Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1997, 9:26 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1997, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Schuyler County, MO
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
714
WUUS1 KMCI 030228 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC197-030300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO
926 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SCHUYLER COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
DOWNING BY 940 PM
* AT 926 PM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LANCASTER MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF AT 918 PM WITH THIS STORM NEAR
LANCASTER
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.
WELVAERT
&What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 2:52 PM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:52 PM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
NORTHWEST MISSOURI FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MO 252 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997 UPR LOW SPINNING ALNG KS/NE BRDR WITH SFC LOW VCNTY 3OI. CDFNT TRAILING SWD TO WC/SW MO. UPR SYS TO MOVE ACRS AREA TONITE WITH CDFNT EXITING AREA EARLY EVE. WRAP ARND PCPN THE CONCERN TONITE WITH TEMPS THE PROBLEM FOR REMAINDER OF FCST. DRY SLOT HAS WRAPPED IN BEHIND CDFNT WITH SUN BREAKING OUT. THIS ACTING TO DESTABLIZE AMS SOMEWHAT FOR CU SCTD SHRA ACTIVITY. TEMPS HAVE REALLY SHOT UP WITH EARLY MAY SUN. BUT...STILL DONT EXPECT THIS TO BE TOO WIDESPREAD THIS EVE DESPITE VRY LOW LI/HIGH TT PARAMETERS. STILL...SHOULD BE DECENT WRAP ARND PCPN TONITE MOST AREAS AND WILL HANG ON TO POPS. COLD POOL ALFT WILL ALLOW FOR RATHER STEEP LAPSE RATES AND LOW TOP CONVECTION CANT BE RULED OUT. WILL MAKE DESISION AT LAST MINUTE WHETHER TO INCLUDE THUNDER IN ZONES. OTHER CONCERN IS POTENTIAL THAT SOME -SN COULD BE MIXED IN OVR NRN ZONES. STNG CAA EVIDENT AND LLVL THICKNESS SEEMS TO SUGGEST THIS IS PSBL. COORD DSM/OMA AND AGREE THAT CLDS WILL LIKELY LIMIT SFC TEMP DROP...AND AS SUCH WILL LEAVE MENTION OF THE S WORD OUT. AFTER ALL...IT IS MAY (I THINK). STILL...WITH COLD TEMPS/THKNS THINK PLENTY OF SMALL HAIL OR EVEN SLEET WILL BE PSBL WITH ANY TSRA TONITE...ESP ACRS NW MO. WILL PASS ON CONCERNS TO EVE SHIFT. CAA CONTS IN FORCE DURG DAY SAT AND SOME LLVL RH HANGING ARND... ESP EARLY IN DAY. THUS THINK THERE WILL BE A GOOD DEAL OF WRAP ARND SC ARND...AND EVEN CU DVLPT BEHIND. THIS WILL KEEP DAY QUITE CHILLY FOR EARLY MAY...AND SETS STAGE FOR EVEN CHILLYER NIGHT. SFC RIDGE PROGGD PASS OVRHEAD...AND WITH LGT WNDS/CLR SKIES THERE IS GREAT SETUP FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING. THINK MDLS BANKING ON CLIMO TOO MUCH AND WILL GO BLO GUID. GETTING CLOSE TO RECORD LOWS. FROST A DEFINATE POSSIBILITY AS WELL AND LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS TOO. CANT BELIEVE ALL OF THIS IN MAY FINALLY SOME RELIEF FOR SUNDAY AS WE GET ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE HIGH AND WAA BEGINS. BEST SW FLOW DOESNT QUITE GET HERE AND THINK FWC GUID A BIT OPTIMISTIC. WILL SHADE TO THE LWR FAN. MCI BB 040/056 038/068 050 995-0 WELVAERT
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 2, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1114 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
534 PM 1 W OF GRANT CITY MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/2/97 WORTH REPORTED BY SHERIFF
539 PM 1 W OF GRANT CITY MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
5/2/97 WORTH SHERIFF REPORTED HAIL
2 INCHES DEEP
655 PM 2 SE CHULA MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/2/97 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
653 PM 4 NE OF BLYTTHEDALE MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
5/2/97 HARRISON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
655 PM 3 SE OF ANDOVER MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/2/97 HARRISON REPORTED BY PUBLIC
x705 PM SALINE MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
5/2/97 MERCER REPORTED BY PUBLIC
JULYLocal storm report, May 2, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
722 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
534 PM 1 W OF GRANT CITY MO DIME-SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
5/2/97 WORTH SHERIFFS OFFICE
539 PM 1 W OF GRANT CITY MO SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
5/2/97 WORTH GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL AND HAIL
COVERING GROUND 2 INCHES
DEEP
655 PM 2 SE CHULA MO SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
5/2/97 LIVINGSTON DIME-SIZE HAIL
653 PM 4 NE OF BLYTTHEDALE MO PUBLIC REPORTED DIME-SIZE HAIL
5/2/97 HARRISON
655 PM 3 SE OF ANDOVER MO PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER-SIZE
5/2/97 HARRISON HAIL
705 PM SALINE MO PUBLIC REPORTED ONE INCH HAIL
5/2/97 MERCER
BODNERLocal storm report, May 2, 8:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASANT HILL/KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
832 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
726 PM 1 E OF MERCER MO DIME-SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
5/2/97 MERCER SPOTTER
745 PM CLEOPATRA MO DIME-SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
5/2/97 MERCER PUBLIC
755 PM 2 SW POWERSVILLE MO HALF DOLLAR-SIZE HAIL REPORTED
5/2/97 PUTNAM BY PUBLIC
820 PM 5 NW OF UNIONVILLE MO SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL-SIZE
5/2/97 PUTNAM HAIL COVERING GROUND AT LAKE
THUNDERHEAD
BODNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Mercer, Putnam | 52 min |
| May 2, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.