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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 22, 1998Howard County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 3:59 AM CDT for Howard County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 1998, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 1998, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Howard County, MO, Randolph County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 4:30 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Armstrong, MO	Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over 6 inch diameter tree limbs in Armstrong.
Jun 22, 4:45 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Moberly, MO	Severe thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 MPH at Moberly resulting in numerous reports of downed large trees.

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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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: 2050 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

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

080 
WUUS1 KMCI 220901 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC089-175-220945-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO
359 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     HOWARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI
     RANDOLPH COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 359 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROANOKE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MOBERLY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
     NEAR MOUNT AIRY AT 405 AM CDT
     NEAR HIGBEE AT 410 AM CDT
     NEAR BURTON AT 410 AM CDT
     NEAR MOBERLY AT 420 AM CDT
     

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

LAT...LON 3940 9271 3935 9274 3904 9290 3898 9258
          3929 9243 3952 9230 3961 9256

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 22, 3:00 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:00 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
300 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

THINK THIS IS THE 4TH NIGHT IN A ROW FOR MCS MOVING THRU AREA.
FIRST CONCERN IS NEED FOR FF WATCH.  CURRENT TSRA ACTIVITY ALREADY
HAS GENERATED SEVERAL AREAS OF 1.  NEXT BATCH OF TSRA OVER CNTRL KS
APPEARS TO BE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR CWA.  LOOKING AT 850 MB WINDS OFF
PROFILERS AND FORECAST OF SUCH FROM ETA WOULD SUGGEST ACTIVITY
SHOULD CONTINUE EASTWARD AND PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH LATE MORNING.
700 MB WAA PATTERN THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY SIMILAR TO
OTHER DAY WHEN MCS WOULDNT QUIT OVER CENTRAL MO.  SO...GIVEN
ANTECEDENT RAINFALL AND MOST OF CWA WITH FF GUIDANCE VALUES UNDER AN
INCH (MANY AROUND 0.5)...WILL HAVE TO GO WITH FFA.  NRN MO LOOKS
LIKE WILL ESCAPE THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND SINCE THIS MATCHES THE
CURRENT SVR TSTM WATCH WELL WILL CARRY FFA IN SAME AREA.  WILL CARRY
WATCH ALL DAY LONG...GIVEN POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT.
DAY SHIFT MAY HAVE TO CANCEL EARLY IF THIS SCENARIO DOESNT PAN OUT.

ETA SHOWS SFC BOUNDARY MOVING NWD BY TONIGHT.  GOOD UPSLOPE ON HI
PLAINS SHD DEVELOP ANOTHER MCS TONIGHT...WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW
BOUNDARY INTO NRN MO TONIGHT.  GOOD 50+ KT LLJ TO FEED STORMS SO MAY
BE ONE MORE BUSY NIGHT.  SURPRISED TO SEE NO SLGT RISK THERE.  WILL
CARRY HIEST POPS TONIGHT UP THERE...LESSER DOWN SOUTH.

WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS SHIFTS CHC POPS FOR TUE GIVEN POSSIBILITY OF
MON NIGHTS MCS LINGERING INTO DAYTIME...BUT AFTER THAT IT APPEARS
CAP SETS IN.

WILL UNDERCUT TEMP GUIDANCE TODAY...AFTER THAT GENERALLY WILL FOLLOW.

.EAX...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY MOZ012>014-020>025-028>033-037-040
     043>046-053>054
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY KSZ025-057-060-102>105

JM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:03 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
303 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

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

0140 AM    BLUE MOUND                KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   LINN                            TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                           APPOXIMATELY 6 INCHES
                                           IN DIAMETER

0145 AM    1 N MOUND CITY            KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   LINN                            TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                           APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES
                                           IN DIAMETER

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:03 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
303 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

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

0140 AM    BLUE MOUND                KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   LINN                            TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                           APPOXIMATELY 6 INCHES
                                           IN DIAMETER

0145 AM    1 N MOUND CITY            KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   LINN                            TREE LIMBS DOWN
                                           APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES
                                           IN DIAMETER

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:27 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
327 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

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

0223 AM    PLEASANT HILL             MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   CASS                            POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:27 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
327 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

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

0223 AM    PLEASANT HILL             MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   CASS                            POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:52 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
352 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

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

0330 AM    MARSHALL                  MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   SALINE                          NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN.  ESTIMATED 60 MPH
                                           GUSTS BY MARSHALL PD.

HUDSON

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:52 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
352 AM CDT MON JUN 22 1998

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

0330 AM    MARSHALL                  MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/98   SALINE                          NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN.  ESTIMATED 60 MPH
                                           GUSTS BY MARSHALL PD.

HUDSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	60 min
Jun 22, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	39 min
Jun 22, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper	38 min
Jun 22, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson	48 min
Jun 22, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay	25 min
Jun 22, 6:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Johnson, Lafayette	52 min
Jun 22, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	41 min
Jun 22, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Pettis	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.