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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 19, 2000Adair County, Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2000, 10:25 PM CDT for Adair County, Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2000, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 471 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-616 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
471 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
491 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KEAX 200326
SVRMCI
MOC001-211-200430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1025 PM CDT WED APR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1025 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYSTIC...OR 23 MILES WEST OF 
  KIRKSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
  PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREEN CASTLE AT 1035 PM CDT
  YARROW AT 1040 PM CDT
  CONNELSVILLE AT 1045 PM CDT
  KIRKSVILLE AT 1050 PM CDT
  SUBLETTE AT 1055 PM CDT
  ADAIR AT 1105 PM CDT

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WILLMATHSVILLE...THOUSAND
HILLS STATE PARK...NOVINGER AND GREEN CITY.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL
SIZE. FOR YOUR SAFETY...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ALL THUNDERSTORMS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
PLEASANT HILL.

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, 8:01 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, 10:41 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.