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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 22, 2000Caldwell County, Daviess County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2000, 5:34 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Daviess County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 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
Sep 22, 2000, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 22, 5:34 PM CDTHail 0.75Cameron, MO
Sep 22, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EHamilton, MOLaw enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down, and minor damage to a building.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 22, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2000-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 494 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
494 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
639 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 222235
SVRMCI
MOC025-061-222330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
534 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AT CAMERON...OR ABOUT 33 MILES EAST OF ST 
  JOSEPH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KIDDER AT 540 PM CDT
  ALTAMONT AT 545 PM CDT
  GALLATIN AT 550 PM CDT
  BRECKENRIDGE AT 555 PM CDT
  CARLOW AT 600 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 3988 9420 3962 9421 3970 9377 4007 9379

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton, DeKalb65 min
Sep 22, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLivingston60 min
Sep 22, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison53 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.