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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 13, 2000Adair County, Macon County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 1:26 PM CDT for Adair County, Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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 13, 2000, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2000, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adair County, MO, Macon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 1:45 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	La Plata, MO
Jun 13, 1:53 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Brashear, MO

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 13, 11:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 250 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: 671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 131827
SVRMCI
MOC001-121-131915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
126 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MACON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KIRKSVILLE

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CAMBRIA...OR ABOUT 30
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIRKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOLDSBERRY AT 135 PM CDT
  ELMER AT 140 PM CDT
  YARROW AT 145 PM CDT
  LA PLATA AT 150 PM CDT
  KIRKSVILLE AT 155 PM CDT
  BRASHEAR AT 200 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ALL
THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS.

LAT...LON 4032 9283 3975 9285 3964 9232 4033 9241

PB

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 13, 4:49 AM CDT, 8 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 4:49 AM CDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
449 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

SVR WRM FNTL BNDYRS AT VARIOUS LVLS SERVING AS FOCUS FOR SCT CNVTN
THIS AM. 850 HPA BNDRY APPRS TO BE IGNITING CNVTN ALG AND E OF MO
RVR IN WRN IA WHILE SFC/925 HPA APPRS TO BE ALIVE AND WELL OVR SE
IA. VRY STG 250 HPA JET ENERGY MVG TWRDS 4 CORNERS RGN THIS AM AS
MODELS BEGIN CARVING OUT CNTL U.S. TROF PSN. PLENTY OF MSTR IN PLACE
OVR CWA WITH 17 DEG PLUS 850 HPA DEW PTS AND SFC DEW PTS INTO 70S.
PRE-FNTL TROF HAS FORMED OVR WRN/CNTL KS IN ADV OF AGRESSIVE SHRT
WV. MID TROPOSPHERIC LAPSE RATES IN 7.0 DEG PLUS NEIGHBORHOOD THIS
AM AND FCST BY ETA TO REMAIN WELL INTO TNGT. COMBINATION OF
LINGERING OUTFLW BNDRY OVR NW MO AND PRE-FNTL LWR TROPOSPHERIC
CNVGNC SHLD HELP FIRE UP SCT CNVTN LTR TDY. DECIDED TO KEEP POPS OUT
OF FCST FTHR TO S. DUE TO DIFFERENCED IN MODEL TEMP GUIDANCE OPENED
UP A RANGE FOR TDY THEREFORE WENT WITH 85 TO 90 SPREAD ALL ZNS.

ISSUED WND ADVSY FOR TDY SW ZNS INCLUDING KC METRO AREA. 88-D WNDS
OFF DECK ARE IN 35KT RANGE THIS AM SO ANY MIXING AT ALL SHLD PRODUCE
GUSTS CLOSE TO CRITERIA. A BIT CONCERNED HOWEVER WITH DVLPG AC DECK
TO W AND WITH SCT SHWRS A LIMIT TO DOWNWARD TRANSFER.

ASIDE FM LOWERING MINS WED NITE BASED ON DRIE AIR AND GUIDANCE
NUMBERS...REST OF FCST STAYED WITH STATUS QUO. ISOLD SVR NOT OUT OF
QUESTION ERLY TNGT WITH CAA ALF AND DECENT DIRECTIONAL/SPEED SHEAR
XPTD. NOT MUCH TIME TO LK AT MED RANGE MODELS THIS AM BUT QUICK PEAK
SHWS HINT THAT DRY WKEND FCST IN JEAPARDY...DAY CREW WIL NEED TO
RE-EVALUATE.

.EAX...
WND ADVSY
KS ZNS 057-060-103>105
MO ZNS 022-028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054

BODNER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 12:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

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

1225 PM    HOLT                      MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/00   CLAY                           DIME SIZE HAIL .
                                          REPORTED BY MEDIA.

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-141100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
101 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

FORECAST: A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL...HIGH
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALL POSSIBLE.  THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD
EXIT THAT AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON.  AFTER THIS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TRACK EAST...AFFECTING EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS AND
WESTERN MISSOURI BY 1000 PM...THEN MOVING INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI
AFTER THIS.  THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LESS IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI.

DISCUSSION:  A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL U.S.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON SWINGING A COLD FRONT INTO EXTREME EASTERN
KANSAS BY EARLY EVENING.  THIS SHOULD ALLOW EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AS VERY WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE AHEAD
OF THIS COLD FRONT.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THE WIND FIELD AHEAD OF THIS FRONT DOES
SHOW SOME FAVORABLE CLOCKWISE TURNING WITH HEIGHT SO TORNADOES
CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
ANOTHER THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH
SOME AREAS POSSIBLY SEEING AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL
EXIST TONIGHT.

18

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:12 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
112 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

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

1213 PM    HAMILTON                  MO   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/13/00   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:22 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

corrected PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
122 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

corrected time of report

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

0113 PM    HAMILTON                  MO   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/13/00   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
123 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

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

0113 PM    HAMILTON                  MO   1.5 INCH HAIL
06/13/00   CALDWELL                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell	38 min
Jun 13, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess	37 min
Jun 13, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton	26 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Schuyler	27 min
Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.