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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 25, 2000Putnam County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2000, 7:10 PM CDT for Putnam County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 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 25, 2000, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

County Putnam County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 25, 8:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Lake Thunderbird, MO	Tree limbs up to 8 inches in diameter were downed near Lake Thunderhead.

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 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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: 787 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 260010
SVRMCI
MOC171-260115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
710 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES SOUTH OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UNIONVILLE AT 720 PM CDT
  HARTFORD AT 730 PM CDT
  GRAYSVILLE AT 735 PM CDT
  WORTHINGTON AT 740 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER...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.

MB/RAS

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 25, 4:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 4:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

CONCERN FOR BOTH SVR WX AND FLASH FLOODING ACR CWA TNGT. MTR DATA AT
2000 UTC SHWS CD FNT XTNDS ALG AQP TO ONL TO AKO LN. IMPRESSIVE
SQUALL LN HAS TRACKED ACR ERN NE MUCH OF PM WITH SVRL TORNADOES
REPORTED IN AXIS OF STG 0-6 KM SHEAR. BOTH RUC AND ETA SUGGEST THIS
STG SHEAR TO ADVANCE INTO NW MO WITH APPROACH OF CD FNT THIS EVNG.
STEEPEST MID LVL LAPSE RATES ALSO FCST TO BE FOCUSED ACR NRN MO ERLY
TNGT. INSERTED POSSIBILITY FOR SVR TSTMS ALL ZNS TNGT BUT THINK BEST
CHC WILL REMAIN TO N. BASED ON SHEAR PROFILE BOTH DAMAGING WNDS AND
ISOLD TORNADIC CELLS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AND CERTAINLY A HAIL
THREAT WITH MID/UPR TROPOSPHERIC CNVTN. THINK EVENTUAL BOX WILL BE
NEED FOR NRN MO THIS EVNG.

AS FAR AS +RA/FLASH FLOOD THREAT MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF SOME ON
STRENGTH OF UPR TROPSPHERIC DVRGNC AND WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE RGN A BIT
FTHR NORTH CONCERNED THAT CRNT QPF A BIT HIGH. NONE THE LESS GIVEN
1.5-2.0 INCH PRECIP WATER AND XPTD SLOW MVMNT OF THE FNT COUPLED
WITH LO FLASH FLOOD AND HEADWATER GUIDANCE WENT WITH FFA ALL ZNS.
STAYED FAIRLY CLOSE TO INHERITED FCST TEMPS THRU ALL PRDS.

FNT SHLD CLR FCST AREA BY MIDDAY MON THEN RMN QUASI STNRY MON NITE
THRU WED. LEFT CHC PCPN FOR WED WITH WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT FCST BUT
CAN NOT RULE OUT SPOTTY SHWR DVLPMNT ON TUE. TEMPS SHLD RMN AOB NRML
THRU MOST OF 6 DAY PRD.

.EAX...FFA ALL ZNS

BODNER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
609 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

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

0559 PM    HOPKINS                   MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00   NODAWAY                        FLAG POLE BENT OVER.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:33 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
633 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

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

0615 PM    CONCEPTION                MO   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00   NODAWAY                        REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:44 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
644 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY1 LOCATION....

0643 PM    FAIRPORT                  MO   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/25/00   DE KALB                        65 TO 70 MPH WINDS

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:01 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
701 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

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

0650 PM    13 NW PRINCETON           MO   WIND DAMAGE
06/25/00   MERCER                         LARGE LIMBS  DOWN OVER
                                          PHONE LINES. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan	47 min
Jun 25, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Livingston	57 min
Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell	63 min
Jun 25, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Clay, Clinton, Platte	40 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Ray	46 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn	61 min
Jun 25, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	45 min
Jun 25, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Jackson	40 min
Jun 25, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton	52 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	60 min
Jun 25, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Saline	53 min
Jun 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Lafayette	65 min
Jun 25, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	14 min
Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Howard, Randolph	70 min
Jun 25, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Johnson	53 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cooper, Pettis	71 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.