning For... Northeastern Johnson County In East Central Kansas Eastern Wyandotte County In Northeast Kansas Clay County In West Central Missouri Northwestern Jackson County In West Central Missouri Southeastern Platte County In West Central Missouri

* Until 445 PM CDT

* At 405 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated A Severe Thunderstorm Capable Of Producing Quarter Size Hail... And Damaging Winds In Excess Of 60 Mph. This Storm Was Located Near Lenexa... And Moving Northeast At 40 Mph.

* The Severe Thunderstorm Will Be Near... Mission... Fairway... Westwood And Westwood Hills By 415 PM CDT. Kansas City Kansas And Kansas City By 420 PM CDT. Kansas City Downtown Arpt... North Kansas City And 6 Miles Southeast Of Parkville By 425 PM CDT. Gladstone... Oakview... Avondale And Northmoor By 430 PM CDT. Pleasant Valley By 435 PM CDT.

The Towns Of Roeland Park... Oaks... Oakwood... Oakwood Park... Randolph And Birmingham Are Also In The Path Of This Severe Thunderstorm.

Our first one this year:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 191: Johnson (Kansas)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 191NWS
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
230 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 191 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSKSC003-005-011-013-021-031-037-043-045-059-085-087-091-103-107-121-131-139-177-209-110200-/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0191.080410T1930Z-080411T0200Z/KS.
KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDERSON ATCHISON BOURBON
BROWN CHEROKEE COFFEY
CRAWFORD DONIPHAN DOUGLAS
FRANKLIN JACKSON JEFFERSON
JOHNSON LEAVENWORTH LINN
MIAMI NEMAHA OSAGE
SHAWNEE WYANDOTTE$$

My weather radio scared the heck out of me when it went off. We've already gotten up to 68 degrees (up 5 degrees in 10 minutes)...the sun is out...now, we wait.