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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 23, 1998Chariton County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1998, 5:40 AM CDT for Chariton County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 23, 1998, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 1998, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Chariton County, MO

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 23, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 1688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -0.8

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The text

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

414 
WUUS1 KMCI 231041 RRA
SVRMCI
MOC041-231130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY-PLEASANT HILL MO 
540 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
     CHARITON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 540 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED...A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIPLETT...OR ABOUT 25
  MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
     NEAR TRIPLETT AT 545 AM CDT
     8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEYTESVILLE AT 600 AM CDT  
     NEAR BYNUMVILLE AT 615 AM CDT

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CAN EXPECT HAIL UP TO THREE 
QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. FOR YOUR 
SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 23, 3:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
300 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

ROUND FIVE...AND 2ND NIGHT IN A ROW FOR MULTIPLE MCSS UPSTREAM OF
CWA.  THIS FCST PROBABLY THE TRICKIEST.  MAIN TWO PROBLEMS ARE NEED
FOR FF WATCH AND POPS TONIGHT.  TOUGH CALL ON THE FFA.  FFG VALUES
VERY LOW OVER SRN HALF OF CWA WHERE 1-3 FELL 24 HOURS AGO.  NRN
COUNTIES CAN TAKE A BIT MORE...THOUGH NOT THAT MUCH.  ETA WOULD
SUGGEST (THOUGH IT COMPLETELY MISSED THE CURRENT ERN KS ACTIVITY)
THAT 850 JET WILL VEER SLIGHTLY DURING MORNING AND STRENGTHEN.
POSITIONING OF JET WOULD SUGGEST THAT SWRN NEB ACTIVITY WOULD ROLL
EWD ALONG KS/NEB BORDER SO WE MAY VERY WELL GET TWO ROUNDS AGAIN
PRIOR TO 18Z.  BASED ON THIS...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE FFA FOR THIS
AM.  NERN COUNTIES CERTAINLY THE WEAKEST ARGUMENT FOR FFA...BUT FOR
SIMPLICITYS SAKE WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE THEM AS WELL.

MODELS ALL DO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS WITH OUR EVER-SO CRITICAL
BOUNDARY.  WITH WRN GT LAKES SFC HIGH RETREATING EWD...FRONT SHD
HAVE EASIER TIME WORKING NORTH.  IF WE ARE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT
TODAY...BOUNDARY SHOULD HAVE EASY TIME MOVING NORTH OF CWA.  IF
NOT...TONIGHTS LLJ (WHICH SHOULD BE FOCUSED WELL NORTH) WILL ONCE
AGAIN IMPINGE ON BOUNDARY AND WE COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
HOWEVER...THINK WARMING TEMPS AT 700 MB SHOULD LARGELY PRECLUDE TSRA
DEVELOPMENT.  WILL PROBABLY LEAVE FCST DRY TONIGHT ALTHOUGH MAY
INCLUDE LOW CHC POPS IN NW COUNTIES WHERE THEY STAND THE BEST CHC.

GUIDANCE TEMPS TODAY ACCEPTED AS TIMING OF CLEARING WILL MEAN
EVERYTHING.  WILL GO WITH WARMER FAN IN PERIODS 2-4.

.EAX...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THIS MORNING
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THIS MORNING

JM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
110 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

1220 AM    5 E CLINTON               MO    1.5 INCH HAIL
06/23/98   HENRY

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
110 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

1220 AM    5 E CLINTON               MO    1.5 INCH HAIL
06/23/98   HENRY

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
438 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

0403 AM    LIBERTY                   MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/23/98   CLAY

0422 AM    KANSAS CITY               MO    80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/98   JACKSON                         LARGE TREES DOWN.
                                           ESTIMATED WIND SPEED.

Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
438 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

0403 AM    LIBERTY                   MO    1 INCH HAIL
06/23/98   CLAY

0422 AM    KANSAS CITY               MO    80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/98   JACKSON                         LARGE TREES DOWN.
                                           ESTIMATED WIND SPEED.

Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:03 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
503 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

0415 AM    MERRIAM                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         VERY LARGE TREE DOWN

0415 AM    OVERLAND PARK             KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         TREES BLOWN DOWN

0415 AM    SHAWNEE                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         POWER LINES DOWN

0420 AM    (MKC)KS CITY DNTN ARPT    MO    62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/98   JACKSON

0420 AM    MISSION                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         TREES BLOWN DOWN

0420 AM    RIVERSIDE                 MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   PLATTE                          8 DIAMETER TREE LIMBS
                                           DOWN

Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:03 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
503 AM CDT TUE JUN 23 1998

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

0415 AM    MERRIAM                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         VERY LARGE TREE DOWN

0415 AM    OVERLAND PARK             KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         TREES BLOWN DOWN

0415 AM    SHAWNEE                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         POWER LINES DOWN

0420 AM    (MKC)KS CITY DNTN ARPT    MO    62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/98   JACKSON

0420 AM    MISSION                   KS    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   JOHNSON                         TREES BLOWN DOWN

0420 AM    RIVERSIDE                 MO    WIND DAMAGE
06/23/98   PLATTE                          8 DIAMETER TREE LIMBS
                                           DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	39 min
Jun 23, 1:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry	44 min
Jun 23, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	61 min
Jun 23, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette	41 min
Jun 23, 5:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Saline	50 min
Jun 23, 5:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson, Platte	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Jackson	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Platte	3 hr
Jun 23, 8:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EAX	Clay, Platte	92 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.