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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 19, 2000Daviess County, DeKalb County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 7:53 PM CDT for Daviess County, DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 67 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
Apr 19, 2000, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 8:12 PM CDTHail 0.88Union Star, MO
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDTHail 1Weatherby, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1072 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 200054
SVRMCI
MOC061-063-200200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
753 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYSVILLE...OR 30 MILES EAST OF
  ST JOSEPH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEATHERBY AT 800 PM CDT
  WINSTON AT 805 PM CDT
  ALTAMONT AT 810 PM CDT
  PATTONSBURG AT 820 PM CDT
  JAMESON AT 825 PM CDT
  COFFEY AT 830 PM CDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AMITY.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN
DIAMETER...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 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 4014 9397 4007 9417 4003 9419 4005 9464
          3974 9462 3976 9441 3976 9423 3980 9423
          3984 9400

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Platte42 min
Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton59 min
Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson38 min
Apr 19, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison61 min
Apr 19, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass56 min
Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJackson39 min
Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette54 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer, Putnam, Sullivan64 min
Apr 19, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan46 min
Apr 19, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Saline56 min
Apr 19, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXLafayette26 min
Apr 19, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair, Sullivan65 min
Apr 19, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSchuyler49 min
Apr 19, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll28 min
Apr 19, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte36 min
Apr 19, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan48 min
Apr 19, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb49 min
Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGentry, Harrison80 min
Apr 20, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline71 min
Apr 20, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer48 min
Apr 20, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton48 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.