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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 8, 1988Holt County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1988, 10:00 AM CDT for Holt County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1988, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1988, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Holt County, MO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 10:05 AM CDTHail 0.75Holt, MO

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1988-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1721 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1988-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.4
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 081501
SVRMCI
MOC087-081530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1000 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          ...HOLT
 
HOLT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED LARGE HAIL IN THE SOUTH PART OF HOLT
COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway69 min
May 8, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt, Nodaway42 min
May 8, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte62 min
May 8, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Clinton55 min
May 8, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson55 min
May 8, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Harrison, Mercer69 min
May 8, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLinn, Macon51 min
May 8, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Randolph65 min
May 8, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPutnam, Sullivan44 min
May 8, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Linn, Macon67 min
May 8, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline67 min
May 8, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain, Boone, Callaway56 min
May 8, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMoniteau56 min
May 8, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMorgan56 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone, Cole49 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Miller, Osage49 min
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCallaway, Gasconade, Montgomery64 min
May 8, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton, Camden, Morgan57 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.