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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 3, 1999Clay County, Platte County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1999, 11:36 PM CDT for Clay County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 3, 1999, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 1999, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 11:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Weston, MOA 3-ft diameter, 60-foot tall tree was downed in Weston. Numerous smaller tree limbs and power lines were also downed by thunderstorm winds.

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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 1999-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 969 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1999-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
969 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson39 min
May 4, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson48 min
May 4, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper26 min
May 3, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte52 min
May 3, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiami40 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.