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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 20, 1998Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1998, 9:40 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Missouri; Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 20, 1998, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Miami County, KS, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 20, 10:19 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Harrisonville, MO	The Harrisonville Police Department reported golfball-size hail during a severe thunderstorm over Cass County.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 629 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 13.7
Supercell composite: 52.8

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The text

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

039 
WUUS1 KMCI 210241 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC121-MOC037-095-210315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
940 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     NORTHEAST MIAMI COUNTY IN KANSAS
     SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN MISSOURI
     CASS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 940 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF GRANDVIEW MOVING 
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING 
SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY AND THESE STORMS MAY ALSO 
BECOME SEVERE. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED UP TO GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL.  
THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
     NEAR GRANDVIEW BY 945 PM
     NEAR BELTON BY 950 PM
     NEAR PECULIAR BY 955 PM
     NEAR HARRISONVILLE BY 1010 PM

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT UP TO GOLFBALL-SIZE 
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE 
INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$
BB

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 Jun 20, 2:50 AM CDT, 18 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:50 AM CDT, 18 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
250 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

CALENDAR AND VERY WARM TEMPS REMIND ME THAT IS INDEED LATE JUN
THOUGH PATTERN SURE LOOKS A LOT MORE LIKE LATE MAY.  TSRA CHCS THE
MAIN CONCERN THROUGHOUT.

LAST VESTIGES OF IMPRESSIVE WAA ACTIVITY SHD BE EXITING ERN ZONES BY
ISSUANCE TIME THOUGH WILL HAVE TO WATCH SOME REDEVELOPMENT JUST EAST
OF KC.  700 MB TEMPS WARM CONSIDERABLY TODAY WHICH SHD EFFECTIVELY
CAP EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS UNTIL SHORT WAVE TROF AND FRONT
ARRIVE LATE IN DAY.

BY 00Z...NICE LOOKING PV LOBE ARRIVES FROM W ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT
COOLING AT 700 AND 500 MB WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR EXPLOSIVE
DEVELOPMENT ALONG FRONT MOVING INTO NW MO.  THINK OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
FROM CURRENT MCS SHOULD WASH OUT DURING DAY AND WITH CAP IN
PLACE...THINK ONLY CHC FOR SEEING ANY DVLPMT DURING 1ST PD WILL BE
IN NW MO ALG FRONT.  WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 4K...DECENT SHEAR AND
AT LEAST 40 KT MID LEVEL WINDS...BELIEVE TONIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER
BUSY NIGHT...IF NOT BUSIER.  BETTER TORNADIC THREAT PROBABLY UP
INTO IA IN SPCS MDT RISK...BUT WITH VERY HI CAPES...CANT COUNT THE
THREAT OUT.  WILL MENTION IN AM SPS.

ALSO WITH VERY HI PWS...DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO CONSIDER FFW
(PARTICULARLY FOR NW COUNTIES WHERE THINGS ARE STILL PRETTY
WET)...DONT WANT TO TIE THEIR HANDS YET.  ANOTHER THING TO MENTION
IN THE HAZ WX OUTLOOK.

ETA SHOWS BOUNDARY PUTTING ON THE BRAKES SOMEWHERE ACRSS SRN ZONES
FOR SUN.  WITH CAP ALL BUT GONE...WILL HAVE TO ADD DAYTIME POPS FOR
SUN.

FINALLY...FWC TEMPS LOOK WAY TOO COOL FOR TODAY.  PLAN ON RAISING
GOING FCST A CAT...AND THAT MAY EVEN BE TOO COOL AFTER LOOKING AT
FCST 850 TEMPS.  WITH TEMPS IN M90S AND DWPTS 70-75 HEAT INDEXES
WILL LIKELY MEET OR EXCEED DAYTIME HEAT ADVISORY CRIT DURING AFTN.
SHOLD DROP BELOW CRITERIA TONIGHT THOUGH.

.EAX...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

JM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 AM    7 SW NORBORNE             MO    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   CARROLL

0300 AM    10 SW NORBORNE            MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   CARROLL

0335 AM    4 ESE ROADS               MO    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   CARROLL

0810 AM    FOUNTAIN GROVE            MO    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   LINN                            JUST NORTHEAST OF
                                           FOUNTAIN GROVE WILDLIFE.

1030 AM    5 NE LEETON               MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   JOHNSON

1030 AM    5 NE LEETON               MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98   JOHNSON                         POWER LINES DOWN. TREES
                                           DOWN ON ROADWAY

Local storm report, Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 AM    7 SW NORBORNE             MO    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   CARROLL

0300 AM    10 SW NORBORNE            MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   CARROLL

0335 AM    4 ESE ROADS               MO    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   CARROLL

0810 AM    FOUNTAIN GROVE            MO    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   LINN                            JUST NORTHEAST OF
                                           FOUNTAIN GROVE WILDLIFE.

1030 AM    5 NE LEETON               MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   JOHNSON

1030 AM    5 NE LEETON               MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98   JOHNSON                         POWER LINES DOWN. TREES
                                           DOWN ON ROADWAY

Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
803 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 PM    EFFINGHAM                 KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98   ATCHISON                        POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
803 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 PM    EFFINGHAM                 KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/20/98   ATCHISON                        POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:30 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
930 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    6 N TONGANOXIE            KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   LEAVENWORTH                     DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                           HAIL.

0851 PM    PARKVILLE                 MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   PLATTE

0854 PM    5 W PARKVILLE             MO    1.25 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   PLATTE

0855 PM    BONNER SPGS               KS    .88 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   WYANDOTTE

0901 PM    SHAWNEE                   KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   JOHNSON                         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                           IN WESTERN SHAWNEE AT
                                           K7 AND SHAWNEE MISSION
                                           PARKWAY.

0926 PM    LENEXA                    KS    1.75 INCH HAIL
06/20/98   JOHNSON                         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                           REPORTED ON I-35
                                           BETWEEN 95TH AND I-435.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	43 min
Jun 20, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	48 min
Jun 20, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	48 min
Jun 20, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass	47 min
Jun 20, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Johnson	40 min
Jun 20, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	50 min
Jun 20, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte	36 min
Jun 20, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Wyandotte	47 min
Jun 20, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Leavenworth	38 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.