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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 19, 2000Buchanan County, Clinton County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Clinton County, Missouri. It was in force for 59 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 19, 2000, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Buchanan County, MO, Clinton County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDTHail 1Easton, MO
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDTHail 1Gower, MO
Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDTHail 0.75Cameron, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 200103
SVRMCI
MOC021-049-200200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 801 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAUCETT...OR 13 MILES EAST OF    
  ATCHISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION ANOTHER SEVERE 
  THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF PERRIN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAUCETT AT 810 PM CDT
  AGENCY AT 825 PM CDT
  GOWER AT 835 PM CDT
  EASTON AT 845 PM CDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUSHVILLE AND HEMPLE.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH I6N
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.

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, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, DeKalb67 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.