Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Kansas City, MO

Issued

Aug 23, 2000, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Kansas City, MO

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Randolph County, MO

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 240244 COR
SVRMCI
MOC175-240345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED STORM MOTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
940 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOBERLY

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CLIFTON HILL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
  MOBERLY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGBEE AT 945 PM CDT
  RENICK AT 950 PM CDT
  CLARK AT 955 PM CDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO QUARTER 
SIZE...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.  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.

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.

LAT...LON 3960 9268 3934 9270 3933 9270 3926 9235
          3928 9233 3960 9234

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 23, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION FOR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
406 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2000

LAPS BNDRY LYR WNDS AT 2000 UTC INDICATE SFC WND SHFT JUST S OF
MO-IA BORDER WITH MSTR CNVGNC STREAKING AHD OF BNDRY. 88-D HAS
INDICATED A FEW ISOLD CELLS THIS PM ON HOT SIDE OF FNT BUT MORE
ORGANIZED CNVTN APPRS TO BE IGNITING TO N. MODEL GRIDDED FIELDS ALL
SHW 700-500 HPA LAPSE RATES STEEPENING TO 7.5 DEG C THIS EVENING
WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY ACR NE HALF OF CWA. WITH DECENT SHRT WV
RE-ESTABLISHING NW FLW 0-6 KM SHEAR FCST BY MODELS TO INCRS TO 35-37
KTS. GIVEN THESE PARAMETERS INSERTED POSSIBILITY OF STG WNDS/HAIL NE
OF STJ TO DMO LN. ALG AND S OF THIS LN SCT CNVTN ALREADY FIRING UP
AS CNVTV TEMPS REACHED IN MOST LOCATIONS. CU PUT A LID ON TEMPS A
BIT MORE THAN TUE AND WITH LWR CINS(-20) THAN 24 HRS AGO EVGN CNVTN
WILL BEAR WATCHING. GIVEN VERY HOT CONDS HIGH BASE CELLS CWA WIDE
INDEPENDENT OF AFOREMENTIONED STG FEATURES MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WNDS.
USED SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS FOR MINS TNGT ALL ZNS XCPT SW DUE TO
ANTICIPATED PCPN.

ANY MINOR COOLING BHD BNDRY LATE TNGT/THUR AM SHLD BE QUICKLY
DISPLACED TO N BY PM. DID NOT DEVIATE MUCH FM TDY'S PERSISTANCE AND
WENT A CAT ABV GUIDANCE SW. ONE COULD MAKE A CASE FOR NOCTURNAL
CNVTN FRI/SAT TIME FRAME OTHERWISE TEMPS ARE PROMARY FCST CONCERN IN
XTND PRD. WENT WITH 90-95 RANGE THRU WKEND WITH NO INDICATION OF I
SGFNT COOLINK HEADING INTO NXT WK.

.EAX...NONE.

BODNER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.